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Christmas market of Atrecht (Arras, France)

June 15, 20252174 Views Pas-de-Calais 2 min read

For those who love Christmas markets, stop by the Atrecht Christmas Market. This Christmas market attracts between 600...

Food & Drink Folklore September

Chicory, typically Flemish

June 15, 20253251 Views The Westhoek, Le Nord, Opal Coast 1 min read

The chicory is actually a typical Flemish product. The root of the chicory plant is roasted and the result of it...

Event Folklore

Cycling - cycling classic "Ghent-Wevelgem"

June 15, 20251243 Views Kortrijk, West Flanders 2 min read

Cycling has its origins in Flanders. There are several cycling classics. Of these, the "Tour of Flanders" and the...

1919-1939 Interwar period Event Folklore May Museum Science & Technology

Steam Train Days (Maldegem, Belgium)

June 15, 2025365 Views Meetjesland, East Flanders 5 min read

The last Steam Train Days date from May 3 and 4, 2025. But actually you can visit Maldegem every Sunday to...

1871-1913 Belle Epoque Folklore Historical sites Museum Water

La Maison du Pêcheur (Wissant, France)

June 13, 20251979 Views Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais 2 min read

"Maison du Pêcheur" is an old fisherman's cottage. It dates from the early 1900s. One has made it...

1871-1913 Belle Epoque 5-10K visitors Folklore Historical sites Museum

School museum (Boulogne-sur-Mer, France)

June 13, 2025935 Views Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais 2 min read

Also recommended: the school museum in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Nostalgia is everywhere and you can try out calligraphy yourself with a...

< 5.000 bezoekers 1871-1913 Belle Epoque Folklore Historische sites Museum Water

The House of the Beurière (Boulogne-sur-Mer, France)

June 13, 20251146 Views Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais 2 min read

Nice (and educational) to visit when you are in Boulogne-sur-Mer: "la Maison de la Beurière". Is a...

100-499K visitors 1000-1300 High Middle Ages 360°Folklore Historical sites Museum Park Topper UNESCO

Princely beguinage "Ten Wijngaerde" (Bruges, Belgium)

June 12, 20252349 Views Bruges, West Flanders 0 min read

One of the most beautiful beguinages in Belgium. Very nice courtyard. There are still beguines and you can even get one...

1000-1300 High Middle Ages August Event Folklore War & Peace

Zannekin festivals, experience the Middle Ages (Rexpoëxe, France)

June 12, 20251526 Views Le Nord 1 min read

For people interested in the Middle Ages: every year in Rekspoede (Rexpoëde, France) the so-called "Zannekin Feasts" take place. Nicholas Zannekin...

1700-1800 The Enlightenment Folklore Historical sites Picnic Viewpoint

Mountain Mill (Watten, France)

June 12, 20251440 Views Le Nord 3 min read

Very nice stone mill on a hill with a panoramic view. You can see as far as the port of Dunkirk. Also...

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1700-1800 The Enlightenment Historical sites Art Museum War & Peace

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....

10-49K visitors 1914-1918 World War I War & Peace

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

Historical sites Art War & Peace Water

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

June 13, 2025 8 min read

1940-1945 World War II War & Peace Topper Science & Technology

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

1914-1918 World War I War & Peace UNESCO

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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