Petite-Synthe

Worth seeing in and around Petite-Synthe

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Stade Marcel Tribut

   The Stade Marcel-Tribut is a multi-purpose stadium in Dunkirk, France. It is the home ground of Ligue 2 club USL Dunkerque.

   3.5 km · association football stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Dunkirk city hall

   The Hôtel de Ville is a municipal building in Dunkirk, Nord, northern France, standing on the Place Charles Valentin. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 1989.

   2.9 km · town hall in Dunkirk, France · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Canal de Bergues

   The Canal de Bergues is one of the oldest canals in Flanders, its course being shown on a map dating from the 9th century, connecting Bergues to the port of Dunkerque, in northern France. The town itself, heavily fortified by Vauban in the late 17th century, is the main attraction for boats, which moor in a dramatic location just outside the fortified walls.

   3.7 km · canal in France · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Église Saint-Éloi de Dunkerque

   The Church of Saint-Éloi, nicknamed the Cathedral of the Sands, is a Roman Catholic church in Dunkirk, France. It was listed as a Historic Monument in 1916, whereas the belfry of the original church across the street was listed in 1840.

   2.8 km · church building located in Nord, in France · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Dunkirk lighthouse

   Dunkirk Lighthouse is an automated first order port lighthouse, the highest of this type in France.

   3.5 km · lighthouse in Nord, France · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Dunkirk Memorial

   The Dunkirk Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial to the missing that commemorates 4,505 missing dead of the British Expeditionary Force, most of whom fell prior to and during the Battle of Dunkirk in 1939 and 1940, in the fall of France during the Second World War. Located in the town cemetery of Dunkirk, France, the design by Commission architect Philip Hepworth features memorial panels, a shrine in the form of a shelter, and an engraved glass pane by John Hutton.

   3.3 km · memorial located in Nord, in France · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Méridienne verte

   The Méridienne verte is a project devised by the architect Paul Chemetov for the 2000 celebration in France. It involved marking on the ground the Paris Meridian crossing France from North to South by planting trees along the whole line.

   1.3 km · project marking the ground of the Paris meridian across France · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Stade des Flandres

   Stade des Flandres is an indoor sporting arena located in Dunkerque, France.

   3.5 km · indoor sporting arena located in Dunkerque, France · Wikipedia

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Getting to Petite-Synthe

Airports

Ostend-Bruges (OST), 42 km · Lille (LIL), 73 km · Brussels (BRU), 150 km

Stations

Dunkirk railway station, 2 km · Gare de Grande-Synthe, 3.1 km

• Oostende → Petite-Synthe

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 9m · €6–8
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• Zaventem → Petite-Synthe

  150 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · €17–24
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• Charleroi → Petite-Synthe

  163 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · €19–27
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