museum
Louvre-Lens
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
20 km · about 25 min drive
Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
Douai is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Dechy, 20km from Louvre-Lens.
Douai is a town located in Hauts-de-France, France. With a population of 46,531, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Douai sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Douai to your route.
Douai (UK: DOO-ay, US: doo-AY, French: [dwɛ] ; Picard: Doï; Dutch: Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Lille and 25 km (16 mi) from Arras,Read more
Douai is home to one of the region's most impressive belfries.
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Douai is located in Hauts-de-France, France, Europe. The coordinates are 50.3707 latitude, 3.0792 longitude.
Douai has a population of approximately 46,531 people, making it a town in France.
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museum
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
20 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
22 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Lutyens' immense brick arch commemorates 72,000 missing of the Battle of the Somme.
45 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
55 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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