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The Sunshine Sanctuary (Oostvleteren, Belgium)

June 16, 2025190 Views The Westhoek, West Flanders 3 min read

Don't just say that "The Sunshine" is a zoo or animal park: it is an animal shelter. So here animals are kept in...

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

Church of Our Lady (Kortrijk)

June 15, 20251773 Views Kortrijk, West Flanders 1 min read

Kortrijk has much more to offer than just its Broel towers. Take a peek inside the old Church of Our Lady....

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Yper Museum

June 15, 20251575 Views Ypres, West Flanders 1 min read

Yper Museum is an interactive museum where you will discover the history of the Westhoek and the medieval city of Ypres. IEPER ...

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, 20251980 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...

100-499K Visitors 1919-1939 Interwar period 360°Historical sites Art Museum Topper

Museum La Piscine (Roubaix, France).

June 13, 20252057 Views Le Nord, Roubaix-Rijsel 2 min read

Very nice Art Deco building, a former swimming pool, in the center of Roubaix. Even those who don't immediately like art...

100-499K Visitors 1919-1939 Interwar period Historical sites Museum Topper

Villa Cavrois (Croix, Roubaix, France)

June 13, 20251865 Views Le Nord, Roubaix-Rijsel 3 min read

Highly recommended: a particularly beautifully restored modernist villa designed by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens for a French industrial...

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...

0027-0476 Western Roman Empire 10-49K visitors 1820-1880 Industrial Revolution Historic Sites Museum Topper

Crypt Our Lady Basilica (Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais)

June 13, 20252800 Views Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais 2 min read

The largest crypt in all of France is the crypt in the Basilica of Our Lady in Boulogne-sur-Mer: no less than 1,200 m² (1)....

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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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