Places to visit nr.
St-Omer:
St-Omer
Cathedral -
one of north France's finest medieval buildings
Glassworks
- Arques' famous crystal glassware factory, with shop
Boat
trips - on
river Aa and Audomarois marshes
St.
Bertin's Abbey -
ruined in the French Revolution
Museums:
Hotel Sandelin
& Henri
Dupuis -
St-Omer
Saint
Omer Brewery
- book for tours
Nearby:
La
Coupole -
grimly fascinating Nazi Second World War rocket base
Le
Blockhaus d'Eperlecques
- original bunker for manufacture of V2 rockets
Les
Fontinettes canal-barge
Lift -
Arques
Distillerie
Persyn - Gin
Distillery (can visit by boat)
Dennlys
Parc -
family theme park
...near
Aire-sur-Lys:
Thérouanne
- archaeological remains of medieval cathedral
Loisinord
ski resort,
near Bethune - new use for an old coal-mine slag-heap
Azincourt
Medieval History Centre
- new exhibition by the battlefield
Fressin
Castle -
ruins of medieval castle near Fruges
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