Places to visit in Hauts-de-France, France
7 places to visit in Hauts-de-France, France, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Amiens Cathedral, Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Hauts-de-France volume.
3 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 3 Famous places to visit · 1 Hidden gem
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Hauts-de-France (3)
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Amiens Cathedral
A Gothic cathedral on a ridge above the Somme, the largest in France by interior volume. Its west front is carved with hundreds of figures, and its nave rises more than 42 metres.
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Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Canada's memorial to its soldiers of the First World War, on the ridge the Canadian Corps attacked in 1917. Twin white pylons rise above a 100 hectare preserved battlefield park, and its walls carry the names of Canadians killed in France who have no known grave.
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Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial
A memorial to some 4,742 soldiers of the British Indian Army who fell on the Western Front and have no known grave. It stands where Indian troops fought in the Battle of Neuve-Chapelle in 1915, around a tall column crowned with a lotus and the Star of India.
Famous places to visit in Hauts-de-France (3)
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Château de Chantilly
A château about 50 kilometres north of Paris, made up of a Petit Château built around 1560 and a Grand Château rebuilt in the 1870s. It holds a major collection of old paintings, a horse museum in its Great Stables and gardens laid out by Le Nôtre.
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Château de Pierrefonds
A medieval castle in the Oise, rebuilt for Napoleon III by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century as a romantic vision of the Middle Ages. Its towers, battlements and drawbridge have made it a favourite setting for films.
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Parc Astérix
A theme park in northern France built around the Asterix comics of Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny. After Disneyland Paris it is the most visited entertainment resort in the country, with roller coasters and villages of Gauls and Romans.
Hidden gems in Hauts-de-France (1)
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Louvre-Lens
An outpost of the Paris Louvre in the old mining town of Lens, about 200 kilometres north of the capital. Works from the Louvre's collections come here on medium and long loans, shown in a long, low building of glass and polished aluminium.
Collecting in Hauts-de-France
What are the best places to visit in Hauts-de-France?
LOQAH lists 7 places in Hauts-de-France. The best known include Amiens Cathedral, Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial, Château de Chantilly and Château de Pierrefonds. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Hauts-de-France?
7, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Hauts-de-France?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Hauts-de-France before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Hauts-de-France and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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