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Discover the most beautiful tourist attractions and events on the French Opal Coast, French Flanders, Belgium, and Zeelandic Flanders.

Nécropole national de Notre-Dame de Lorette (Ablain-Saint-Nazerre, France)

4 juni 20264084 Views Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Lens (arr.), Lens-Liévin, Pas-de-Calais 4 min read

The Nécropole national de Notre-Dame de Lorette is a World War I Memorial, thus of national importance. Is kept open by a...

1M+ visitors 360 degrees Park Picnic Top attraction Viewpoint Water

Cap Blanc-Nez (Skale/Escalles, Frankrijk)

26 mei 20264374 Views Calais (arr.), Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Land of the Two Capes, Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais, Skale 7 min read

Along with its brother the Cap Gris-Nez, the Cap Blanc-Nez is one of the most popular destinations of the Flemish...

1M+ visitors 360 degrees Park Picnic Top attraction Viewpoint Water

Cap Gris-Nez (Audinghen, France)

26 mei 20265983 Views Audinghen, Boulogne-sur-Mer (arr.), Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Land of the Two Capes, Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais 8 min read

Along with its brother the Cap Blanc-Nez, the Cap Gris-Nez is one of the most popular destinations of the Flemish...

100-499K visitors Historical site Museum Picnic Top attraction UNESCO

Historic Mining Center (Lewarde, France)

May 4, 20264121 Views Cœur d'Ostrevent, Douai (arr.), Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Lewarde, Northern Department, Gateway to Hainaut, UNESCO Coal Basin 4 min read

The largest mining museum in France. Entirely dedicated to the mining and processing of coal in the last 270 years and...

1300–1500 Late Middle Ages 1871–1913 Belle Époque Historic site New Top attraction UNESCO

Bruges City Hall (Bruges, Belgium)

April 19, 2026556 Views Belgium, Bruges - Zeebrugge, Brugge (arr.), Bruges (West Flanders), Europe, Flemish Region, West Flanders 1 min read

It is one of the most beautiful in the country. The town hall of the "Venice of the North," as Bruges is also known…

1871–1913 Belle Époque 500,000–999,000 visitors Historic site New Top attraction UNESCO

Provincial Court (Bruges, Belgium)

April 16, 2026600 Views Belgium, Bruges - Zeebrugge, Brugge (arr.), Bruges (West Flanders), Europe, Flemish Region, West Flanders 2 min read

It is a particularly impressive historic building, dating from the late 19th century, located on the Market Square in the Flemish…

100-499K visitors 1919-1939 Interwar period Historical site Museum Top

Villa Cavrois (Croix, France)

April 3, 20263682 Views Croix, Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Lille (arr.), Lille Metropolitan Area, Northern Department 3 min read

Villa Cavrois is highly recommended: a particularly beautifully restored modernist villa designed by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens for...

360 degrees 50-99K visitors Abbey April Fauna & Flora July June May Park September Topper

The gardens of Valloires (Argoules, France)

March 30, 20265346 Views Abbeville (arr.), Argoules, Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Ponthieu-Marquenterre, Somme 5 min read

These 8 hectares of beautifully landscaped botanical gardens of Valloires belong to the Abbey of Valloires. This is a Cistercian abbey...

100–499,000 visitors 1000–1300 High Middle Ages 1300–1500 Late Middle Ages 360 degrees Historical site Museum Top attraction Viewpoint Observation tower UNESCO

Cloth Hall (Ypres, Belgium)

March 20, 20266418 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Europe, Ieper (arr.), Ypres (West Flanders), R.L. Westhoek, Flemish Region, West Flanders 8 min read

Ypres' Cloth Hall and Belfry are imposing. Ypres was very well known in the Middle Ages for its cloth industry. Especially the...

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

Menin Gate (Ypres, Belgium)

March 16, 20265419 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Europe, Ieper (arr.), Ypres (West Flanders), R.L. Westhoek, Flemish Region, West Flanders 3 min read

Almost every Belgian knows the Menin Gate: the gate where tens of thousands of fallen soldiers of World War I are engraved with their names. Each...

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1914-1918 Wereldoorlog I 50-99K bezoekers Gesloten Museum Nieuw Oorlog & Vrede

Musée Vivant 1914-1918 (Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, Frankrijk)

4 juni 2026 2 min read

maakt deel van de nationale herinneringssite Notre-Dame de Lorette. Je kunt/kon er – tot voor enige tijd – het eigenlijk…

100-499K visitors 1914-1918 World War I Historical site Museum War & Peace Top UNESCO

Nécropole national de Notre-Dame de Lorette (Ablain-Saint-Nazerre, France)

4 juni 2026 4 min read

1914-1918 World War I Historical site New War & Peace

Duitse Begraafplaats 1914-1918 (Courrières, Frankrijk)

4 juni 2026 2 min read

1914-1918 Wereldoorlog I Historische site Nieuw Oorlog & Vrede Picknick

Veldkeuken Gapaardhoek (Pollinkhove, Lo-Reninge, België)

2 juni 2026 2 min read

Event Fauna & Flora July June May War & Peace

Poppies (Papaver) on Flemish Fields

2 juni 2026 19 min read

1940-1945 Wereldoorlog II 360 graden Bunker Gesloten Kunst Oorlog & Vrede Water

Mirror bunker Réfléchir (Leffrinkhoeke, France)

29 mei 2026 2 min read

1940-1945 Wereldoorlog II Bunker Nieuw Oorlog & Vrede Picknick

De Schuine Toren (Ooie/Oye-Plage, Frankrijk)

29 mei 2026 2 min read

360 graden Bunker Fauna & Flora Oorlog & Vrede Park Uitzichtpunt

Mont de Couple Nature Reserve (Audembert, France)

26 mei 2026 3 min read

1914-1918 Wereldoorlog I Oorlog & Vrede Park UNESCO Werken bezig

Belgian military cemetery and Vrijbos (Houthulst, Belgium)

21 mei 2026 3 min read

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EBFN Air Force Base (Koksijde, Belgium).

March 28, 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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