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Discover special topics and/or places related to food & drink and/or hospitality on the French Opal Coast, French Flanders, Belgium, and Zeelandic Flanders.

Atomium (Laeken, Belgium)

April 8, 20261307 Views Belgium, Brussels Capital Region, Laken 3 min read

is a remnant of the World's Fair held in Brussels in 1958. This construction represents a matrix of the...

1945–1955 Reconstruction 360 degrees Food & Drink Hotel Museum New Viewpoint Observation tower Accommodation Water

Hotel De Zeevaartschool (Vlissingen, Netherlands)

April 5, 2026652 Views Netherlands, Flushing, Walcheren, Zeeland, Southern Netherlands 5 min read

is a fine example of a successful renovation and repurposing project involving immovable heritage: the former Higher Nautical College / Maritime Institute...

1400–1600 Renaissance Food & Drink Historic Site Church New Viewpoint Water

St. Martin's Church (Tardinghen, Pas-de-Calais)

March 27, 2026495 Views France, Hauts-de-France, Land of the Two Capes, Le Boulonnais, Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais, Tardinghen 1 min read

A lovely spot has been created next to a small parking lot at St. Martin’s Church in Tardighen. We’ve already spent quite a few…

Food & Drink Hotel New Viewpoint Accommodation

Floreal Le Panoramique (Mont-Saint-Aubert, Tournai)

March 27, 2026400 Views Belgium, Tournai (Hainaut), Hainaut, Wallonia 1 min read

is a hotel you mainly visit for the magnificent view it offers of the city center of…

1871-1913 Belle Epoque Food & Drink Historical site

Coastal Heritage: Hôtel du Parc (Ostend, Belgium)

March 13, 20261884 Views Belgium, Belgian Coast, Ostend (West Flanders), Flanders, West Flanders 6 min read

There is still a lot of architectural heritage to be seen in Ostend: Royal galleries, royal villa, authentic coastal villas, and so on...

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Aux Doigts de Jean Bart (Dunkirk, France)

March 1, 2026602 Views Dunkirk, France, Hauts-de-France, Northern Department, Tourism in Dunkirk, Coastal Flanders 3 min read

is a patisserie we like to visit when we are in Dunkirk. The macarons and pastries from the fine patissier...

1000-1300 High Middle Ages 360 degrees Abbey Food & Drink Historic site

Saint Sixtus Abbey (Westvleteren, Vleteren, Belgium)

February 28, 20263304 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Flanders, Vleteren, West Flanders, Westvleteren 8 min read

The world-famous patersbier is brewed in this St. Sixtus Abbey. You can buy it there on site (in the abbey itself...

1600–1750 New Times 5-10K visitors Food & Drink Film location Folklore Historical site Top attraction Folk café

By Gisèle - Herberge "In Sint Elooi" (Houtkerke, France)

February 15, 20267,833 Views Coeur de Flandre, France, Hauts-de-France, Houtkerke, Northern Department 6 min read

Madame Gisèle Coudeville is a living legend, her village café "Au Saint Eloi" is de facto living heritage. She has since...

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Shrimp and Horse Fishermen (Oostduinkerke, Belgium)

February 12, 20266304 Views Belgium, Belgian Coast, Koksijde (West Flanders), Flanders, West Flanders 10 min read

In 2013, the horse fishermen of Oostduinkerke, who fish for shrimps, were added by UNESCO to the Representative List of...

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Jules Destrooper Visitor Center (Lo, Belgium)

January 4, 20265554 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Lo-Reninge, Flanders, West Flanders 3 min read

Jules Destrooper has been the leading producer of almond and butter wafers since 1886. Originally known for their wafer-thin...

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EBFN Air Force Base (Koksijde, Belgium).

March 28, 2026 4 min read

Every year in Koksijde, more specifically during the first weekend of July, the local military airport hosts...

1914-1918 World War I 360 degrees Historical site War & Peace Top UNESCO

Menin Gate (Ypres, Belgium)

March 16, 2026 3 min read

1914-1918 World War I 360 degrees War & Peace UNESCO

Essex Farm Cemetery (Boezinge, Ypres, Belgium)

March 16, 2026 2 min read

1914-1918 World War I 360 degrees War & Peace Park

Hill 60 (Zillebeke, Ypres, Belgium)

March 16, 2026 2 min read

1914-1918 World War I 360 degrees 50-99K visitors Museum War & Peace

Hill 62 - Sanctuary Wood (Ypres, Belgium)

March 16, 2026 3 min read

1871–1913 Belle Époque New War & Peace Water

Fort of Alprech (Le Portel, France)

March 9, 2026 3 min read

10-49K visitors 1940-1945 World War II 360 degrees Historic site Museum War & Peace

Battery Todt – Museum of the Atlantic Wall (Audinghen, France)

March 3, 2026 3 min read

1914-1918 World War I 360 degrees Trenches Museum War & Peace Park UNESCO

Vimy Ridge – Vimy Trenches (Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France)

March 3, 2026 3 min read

1940-1945 World War II Horizon 2025 War & Peace Viewpoint Observation Tower

German Observation Tower Peselhoek (Poperinge, Belgium)

February 11, 2026 2 min read

1914-1918 World War I New War & Peace Viewpoint

Belgian Frontzate Fortification (Ramskapelle, Nieuwpoort, Belgium)

February 6, 2026 4 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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