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Discover interesting and unique museums on the French Opal Coast, French Flanders, West Flanders (Belgium), and Zeelandic Flanders.

Villa Empain (Ixelles, Belgium)

April 8, 20261061 Views Belgium, Brussels Capital Region, Ixelles 4 min read

is a very fine example of an art deco villa (architect Michel Polak, 1931) built for Baron Louis Empain. Being...

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Foundation Paul Delvaux Museum (Koksijde, Belgium)

April 5, 20264196 Views Belgium, Belgian Coast, Koksijde (West Flanders), Flanders, West Flanders 3 min read

The Foundation Paul Delvaux Museum, established in 1982, dedicated to Belgian painter Paul Delvaux (1897 - 1994). Located in...

1945–1955 Reconstruction 360 degrees Food & Drink Hotel Museum New Viewpoint Observation tower Accommodation Water

Hotel De Zeevaartschool (Vlissingen, Netherlands)

April 5, 2026652 Views Netherlands, Flushing, Walcheren, Zeeland, Southern Netherlands 5 min read

is a fine example of a successful renovation and repurposing project involving immovable heritage: the former Higher Nautical College / Maritime Institute...

100-499K visitors 1919-1939 Interwar period Historical site Museum Top

Villa Cavrois (Croix, France)

April 3, 20263521 Views Croix, France, Hauts-de-France, Lille Metropolitan Area, Northern Department 3 min read

Villa Cavrois is highly recommended: a particularly beautifully restored modernist villa designed by architect Robert Mallet-Stevens for...

50-99K visitors Museum Water

NAVIGO Fisheries Museum (Oostduinkerke, Belgium)

March 31, 20261807 Views Belgium, Belgian Coast, Koksijde (West Flanders), Flanders, West Flanders 5 min read

It used to be called the "National Fisheries Museum." Oostduinkerke used to be the place where most Icelandic sailors lived. Not illogical that...

100-499K visitors Historical site Museum Picnic Top attraction UNESCO

Historic Mining Center (Lewarde, France)

March 30, 20263864 Views Cœur d'Ostrevent, 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...

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, 20266131 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, 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 50-99K visitors Museum War & Peace

Hill 62 - Sanctuary Wood (Ypres, Belgium)

March 16, 20264505 Views Belgium, The Westhoek, Ypres (West Flanders), Flanders, West Flanders 3 min read

The English gave numbers to the hills in World War I. Both Hill 60 and Hill 62 are very well-known hills...

10-49K visitors 1400-1600 Renaissance Museum New Viewpoint Observation tower Lighthouse Water

Het Hoge Licht Lighthouse (Westkapelle, Veere, Netherlands)

March 7, 2026557 Views Netherlands, Veere, Walcheren, Westkapelle (Veere), Zeeland, Southern Netherlands 1 min read

is an old lighthouse located in the center of Westkapelle (on the banks of the Westerschelde). Westkapelle is a borough...

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, 20264904 Views Audinghen, France, Hauts-de-France, Land of the Two Capes, Le Boulonnais, Opal Coast, Pas-de-Calais 3 min read

Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique, better known by the popular name "Battery Todt," is a war museum built out in and around...

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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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