Around 40 ‘sand artists’ from around the world attended the Sand Sculpture Festival on the beach of Blankenberge in Belgium. Over 10,000 tonnes of sand was used to create the amazing ‘sand village’ as part of the festival’s 20th anniversary.
The festival, which runs until the end of the month, has a fairytale theme and includes magestic castles and enchanting palaces as well as a host of comic book favourites.
Visitors can take walk-through tours of the sand village where other comic book favourites such as Tintin and the Smurfs are also on display.
