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Museum La Piscine (Roubaix, France).

June 13, 20252064 Views Le Nord, Roubaix-Rijsel 2 min read

Very nice Art Deco building, a former swimming pool, in the center of Roubaix. Even those who don't immediately like art...

100-499K Visitors 1919-1939 Interwar period Historical sites Museum Topper

Villa Cavrois (Croix, Roubaix, France)

June 13, 20251873 Views Le Nord, Roubaix-Rijsel 3 min read

Highly recommended: a particularly beautifully restored modernist villa designed by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens for a French industrial...

100-499K visitors 1914-1918 World War I 360°War & Peace Park Topper Viewpoint UNESCO

Canadian National Vimy Memorial (Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France)

June 13, 20253406 Views Pas-de-Calais 3 min read

Very high and large monument in memory of all Canadians who died in World War I. In the vicinity are...

100-499K visitors 1914-1918 World War I 360°War & Peace UNESCO

German Military Cemetery (Langemark, Belgium)

June 13, 20252953 Views The Westhoek, West Flanders 3 min read

There aren't really many German cemeteries in the Westhoek. The German Military Cemetery is located in Langemark. In...

100-499K visitors 1914-1918 World War I 360°War & Peace Topper UNESCO

Tyne Cot (Passendale, Zonnebeke)

June 13, 20252353 Views West Flanders, Zonnebeke 2 min read

Worth visiting: this cemetery is world famous - Passchendael. PASSENDALE Belgium Designation of the location on the tourist map of...

100-499K visitors 1914-1918 World War I 360°Museum War & Peace Park

Passchendaele Museum (Zonnebeke, Belgium)

June 13, 20252074 Views West Flanders, Zonnebeke 1 min read

ZONNEBEKE Belgium Indication of the location on the tourist map of Top.Flanders.Indication of the location on Google Maps.Internet media of...

100-499K visitors 1914-1918 World War I 360°Art War & Peace Topper

Anneau de la Mémoire (Ablain-Saint-Nazerre, France)

June 13, 20251833 Views Pas-de-Calais 1 min read

Artistic monument in the form of a giant ring on which the names of 579,606 victims out of 40...

100-499K visitors 1940-1945 World War II The Space Historical Sites Museum War & Peace Topper

La Coupole - Centre d'histoire et Planétarium (Helfaut, France)

June 13, 20251893 Views Pas-de-Calais 1 min read

"La Coupole" is an impressive V2 rocket base from World War II. Concrete walls of no less than 6 meters thick! Beautiful and...

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Raversyde Atlantikwall - Anno 1465 (Raversijde, Belgium)

June 13, 20253576 Views Belgian Coast, West Flanders 3 min read

The Atlantic Wall was a German defensive line (from World War II) that was built on the western side of Europe along the coastline of...

100-499K visitors 1914-1918 World War I 360°Museum War & Peace Park Viewpoint UNESCO

Museum on the Yser - Ijzertoren (Diksmuide, Belgium)

June 13, 20252988 Views The Westhoek, West Flanders 2 min read

Museum aan de Ijzer has an 84-metre-high watchtower (22 floors) with the famous acronyms AVV-VVK ("Everything for...

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Church of Our Lady (Kortrijk)

June 15, 2025 1 min read

Kortrijk has much more to offer than just its Broel towers. Take a peek inside the old Church of Our Lady....

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World War I trenches

June 15, 2025 3 min read

1400-1600 Renaissance Historical sites War & Peace

The Beggars ... (Steenvoorde, Hill Country)

June 13, 2025 6 min read

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Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais)

June 13, 2025 8 min read

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The bunker of Eperlecques (France)

June 13, 2025 2 min read

100-499K visitors 1914-1918 World War I 360°War & Peace Park Topper Viewpoint UNESCO

Canadian National Vimy Memorial (Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France)

June 13, 2025 3 min read

1600-1750 New Times Historical Sites War & Peace Park Viewpoint Water

Fort Vauban - Dunes of La Slack (Ambleteuse, France)

June 13, 2025 6 min read

1914-1918 World War I War & Peace UNESCO

Saint Julian Memorial - The Brooding Soldier (Langemark, Belgium)

June 13, 2025 1 min read

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French military cemetery Saint-Charles de Potyze (Ypres, Belgium)

June 13, 2025 1 min read

1914-1918 World War I Historical sites War & Peace

Ploegsteert Memorial (Ploegsteert, Belgium)

June 13, 2025 1 min read

About us

We, Philippe Vercoutter & Kristine De Loose, have been living in the Flanders region for decades. So we know the region pretty well: the Opal Coast, northern France, West Flanders and Zeeland Flanders.

The purpose of this website is certainly not to provide a complete list of tourist attractions. We stick to things we have visited ourselves and/or are so incontournable that you simply must have visited them. They are all things we stand behind 100%. The beauty and quality of "the experience" are always our main focus. Our, sometimes quirky, tourist view of this region with a rich past. Enjoy!

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