athens.taipei The Atlas of City Experiences
The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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The index

126 cities across the atlas, by region — or browse the full A–Z.

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North America & Caribbean18
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TokyoOsakaFukuokaSeoulBusanTaipei
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🇧🇪 Belgium · metro 82k · 348 venues mapped

Ostend

Where Ostend places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 131 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇧🇪 Roeselare 33 km Nearest written profile 🇧🇪 Brussels 📖 107 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink348 places mapped
11:00–21:00
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2%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
46h
open per week
28%
take a midday break
Shops & errands95 places mapped
08:00–19:00
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0%
open past midnight
72%
open on Sundays
68h
open per week
Services60 places mapped
09:00–18:15
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0%
open past midnight
0%
open on Sundays
39h
open per week
62%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
149
umbrella days a year
35 m
of rain since 1981
33
days over 30 °C, of 16,629
0
volcanoes within 100 km
299.7 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:43
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.6 h
longest day of the year
12
public holidays, 2024
14,265
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureOstend RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 1.8% 282 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Geleen 1.8%🇹🇭 Hat Yai 1.8%🇮🇩 Malang 1.8%🇵🇭 Nasugbu 1.8%Ostend🇩🇪 Reinbek 1.8%🇨🇴 Rionegro 1.8%🇦🇺 Canberra 1.7%🇧🇪 Frameries 1.7%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 46 h 242 of 1,878 🇫🇷 Annecy 46 h🇫🇷 Caen 46 h🇳🇱 Groningen 46 h🇧🇪 Namur 46 hOstend🇮🇹 Imperia 45.8 h🇪🇸 Albacete 45.5 h🇫🇷 Chalon-sur-Saône 45.5 h🇫🇷 Grenoble 45.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 4.4% 428 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Dormagen 4.4%🇩🇪 Hamm 4.4%🇵🇱 Lublin 4.4%🇪🇸 Málaga 4.4%Ostend🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch 4.3%🇷🇺 Angarsk 4.3%🇨🇱 Antofagasta 4.3%🇨🇴 Cali 4.3%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 28.3% 131 of 1,878 🇪🇸 Reus 28.6%🇪🇸 Santa Pola 28.6%🇪🇸 Torrejón de Ardoz 28.4%🇨🇭 Montreux 28.3%Ostend🇯🇵 Koriyama 28.2%🇮🇹 Novara 28.1%🇮🇹 Trapani 28%🇦🇷 Rosario 27.9%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Offenburg 0%🇵🇱 Opole 0%🇭🇷 Osijek 0%🇳🇱 Oss 0%Ostend🇯🇵 Otaru 0%🇯🇵 Otsu 0%🇪🇸 Ourense 0%🇺🇸 Palm Desert 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 72% 235 of 1,704 🇧🇷 Manaus 72.3%🇨🇲 Yaoundé 72.2%🇮🇹 Bari 72.1%🇧🇷 Curitiba 72.1%Ostend🇳🇱 Tilburg 71.9%🇮🇹 Vigevano 71.9%🇪🇸 Madrid 71.8%🇮🇳 Mangalagiri 71.8%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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