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Shrimp and Horse Fishermen (Oostduinkerke, Belgium)
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't Zwin (Knokke-Heist, Belgium)

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The "Kosmos" site (Westouter, Belgium)

June 25, 20252293 Views Hill Country, West Flanders 5 min read

Former tourist attraction: "Holiday Domain Kosmos". Is about 7 hectares in size. Actually, the site consists of two parts: an upper and...

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Equestrian trail in the Schipgatduinen (Koksijde, Belgium)

June 16, 2025261 Views Belgian Coast, West Flanders 4 min read

The Schipgatduinen is a beautiful piece of unspoiled dunes located on the border area between Oostduinkerke-bad and Koksijde-bad. There is a...

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't Zwin (Knokke-Heist, Belgium)

June 16, 20252052 Views Belgian Coast, Brugse Ommeland, West Flanders 4 min read

Het Zwin is a nature reserve located in the north of the province of West Flanders. Known for its mud and...

Fauna & Flora Museum Park

The Sunshine Sanctuary (Oostvleteren, Belgium)

June 16, 2025277 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...

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La courbe des émotions (Wijtschate, Belgium)

June 15, 20252436 Views Hill Country, West Flanders 2 min read

The Blankenberge willow artist Jean-Louis Muller has already realized a land art installation, say a work of art, in Heuvelland: Les Ancêtres...

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The gardens of Valloires (Argoules, France)

June 15, 20253040 Views Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais 5 min read

These 8 hectares of beautifully landscaped botanical gardens of Valloires belong to the Abbey of Valloires. This is a Cistercian abbey...

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The ponds of Romelaëre (Klaarmares, France)

June 15, 20252495 Views Le Nord, Pas-de-Calais 3 min read

Officially, this particularly beautiful nature preserve is called "Réserve naturelle nationale des étangs du Romelaëre" (in Clairmarais). To the French, this is...

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, 20253543 Views Pas-de-Calais 3 min read

Very high and large monument in memory of all Canadians who died in World War I. In the vicinity are...

1600-1750 New Times Historical Sites War & Peace Park Viewpoint Water

Fort Vauban - Dunes of La Slack (Ambleteuse, France)

June 13, 20252826 Views 6 min read

1914-1918 World War I War & Peace Park UNESCO

Belgian military cemetery and Vrijbos (Houthulst, Belgium)

June 13, 20251635 Views The Westhoek, West Flanders 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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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

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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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