ANGELA
BIRD'S
Northern France
What to do and see within 90 minutes of
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=
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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. |
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: |
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WINTER CLOSURES 2009-2010 Historial de la Grande Guerre, Péronne; closed 17 Dec – 13 Jan. |
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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
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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, |
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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 |
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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.
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Le Cabaret, 33 Place dce la Ghiere, St-Omer (Faubourg du
Haut Pont) 62 |
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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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