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la trouée de Wallers-Arenberg (Wallers-Arenberg, France)
The Arenberg mining site (Wallers-Arenberg).
Fortified Castle of Bouillon (Bouillon, Belgium)
Chaudière waterfall (Sedoz, Aywaille, Belgium)
Dam on the Gileppe (Baelen, Jalhay, Belgium)

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ArcelorMittal (Dunkirk, France)

July 22, 20251643 Views Flandre Maritime, Le Nord 5 min read

ArcelorMittal is one of the largest steel producers in the world. Following the site of the former Sidmar in Belgium, they have...

The Napoleon quarry (Ferques, France)

June 16, 20253834 Views Le Boulonnais, Pas-de-Calais 2 min read

In the Ferques / Marquise region there are several large quarries. In Marquise you have rather softer limestone, in Ferques you find...

CNPE nuclear power plant (Grevelingen / Broekburg, France)

June 8, 20251354 Views Flandre Maritime, Le Nord 4 min read

The CNPE Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear power plant in France, yep, stands barely about a good 30 kilometers from the...

War & Peace ...

1914-1918 World War I 1940-1945 World War II War & Peace UNESCO

Bedford House Cemetery (Ypres, Belgium)

Oct. 26, 2025 1 min read

Bedford House Cemetery is a cemetery of 2,200 World War I and II fallen soldiers. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in September ...

360°Historical sites War & Peace Topper

Saint George's Memorial Church (Ypres, Belgium)

Oct. 25, 2025 2 min read

Event Annual July New War & Peace Water Science & Technology

EBFN Air Force Base (Koksijde, Belgium).

Oct. 24, 2025 4 min read

1700-1800 The Enlightenment Historical sites Museum New War & Peace UNESCO

Grevelingen (France)

Oct. 24, 2025 5 min read

100-499K visitors Museum New War & Peace

In Flanders Fields Museum (Ypres, Belgium)

Oct. 24, 2025 5 min read

50-99K visitors Museum New War & Peace

The Wellington QuarryArras, France)

Oct. 24, 2025 4 min read

2025 December One-time Art New November War & Peace

"The Hauntings" (Ypres, Belgium)

Oct. 24, 2025 3 min read

10-49K visitors 1914-1918 World War I 360°Museum War & Peace Park Picnic Viewpoint UNESCO

Museum on the Yser - Ijzertoren (Diksmuide, Belgium)

Oct. 24, 2025 8 min read

1820-1880 Industrial Revolution 1940-1945 World War II Historical sites New War & Peace Park Viewpoint

Pointe de la Crèche (Wimereux / Boulogne-sur-Mer, France)

Oct. 24, 2025 8 min read

1914-1918 World War I Museum New War & Peace

Ulster Memorial Tower (Thiepval, France)

Aug. 14, 2025 3 min read

About us

Philippe Vercoutter & Kristine De Loose have been living and working in the Flanders region for decades. As such, they know the region quite well: the Opal Coast, northern France, West Flanders and Zeeland Flanders.

Philippe Vercoutter is both a computer science graduate and an engineer in image processing techniques. Kristine also has two higher educations: one as a tax accountant and the other as an assistant architect. Together they have a lot of complementary experience and knowledge in all kinds of local and international, commercial and non-commercial tourism and hospitality projects. For example, they ran together for 12 years the renowned hotel-restaurant Hostellerie Kemmelberg ****. Philippe has been involved in photography since the age of 16 and is Google Local Guide Level 8. He is also one of the initiators and president of AstroLAB IRIS. Currently they also lead, among other things, the renovation project of the castle villa "Castel Mino" in the historic Dumont neighborhood of De Panne.

The intention of this website is certainly not to give a complete list of tourist attractions. They stick to things they have visited themselves and/or are so incontournable that you simply must have visited them. These are all things they stand behind 100%. The beauty and quality of "the experience" are always the focus of their attention. So it is a, sometimes quirky, touristic view of this region with a rich past. Enjoy!

You can always contact Philippe & Kristine via our Contact form.

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