Calais

Calais lies on the Strait of Dover, where the flat coastal plain of French Flanders meets the busy waters between France and England. Its harbour has long made the city a principal cross-Channel link, with ferries connecting it to Dover and the Channel Tunnel terminal located nearby at Coquelles. In the centre, Auguste Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais recalls the 1347 episode during the Hundred Years’ War, when six leading citizens offered themselves to England’s King Edward III after a long siege. The Calais Lighthouse and beach-lined seafront reinforce its maritime identity, while Cap Blanc-Nez lies along the Opal Coast to the southwest. Explore nearby webcam locations that provide complementary perspectives on Calais and the Opal Coast.

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