Angela Bird's Northern France: What's on in January

ANGELA BIRD'S
Northern France
What to do and see within 90 minutes of Calais

WHAT'S ON IN NORTHERN FRANCE

January 2010

(entries in red indicate new additions)

Départements are identified with their official number:
59=Nord; 62=Pas-de-Calais; 80=Somme

	PLEASE NOTE This website is really just a supplement to Angela Bird's guidebook, Northern France: What to do and see within 90 minutes of Calais (left), which gives full details in its 176 pages of hundreds of interesting and off-beat tourist sites throughout the region. What you see on the website consists of either extra topics not covered in the book (Calendar, Restaurants, Travel routes, Internet links etc), or updated information (new tourist attractions open - or old ones closed) since the book appeared. For the complete picture, order Northern France through bookshops in the UK and Ireland, or from Amazon ; it is also on sale in good bookshops throughout Northern France.	The listings on this site are supplied in good faith, gathered by the author from various sources. However it is always wise to check details with organisers or tourist offices before making a special journey. The “département”, or county, is indicated by the following official figures: 59=Nord 62=Pas de Calais 80=Somme

	WINTER CLOSURES 2009-2010 Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne; closed 17 Dec – 13 Jan. La Coupole, Helfaut, closed 20 Dec to early 2010. Thiepval visitor centre, closed 21 Dec-10 Jan.
Until 1 Jan 2010	La Cathédrale en couleurs See the magical effects of light on the west front of the cathedral, as the original colours of the cathedral’s saints and scenes are projected onto the naked stone. Stand outside to watch this popular nightly show, which was first launched for the Millennium. It runs about half an hour. Daily 7pm. Admission free.	Cathedral square, Amiens 80
Until 30 Jan 2010	Enluminures d'hier et d'aujourd'hui Exhibition of medieval illuminated manuscripts, alongside more contemporary versions by Marc Niederhauser.	Espace L'Escalopier, Bibliothèque Louis Aragon, 50 Rue de la République, Amiens, 80
Until 31 Jan 2010	Charles Roussel à fleur de bois Exhibition devoted to a painter who worked extensively on the beaches of Berck in the late-19th and early-20th century. Much influenced by Francis Tattegrain, he developed his own style of “neo-impressionism” based on sand, sky and ocean.	Musée Opale-Sud, Berck-sur-Mer, 62
2 Jan-7 Feb 2010	Corps et Ame Exhibition of paintings by St-Omer artist Francis Denis, featuring faces and bodies with an abstract spin. Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri from 5pm ; Sat, Sun from 11am (closed Wed).	Le Cabaret, 33 Place dce la Ghiere, St-Omer (Faubourg du Haut Pont) 62
14 Jan-14 Mar 2010	Cicatrices de guerre(s) Exhibition of original drawings from comic-strip books by Picardy-based artists. In this peculiarly French graphic-art-form, 16 serious stories on World War I are recounted in strip-cartoon form, covering life in the trenches, behind the lines, among civilians and the disfigured ex-soldiers. They are shown alongside documents and objects from the museum’s collection to show the scars on the Picardy countryside left by the Great War.	Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne, 80

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Corps et Ame Exhibition of paintings by St-Omer artist Francis Denis, featuring faces and bodies with an abstract spin. Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri from 5pm ; Sat, Sun from 11am (closed Wed).

Corps et Ame Exhibition of paintings by St-Omer artist Francis Denis, featuring faces and bodies with an abstract spin.
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri from 5pm ; Sat, Sun from 11am (closed Wed).