Dunkirk

Developed around its North Sea harbour, Dunkirk became a major French commercial port. The city occupies the flat Flanders coast near the Belgian border, where docks, industrial quays and broad beaches shape an urban landscape closely tied to shipping. Dunkirk is internationally associated with Operation Dynamo, the 1940 evacuation of Allied troops from its beaches and harbour during the Second World War; the Dunkirk 1940 Museum preserves that memory. In the centre, the Saint-Éloi belfry is part of the UNESCO-listed Belfries of Belgium and France. Continue with other webcams from the Hauts-de-France coast to see how this part of northern France connects regionally.

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