Every year in Winter the people of Dunkirk are taking over the streets to celebrate France’s noisiest carnival with a colourful vibe enjoyed by locals and tourists alike. ... lire plus !
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Every year in Winter the people of Dunkirk are taking over the streets to celebrate France’s noisiest carnival with a colourful vibe enjoyed by locals and tourists alike. ... lire plus !
In the North of France, not far from the Belgian border, the town of Béthune hosts one of the most wonderful Christmas markets in the region. Béthune Christmas ... lire plus !
The Arras Christmas Market has become one of the most important festive events organised in the North of France. The event welcomed a record of 1 million visitors in 2016. ... lire plus !
20 years ago, on the 6th May 1994, Queen Elizabeth II and French President François Mitterrand jointly inaugurated the Channel Tunnel, the world’s longest sub-sea crossing. One ... lire plus !
Lille Christmas Market is wonderfully set in the busy shopping district of the city and is a popular destination for French, British and Belgian visitors. Christmas in ... lire plus !
Brussels waffles are made from a batter cooked in a special waffle iron which is patterned to give a distinctive and characteristic grid shape. Where do waffles come from? ... lire plus !
Sugar! The North of France has always eaten a lot of it, in many different forms: molasses, cubes, or soft brown “vergoise”. In the 19th Century a special ... lire plus !
A Carbonade Flamande is a traditional sweet-sour beef dish from Belgium and the north of France. This recipe is quite similar to the beef bourguignon except that the ... lire plus !
Maroilles is a typical cheese from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais. It is a cow’s milk cheese with a soft pâte (uncooked and unpressed) and with a moist, brick red, washed ... lire plus !
Nord-Pas-de-Calais was a French administrative region now part of the Hauts-de-France region. Located in the north of France it is surrounded by Picardy to the south, Belgium to ... lire plus !
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