• Hondschoote its town hall, its church
• Bergues its Belfry, its ramparts (fortifications under Louis XIV). Filming circuit for "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis" www.bergues.fr
• Flemish towns with their churches and Flanders altarpieces from the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries (sculptural quality unique to France).
   

On the coast we have …

• its museums : 

  • The port museum (recapturing the past and present activities of the port).
  • The museum of fine arts (Flemish School of Painting, gallery of local history …).
  • Regional Centre for Contemporary Art (collection specifically dedicated to contemporary art). Three-mast sailing ship « Duchesse Anne »
• Its monuments : 
  • Leughenaer Tower (1406), the oldest building in Dunkirk.
  • The Belfry (1440) which to begin with was attached to Saint-Eloi Church.
  • Saint-Eloi Church (1450) partly destroyed, its restoration was completed in 1985. It houses the tomb of Jean Bart (1650-1702), the most illustrious of Dunkirk corsairs to be ennobled by Louis XIV (his statue can be found on the square which bears his name). Jean-Bart statue ;
  • Three-mast sailing ship « Duchesse Anne » (1901), delivered to France in 1946 by the German navy ship school;
  • Allied Memorial (1962), commemorating the bravery of the Allied troops which took part in Operation Dynamo in May-June 1940.
• Its port: 3rd most important port in France, consolidating the steel and petrochemical industries. A visit to Sollac, the biggest steel plant in Europe, is a must.

• Marked out pedestrian walkways: Under the church for the Costal Protection Agency, the dune zone has become a protected site where you can discover the flora and fauna, with Marchand Dune in Bray-Dunes being one of the links. Almost 266 species of birds and 340 plants have been identified.

• The same plan was carried out by the Nord District Council on the territory of Ghyvelde, whose acquisition concerned a strip of dunes of around 80 hectares.