"Hotellet ligger ved kysten."

Translation: The hotel is by the coast.

[anasmahmood]

Why not "The hotel lies next to the coast"?

[Xeins1]

That would be: Hotellet ligger ved siden av kysten.

[bossman]

Why ved and not på here?

[fveldig]

Don't expect rules for prepositions... (På is also accepted here, but 'ved' is more common)

[safebra]

So is it true that buildings (lile a hotel) 'ligger' but don't 'står'? A bit counterintuitive, but fine if I can generalise this way