Saint-Joseph Village, at Guînes near Calais, in the Pas-de-Calais, is an ecomuseum presenting a village of the past, with its shops and craftsmen.
The village has been recreated with period materials and tools: chapel, forge, mills, printer, garage, butcher, baker, school, grocer, estaminet… Visitors take their time wandering the lanes and rediscovering the shops of a bygone village.
A witness to Calais's industrial history, the International Lace and Fashion Centre is above all a lively place of discovery.
Listed as a historic monument, the Éperlecques Blockhaus with its 90,000 tonnes of concrete is the largest blockhaus in the north of France, a witness of that dark period that was the Second World War (1939–1945). A 1h30 visit to discover and know the history of the Éperlecques Blockhaus…
The Todt Battery is a Second World War German coastal artillery battery on the southern part of Cap Gris-Nez.
In the heart of the fortified old town, the castle museum of Boulogne-sur-Mer is one of the finest medieval fortresses in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
An immense dome-shaped bunker, the Coupole d'Helfaut-Wizernes was one of the last great military projects of Nazi Germany in France.
This museum has three exhibition rooms: Gallo-Roman Thérouanne, the history of the site, and medieval finds from the cathedral.