The Vleeshuis (literally "Meat House") sits on the south side of the Grote Markt — a small red-brick building from 1615 with a curving Flemish gable and a row of stone heads carved into the lintel. For two centuries this was the only legal point of sale for fresh meat in Veurne; the central hall stayed cool because the brick walls were nearly a metre thick.
The interior now houses a tourism office and small exhibition space, but the exterior detail is what to look for. The carved oxen and sheep heads above the door and the sandstone window surrounds are unusually elaborate for a small Flemish town and worth a few minutes' attention.