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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Fauna & Flora
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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The Sunshine Sanctuary (Oostvleteren, Belgium)
Don't just say that "The Sunshine" is a zoo or animal park: it is an animal shelter. So here animals are kept in...
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Rumbeke Castle – Sterrebos (Rumbeke, Roeselare, Belgium)
The Castle of Rumbeke is one of the oldest Renaissance castles in Belgium and still has a private residence. The...
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't Zwin (Knokke-Heist, Belgium)
Het Zwin is a nature reserve located in the north of the province of West Flanders. Known for its mud and...
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