Bio-Topia (Fort-Mardijk, Dunkirk, France)
is an animal park located in Fort-Mardijk (Dunkirk). Its size and layout are more reminiscent of a...
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Fauna & Flora
The gardens of Valloires (Argoules, France)
These 8 hectares of beautifully landscaped botanical gardens of Valloires belong to the Abbey of Valloires. This is a Cistercian abbey...
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Flood plain of the Yser
At regular intervals, the Ijzer overflows its banks. It is then interesting to tour the flood plain of...
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Mont de Couple Nature Reserve (Audembert, France)
Mont de Couple is a beautiful hiking area with an excellent panorama of the Opal Coast: you can see 360° around your...
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Belle Botanical Garden (Belle, France)
France has only 12 nationally recognized botanical gardens ("Conservatoire Botanique National"). Few people know that one of these is very...
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Park Marguerite-Yourcenar (St. John's apple, France)
Park Marguerite-Yourcenar is a beautiful park of about 40 hectares located just over the Zwarteberg (Westouter, Heuvelland). The official name...
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Poppies (Papaver) on Flemish Fields
May-June-July is the season of poppies: that's when they bloom en masse. These fragile red flowers are not only...
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Le Hourdel (Cayeux-sur-Mer, France)
Le Hourdel is one of the viewpoints over the Bay of Somme. There is a large tower of the...
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Mill Ter Hengst - 200-year-old Linde (Nukerke, Belgium)
There are hundreds of windmills in Flanders. Some of them were restored and sometimes even made millable again. An example of this is the Steenakkermolen...
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The ponds of Romelaëre (Klaarmares, France)
Officially called the ponds of Romelaëre, a particularly beautiful natural preserve, "Réserve naturelle nationale des étangs du Romelaëre" (in Clairmarais). For...
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