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Basilica of the Holy Blood (Bruges, Belgium)

April 16, 2026500 Views Belgium, Bruges - Zeebrugge, Brugge (arr.), Bruges (West Flanders), Europe, Flemish Region, West Flanders 2 min read

, also known as the Basilica of the Holy Blood, is a basilica located on the Burg in Bruges, right next to City Hall. There…

1789–1815 French Revolution & Napoleon Chapel New Water

Small Chapel of Our Lady of the Dunes (Dunkirk, France)

March 2, 2026723 Views Dunkirk, Dunkerque (arr.), Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Northern Department, Tourism in Dunkirk, Coastal Flanders 1 min read

is a warmly decorated, yet dark, maritime chapel in the center of Dunkirk. Various ship models hang from the ceiling....

1600–1750 New Times 1700–1800 The Enlightenment 1820–1880 Industrial Revolution Pilgrimage site Historic site Chapel New

Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy (Izenberge, Alveringem, Belgium)

February 21, 20261072 Views Alveringem (West Flanders), Belgium, The Westhoek, Europe, Izenberge, R.L. Westhoek, Veurne (arr.), Flemish Region, West Flanders 4 min read

The full name of the Van Izenberge is "Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy." It is a pilgrimage chapel. It dates from 1653. The...

Place of pilgrimage Folklore Medicinal water Historical site Chapel Water

Chapel of Saint Godelieve (Wierre-Effroy, France)

February 19, 20263392 Views Boulogne-sur-Mer (arr.), Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Land of the Two Capes, Le Courgain, Pas-de-Calais, Wierre-Effroy 3 min read

The Chapel of Saint Godelieve is a picturesque chapel with consecrated spring water. The chapel was built in 1782 and...

1871–1913 Belle Époque 360 degrees Chapel New

Paterskerk (De Panne, Belgium)

February 17, 2026823 Views Belgium, Belgian Coast, De Panne (West Flanders), The Westhoek, Europe, R.L. Westhoek, Veurne (arr.), Flemish Region, West Flanders 2 min read

It was built in 1906. It was the chapel where King Albert I attended mass during the First World War...

1700–1800 The Enlightenment Pilgrimage site Folklore Historical site Chapel New

Choir chapel “Ons Heerens Boompje” (Poperinge, Belgium)

February 11, 20261339 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Europe, Ieper (arr.), Poperinge (West Flanders), R.L. Westhoek, Flemish Region, West Flanders 4 min read

is a particularly picturesque field chapel. And the term "field chapel" can be taken literally here: it is located on a footpath in the middle of...

1700–1800 The Enlightenment 1871–1913 Belle Époque Film location Historic site Historic windmill Chapel New

Mill Path (Eggewaartskapelle, Veurne, Belgium)

February 6, 2026906 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Eggewaart Chapel, Europe, R.L. Westhoek, Veurne (arr.), Veurne (West Flanders), Flemish Region, West Flanders 3 min read

The Molenpad in Eggewaartskapelle is a particularly picturesque country lane. It is short, one of the most beautiful in Flanders, and winds its way...

1300-1500 Late Middle Ages Historic site Chapel Picnic Viewpoint

St. Louis Chapel (Gimmeke, France)

December 13, 20254916 Views Europe, France, Gimmeke, Hauts-de-France, Pas-de-Calais, Pays de Saint-Omer, Saint-Omer (arr.), Tournehem-sur-la-Hem 3 min read

The site of the Saint-Louis Chapel in Gimmeke (known as Guémy in French) contains the remains of an old chapel (15th century) located…

1919-1939 Interwar period Historic site Chapel New War & Peace Work in progress

Chapel Count Paul de Goussencourt (Kaaskerke, Diksmuide, Belgium)

November 11, 20251282 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Diksmuide (arr.), Diksmuide (West Flanders), Europe, Kaaskerke, R.L. Westhoek, Flemish Region, West Flanders 3 min read

The is also known as "Airmen's Chapel" or also "Memorial Chapel de Goussencourt." It is located near the Ijzertoren....

Place of pilgrimage Folklore Historical site Chapel Park

Chapel of Our Lady of the Forest (Tournehem-sur-la-Hem, France)

Oct. 25, 20252776 Views Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Pas-de-Calais, Pays de Saint-Omer, Saint-Omer (arr.), Tournehem-sur-la-Hem 2 min read

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Forest is a remarkable little chapel located in the middle of the forest of Tournehem-sur-la-Hem. It was built in...

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

Belgian military cemetery and Vrijbos (Houthulst, Belgium)

21 mei 2026 3 min read

This large military cemetery with 1,722 Belgian graves from World War I is embedded in a 352-hectare forest. It...

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EBFN Air Force Base (Koksijde, Belgium).

March 28, 2026 4 min read

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

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!

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