Zuienkerke has about 2,700 inhabitants. It is the "big brother" of the polder villages Meetkerke, Houtave and Nieuwmunster.

Zuienkerke is situated in the Uitkerkse polders and is a paradise for both walkers and cyclists. For the culture lover, the World Heritage City of Bruges (13 km) is nearby, the beautiful Lissewege and Damme are easy to reach by bicycle as well as the Belgian coast (10 km), more specifically De Haan, Wenduine but also Knokke.

This is the Flanders of our great-grandparents, where the clock ticks a little slower, with cosy cafés, the polders, nostalgic villages and delicious regional products.

• 1898: construction of the Zuienkerk convent, in neo-Gothic style, and the village school by the Sisters of Kortemark.
• 2017: conversion into B&B "The Old Monastery House" with 3 guest rooms.
• September 2021: we visit Zuienkerke and the Oud Kloosterhuis and immediately fall in love with the region and the building.
• January 2022: we move from East to West Flanders and return to our "hotel roots". We rename the B&B into B&B Otentik.

We both graduated in hotel management and started our hotel career in Brussels 5* hotels. In 1997, the two of us move to West Africa where Christophe works for Sabena Hotels and Le Méridien Hotels and I work for the then Sabena and the Belgian Embassy.

In 2002, we returned to Belgium no longer as a couple, but as five, with our children Arnaud and the twins Julien and Louise. We went back to work in various sectors, but the hotel business kept tickling our fancy. On March 3, 2022, we finally realize our dream, the opening of Otentik Bed & Breakfast.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Christine