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Boat lift

Boat lift by Fontinettes (Arken, France)

December 10, 20251533 Views Arks, France, Hauts-de-France, Pas-de-Calais, Pays de Saint-Omer 5 min read

This unique industrial heritage from 1887 was restored to its former glory and has been opened fairly recently (sometime in 2023 only)...

War & Peace ...

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Event Annual July New War & Peace Water Science & Technology

EBFN Air Force Base (Koksijde, Belgium).

March 28, 2026 4 min read

Every year in Koksijde, more specifically during the first weekend of July, the local military airport hosts...

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

1914-1918 World War I New War & Peace Viewpoint

Belgian Frontzate Fortification (Ramskapelle, Nieuwpoort, Belgium)

February 6, 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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