Hauts-de-France
After the dismantling of fosse 9 in Roost-Warendin, only the 61-meter-high headframe remained.
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With its 17 bunkers linked together, the fortress of Eben-Emael was considered impregnable—or so the Belgian army thought.
Hauts-de-France
Once a year, this disused railway bridge plays a starring role, namely during the passage of the spring classic in cycling: Paris-Roubaix.
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West Flanders
In early May 1915, Canadian doctor and poet John McCrae wrote the world-famous poem 'In Flanders Fields' from a medical aid station a stone's throw from Ypres.
North Brabant
In the shadow of Drunen's medieval castle, ‘Het Land van Ooit’ opened in 1989, a leisure park in which knights and counts played the leading role.
Ghent
Two hundred years ago, in 1823, the Ghent city architect Louis Roelandt started establishing the first gas factory on the Waalse Krook, specifically on the site where the Ghent city library now stands.
Hauts-de-France
The Fontinettes boat lift in Arques, France, bridges a height difference of 13 meters on the Neufossé canal, which connects the Lys river and the Aa.
Ghent
After the Second World War, the acrobats and horses in the Ghent Winter Circus made way for the out-of-control classic car collection of the Mahy car garage. After more than 20 years of vacancy, the Ghent circus was renovated.
Italy
In addition to the sun, sea and beach, the Italian coastal town of Amalfi also has industrial ruins in store.
Berlin
At the end of the nineteenth century, the Stettiner Bahn trains were coming and going at the freight station Pankow-Heinersdorf. Freight wagons from the northern port of Stettin were loaded and unloaded there, but in 1997, the station closed.
Antwerp
On the eve of the Second World War, the former petroleum port of Antwerp was equipped with a brand new network of above-ground pipelines.
Brussels
In a remote corner of the Maritime Station, a former freight station in Brussels, a water tower in the Art Nouveau style was built to refuel steam locomotives with water.
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The opening stages of the Tour de France cross northern France, a region deeply marked by the legacy of World War I and the coal industry.
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