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Discover UNESCO World Heritage sites on the French Opal Coast, French Flanders, West Flanders (Belgium), and Zeelandic Flanders.

Historic Mining Center (Lewarde, France)

May 4, 20263953 Views Cœur d'Ostrevent, Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Lewarde, Northern Department, Gateway to Hainaut, UNESCO Coal Basin 5 min read

The largest mining museum in France. Entirely dedicated to the mining and processing of coal in the last 270 years and...

1300–1500 Late Middle Ages 1871–1913 Belle Époque Historic site New Top attraction UNESCO

Bruges City Hall (Bruges, Belgium)

April 19, 2026397 Views Belgium, Bruges - Zeebrugge, Bruges (West Flanders), Europe, Flanders, West Flanders 1 min read

It is one of the most beautiful in the country. The town hall of the "Venice of the North," as Bruges is also known…

1871–1913 Belle Époque Bridge Historic site New UNESCO Water

St. Boniface Bridge (Bruges, Belgium)

April 16, 2026400 Views Belgium, Bruges - Zeebrugge, Bruges (West Flanders), Europe, Flanders, West Flanders 1 min read

Along with the Rozenhoedkaai, it is one of Bruges’s best-known photo spots. It is also known as the Love Bridge. Near…

Historic site New UNESCO Water

Rozenhoedkaai (Bruges, Belgium)

April 16, 2026386 Views Belgium, Bruges - Zeebrugge, Bruges (West Flanders), Europe, Flanders, West Flanders 1 min read

It is one of the most photographed sites in Bruges. Just about every tourist wants to have their picture taken there—it’s that iconic…

100–499,000 visitors 1000–1300 High Middle Ages 1820–1880 Industrial Revolution Historic site Chapel Church New UNESCO

Basilica of the Holy Blood (Bruges, Belgium)

April 16, 2026408 Views Belgium, Bruges - Zeebrugge, Bruges (West Flanders), Europe, Flanders, 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…

1871–1913 Belle Époque 500,000–999,000 visitors Historic site New Top attraction UNESCO

Provincial Court (Bruges, Belgium)

April 16, 2026433 Views Belgium, Bruges - Zeebrugge, Bruges (West Flanders), Europe, Flanders, West Flanders 2 min read

It is a particularly impressive historic building, dating from the late 19th century, located on the Market Square in the Flemish…

100–499,000 visitors 1000–1300 High Middle Ages 1300–1500 Late Middle Ages 360 degrees Historical site Museum Top attraction Viewpoint Observation tower UNESCO

Cloth Hall (Ypres, Belgium)

March 20, 20266220 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Europe, Ypres (West Flanders), Flanders, West Flanders 8 min read

Ypres' Cloth Hall and Belfry are imposing. Ypres was very well known in the Middle Ages for its cloth industry. Especially the...

1914-1918 World War I 360 degrees Historical site War & Peace Top UNESCO

Menin Gate (Ypres, Belgium)

March 16, 20265257 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Europe, Ypres (West Flanders), Flanders, West Flanders 3 min read

Almost every Belgian knows the Menin Gate: the gate where tens of thousands of fallen soldiers of World War I are engraved with their names. Each...

1914-1918 World War I 360 degrees War & Peace UNESCO

Essex Farm Cemetery (Boezinge, Ypres, Belgium)

March 16, 20263063 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Europe, Ypres (West Flanders), Flanders, West Flanders 2 min read

The "Essex farmstead" cemetery is located in the John McCrae Memorial Site. This site was recognized in September 2023 as a UNESCO...

1914-1918 World War I 360 degrees Trenches Museum War & Peace Park UNESCO

Vimy Ridge – Vimy Trenches (Neuville-Saint-Vaast, France)

March 3, 20265320 Views Arras Metropolitan Area, Europe, France, Hauts-de-France, Neuville-Saint-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais 3 min read

Many are familiar with the great Canadian memorial in Vimy. You can even see this great memorial from the top of the...

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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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