Bunker cemetery (Merlimont, France)
Along the North Sea and The Channel, you can see several remains of World War II bunkers. On the beach and...
Read more...Top.Vlaanderen - Flemings briefly away ...
Special places & events: Opal Coast, French, West and Zeeland Flanders ... and beyond ;-)
1940-1945 World War II
Discover unique sites from the 1940-1945 World War II era on the French Opal Coast, French Flanders, Belgium, and Zeelandic Flanders.
The Eperlecques bunker (Eperlecques, France)
In the bunker of Eperlecques (from World War II), V1 and V2 bomb missiles were prepared. Fortunately, the bunker was recovered in time...
Read more...
La Coupole - Centre d'histoire et Planétarium (Helfaut, France)
"La Coupole" is an impressive V2 rocket base from World War II. Concrete walls of no less than 6 meters thick! Beautiful and...
Read more...
Raversyde Atlantic Wall – Anno 1465 (Raversijde, Ostend, Belgium)
The Atlantic Wall was a German defensive line (from World War II) that was built on the western side of Europe along the coastline of...
Read more...
Battery Todt - Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique (Audinghen, France)
Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique, better known by the popular name "Battery Todt," is a war museum built out in and around...
Read more...
Mirror bunker Réfléchir (Leffrinkhoeke, France)
The Mirror Bunker was a beautiful art project: a bunker was covered with thousands of pieces of mirrors. Beautiful photographic object! Wasn't located...
Read more...
Wormwood Massacre Memorial (Ekelsbeke, France)
The serenity exuded by Wormwood Massacre Memorial stands in stark contrast to the facts that unfolded on May 28,...
Read more...
German Observation Tower Peselhoek (Poperinge, Belgium)
The German army was active in Poperinge in 1940. Among other things, there was a small airfield with an observation tower. This...
Read more...
Bedford House Cemetery (Ypres, Belgium)
Bedford House Cemetery is a cemetery of 2,200 World War I and II fallen soldiers. Recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in September ...
Read more...
Pointe de la Crèche (Wimereux / Boulogne-sur-Mer, France)
is a cliff located at the entrance to the port of Bouloge-sur-Mer. There was once an old defensive bastion "Fort de...
Read more...