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Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
7 km · about 15 min drive
Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
Lens is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Liévin, 7km from Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Lens is a town located in Hauts-de-France, France. With a population of 38,265, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Lens 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 Lens to your route.
The arrondissement of Lens is an arrondissement of northern France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 50 communes. Its population is 369,427 (2021), and its area is 351.5 km2 (135.7 sq mi).
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Lens is located in Hauts-de-France, France, Europe. The coordinates are 50.4330 latitude, 2.8279 longitude.
Lens has a population of approximately 38,265 people, making it a town in France.
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Twin soaring pylons crown a WWI battlefield of preserved trenches and craters above the Douai plain.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
28 km · about 35 min drive
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Lutyens' immense brick arch commemorates 72,000 missing of the Battle of the Somme.
44 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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The abbey café opposite Saint-Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren: effectively the only place on earth to reliably drink Westvleteren 12, long rated the world's best beer, at the source with a slab of abbey cheese.
52 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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