MAP. Our ideas for outings in the Nord – Pas-de-Calais for Heritage Days
By Amandine Vachez
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It is a very nice weekend ahead ! the Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September 2022you will be able to enjoy beautiful animations, for the “JEP”, European Heritage Days (and marriage). Here is a selection of five things you can do, in the Northand five others in the Pas de Calais.
You will soon find our selection concerning Lille in our “Leisure-Culture” section.
Sustainable heritage
This year, the theme of the EHDs is “sustainable heritage”. Throughout the territory, the places are in tune to offer a program linked to the theme of this 39e editing.
As a reminder, during this third weekend of September, exceptional places are open to the public. And in particular some that only open their doors on this occasion, such as the Departmental Archives or the Regional Headquarters in Lille.
As it is difficult to be exhaustive as long as the list of activities is long, the editorial staff has concocted a map for you listing five places to discover in the North, then five places in Pas-de-Calais, where you can enjoy special entertainment.
Be careful, however, to check that there is still space! Some places show every full year before the weekend.
Discover our map, and further down in the article the information concerning each site that is referenced there:
What to do in the North?
Arched: the Cambrai Laboratory offers entertainment throughout the weekend, from Friday with a heritage quiz (family game from 7 years old). Saturday and Sunday will be offered: a survey (6-12 years old), a site visit, a workshop on preventive conservation (teenagers and adults), a creative workshop around plastic puppets (6-9 years old), a screening- debate around digital heritage, meetings with heritage professionals (adults) and a science workshop around “the life of paper” (from 7 years old). The detailed program is available online.
Kassel: For the JEPs, museums open their doors to the public. At Flanders Museum, in addition to the discovery of the collections and thematic visits, an engraving workshop on Tetrapak® – “how to make a work of art with food packaging? – will be offered continuously on Sunday afternoon. On Saturday, it’s a family tour (4-10 years old) which will take place throughout the day, “Diabolo and Lunette explore the Hôtel de la Noble-Cour”. All the practical information is gathered on the museum website.
Duai: A busy weekend is coming up, Charterhouse Museum. In addition to discovering the emblematic place and its current exhibition, “Revealed Treasures”, you can enjoy: poetic wanderings on Saturday, a visit around touch, a dance performance on Sunday, and temporary tattoos, both afternoons. Games, thematic visits and other fun workshops will enliven the weekend. More informations on the website of the douaisis tourist office.
Resure: the Philippe de Commynes Castle will be lively during the weekend. The opportunity to discover an exceptional place, while having a good time. You can take part in a treasure hunt at the castle, an exhibition on… pigeons, you can try Flemish games and of course enjoy a guided tour. More informations this way.
Wallers-Arenberg: A great artistic day, called “Traversée(s)” between discovery of the territory and artistic events, is organized on the territory of the Mining Basin. Shows, exhibitions, cyclo-tours… The Urban Community of La Porte du Hainaut and the Mining Basin Mission have joined forces to offer a crossing of the Mining Basin from The Bolt in Vieux-Condé to Arenberg Creative mine in Wallers, punctuated by various performances. The detailed program is available online.
What to do in Pas-de-Calais?
Arras: Milirue offers a “fun and sustainable visit for the JEPs”, announces Clémence, the creator of these notebooks, imagined to make discover the cities in a playful way, in family (with children from 4 to 12 years old). It will be necessary for those who want to try the experience of the notebook on Arras, available at the Arras Pays d’Artois tourist office. A podcast on the city is to listen to before starting the route. Note that a Milirue notebook also exists in Lille!
Bruay-la-Buissiere: An “alternative weekend”, in partnership with lille3000, will be held at the city of electricians, with: “wanderings and danced shows, artistic installations, photo exhibitions… which invite visitors to (re)discover a site bearing witness to the mining heritage, the oldest coron in Pas-de-Calais, completely renovated “, announces the place. For more practical information, go to the site of the place.
Calais: Budding sailors, discover “the mysteries of marine knots”, for these Heritage Days, at Shipyard, exceptionally open to the public. In addition to discovering traditional boats – “Lorette”, a traditional North Sea sailing ship, built in the 1930s; “Samalia”, pleasure sailboat from the same period, abandoned then restored… -, exceptional collections and exhibitions, on Saturday and Sunday you can learn about marine knots, in a workshop led by Luc Cartiaux, member of the Guild of knot makers. More informations on the FRCPM website, which organizes these activities.
Lens: the Louvre-Lens welcomes for this edition a prestigious guest: the choreographer Boris Charmatz, who invites you on Sunday to “live the day of a dancer”, in the park of the museum. On Saturday, an unprecedented two-voice visit to the Galerie du Temps, then “TOD”, “theatre on demand”. Discovery behind the scenes of the museum and special visits complete the program, and all for free! More informations on the page of the site dedicated to the event.
Onions: The JEPs are an opportunity to discover the 9-9amining site rich in history and which has an unmissable scene of contemporary music: the Metaphone. For the event, the site will be in turmoil, with a rich program, for all audiences. Visits to the site, plastic arts, street-art and sound creation workshops, entertainment and games around funny bikes, an offbeat survey and a traveling bookstore, musical and dance trail, exhibitions and film-concert: there are many reasons to go there this third weekend of September. More informations on the official website of 9-9 Bis.
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