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St-Omer
! D1 ⌂ Pas de Calais £ @
n 7 pl Victor Hugo; www.
tourisme-saintomer.com
With cobbled streets and
17th- and 18th-century
buildings, St-Omer appears
untouched. The Hôtel
Sandelin houses a fine and
decorative arts museum.
The fascinating Bibliothèque
d’Agglomération contains
rare manu scripts from the
nearby 15th-century Abbaye
St-Bertin. Five km (3 miles)
from St-Omer, La Coupole is a 4 Fine artwork at
World War II museum located Calais’s Musée des
inside a converted bunker. Calais Beaux Arts
Bibliothèque ! D1 ⌂ Pas de Calais £
d’Agglomération @ g n 12 bd Clémencea; 1939–1945, in a battle-scarred
⌂ 40 rue Gambetta # Tue, www.calais-cote German block house, examines
dopale.com
Wed, Fri & Sat ¢ Public hols local events during the war.
∑ bibliotheque-agglo- Calais is a busy port town
stomer.fr with a sandy beach to the Musée des Beaux-Arts
west. Many visitors never get " ⌂ 25 rue Richelieu
La Coupole closer to it than the huge Cité § 03 21 46 48 40 # 1–5pm
" ⌂ Rue Clabaux, 62570 Europe shop ping mall by the Tue–Sun (to 6pm Apr–Oct)
Wizernes # 9am–6pm daily Channel Tunnel exit. In town, ¢ Public hols
(from 10am Jul–Aug) the Musée des Beaux Arts,
¢ 2 weeks in Jan, 24 & 25 Dec has an impres sive collection Musée Mémoire 1939–
∑ lacoupole-france.co.uk including studies for Auguste 1945
Rodin’s famous statue The " ⌂ Parc St Pierre # Oct–
Burghers of Calais (1895). The Apr: 11am–5pm Mon & Wed–
Full-scale exhibits at La Cité de la Dentelle et de la Sat; May–Sep: 10am–6pm
Coupole, a World War II Mode recalls the town’s lace- daily ¢ Jan & Dec ∑ musee-
museum in St-Omer making past. Musée Mémoire memoire-calais.com

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