Discover the Opal Coast and the Hauts-de-France region

The Calais Dragon, an impressive mechanical creature weighing 72 tonnes and standing 10 metres tall, is much more than just an animated sculpture. A true living spectacle, it offers an immersive experience combining art and technology.

201 Avenue Winston Churchill, 62100 Calais

Located in Calais inside an authentic 19th-century lace factory, the Lace and Fashion Museum specialises in Calais loom-woven lace. A museum on both fashion and industry, its vast galleries present the Haute Couture garments, lingerie and techniques that use this unique textile, from its past to contemporary applications.

135 Quai du Commerce, 62100 Calais

A collection of sculptures from the XIXth.and the XXth. century and paintings from the XVIth to the XXth. centuries has been built around Rodin’s models for his famous monument depicting the Burghers of Calais. There are also many works byAuguste Rodin, the man behind Les Bourgeois de Calais.

25 rue Richelieu, 62100 CALAIS

Housed in an authentic bunker built in 1941, the museum retraces life under the German Occupation through more than 20 exhibition rooms featuring objects, photos, uniforms and weapons.

Parc Saint Pierre, 62100 CALAIS

The Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park showcases the diversity of landscapes between spectacular coastline, bocage, valleys and wetlands. It includes the Grand Site des Deux Caps, labeled “Grand Site de France,” with Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez offering panoramic views of the English Channel and the English coast, as well as the Audomarois marshes, recognized as a “World Biosphere Reserve” by UNESCO.

The Channel Outlet Store offers over 60 shops and 80 brands with discounts of at least 30% all year round on past collections.

Bd du Parc, 62231 Coquelles

Cité Europe has over 130 shops, a Carrefour hypermarket, a shopping arcade, a 12-screen cinema, a bowling alley and a ‘Cité Gourmande’ food court with around fifteen restaurants.

1001 boulevard du Kent, 62231 Coquelles

Opened in 1901, Wimereux Golf Club is one of the oldest in France. Its 18-hole course offers a hilly layout with wide fairways and high-quality greens. The site also features a driving range with a covered area, a golf school, a clubhouse and a restaurant.

Avenue François Mitterrand, 62930 Wimereux

Nausicaá, National Sea Centre, is Europe’s largest aquarium dedicated to the discovery and preservation of the marine environment. It offers three immersive and entertaining tours, as well as interactive exhibitions and educational programmes for all ages.

Bd Sainte-Beuve, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer

One of the largest in France, the crypt was built in the 19th century around the remains of the Romanesque crypt discovered during the construction of Notre-Dame Basilica. This maze of underground galleries, with walls and vaults entirely covered in frescoes, is a place of remembrance for the city’s 2,000 years of history.

Rue de Lille, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer

Built on a slag heap, Loisinord is a leisure complex where you can ski all year round on a 320-metre synthetic slope (the largest in Europe). In summer, the water sports centre offers activities such as pedalos, canoes, cable skiing, a skate park, mini golf, a beach and more.

Avenue du lac, 62290 Noeux-Les-Mines

The Louvre-Lens is a branch of the Louvre located in the mining basin of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, transforming a mining wasteland into a 20-hectare landscaped park. Housed in a contemporary glass and metal building, the Galerie du Temps, the heart of the museum covering 3,000 m², displays around 250 works ranging from Antiquity to the 19th century.

Rue Paul Bert, 62300 Lens

This Museum of Art and Industry, housed in a converted Art Deco swimming pool, presents a variety of collections: fine arts, sculpture, design, fashion, applied arts, textiles, etc., in a unique architectural setting with its large central pool, stained glass windows and shower cubicles converted into display cases.

23 rue de l’Espérance, 59100 Roubaix

Founded in 1822, this museum houses more than 450,000 objects divided into four major collections: zoology, geology, ethnography, and science and technology. The Lille Natural History Museum offers immersive discovery areas focusing on the evolution of life and geological history.

23 rue Gosselet, 59000 Lille

The Lewarde Mining History Centre is the largest mining museum in France. It offers an insight into three centuries of coal mining!

Fosse Delloye, Rue d’Erchin, 59287 Lewarde

An exceptional natural area, the Baie de Somme combines beaches, dunes, salt marshes, marshes and sandbanks in a vast 70 km² estuary. Classified as a Grand Site de France and renowned for its biodiversity, it is a refuge for migratory birds and harbour seals.