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Béthune is a town rich in architectural heritage and history. It has, among other features, a large paved square with shops, cafés, and a 47-metre-tall (154 ft) (133 steps) belfry standing in the center from the top of which the Belgian border can be seen. The chime of the belfry is composed of thirty-six bells.
- Grand’Place
- Beffroi
- Hôtel de Ville
- Église Saint-Vaast de Béthune
- Lab Labanque
- Théâtre de Béthune
- Musée de La Mine de Noeux-les-Mines
- More Mining Heritage
- Musée Régional D’Ethnologie de Béthune
- Parc D’Olhain
This marvellous central square is where it all happens in Béthune. The Christmas market sets up here, as do town’s various celebrations in spring and summer. There’s the imposing town hall, the medieval belfry and rows of lovely Baroque-style houses. Many of these are implausibly narrow, and each one has its own personality; there are gables in all...
Béthune’s belfry is at the centre of the Grand’Place and one of 23 belfries in the region to be classed as a World Heritage site. You can tell at first glance that it’s a very old monument: The first belfry was made of wood in 1346, but was replaced by this sandstone tower 40 years later. Amazingly this same building survived the devastation of 191...
If there’s a building that encapsulates that fusion of historical and 20th-century architecture it’s the town hall. Like the rest of the square it was reduced to rubble in the First World War, and the replacement, built in the late 20s, is both dainty and imposing. The Town Hall has the highest gable of any building on the square, fashioned from st...
That trend of old and new continues at the town’s church, the enormous brick bell-tower of which looms behind the houses at Grand’Place. This tower is 67 metres tall in a Gothic Revival style but at the tower’s base the church takes on an eastern, Byzantine appearance. The entire edifice was built from scratch in the mid-1920s to replace a Renaissa...
The town’s old branch of the Bank of France is a grand edifice on Place Georges Clèmenceau. After shutting down permanently some years back, this grand mansion has been turned into a stylish contemporary arts venue. It’s a multidisciplinary space, with studios and galleries hosting exhibitions of photography, illustration, graphic design, painting,...
The fate of Béthune’s theatre mirrors the rest of the town. The first building was finished in 1912 but didn’t survive the First World War. It was rebuilt in the 20s, but then destroyed again in the Second World War. But finally, the current version has been in place since 1961 and can hold close to 1,000 spectators. It’s a fine Neo-Baroque buildin...
Béthune is on the edge of a massive coalfield, stretching across much of the east side of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. There were no collieries in the town, but the nearest were a few kilometres away and several mining companies were headquartered in Béthune. There’s an interesting piece of this heritage at a former apprenticeship centre. Kids ag...
The UNESCO-listed Nord-Pas de Calais mining basin consists of more than 100 individual sites. If you’re fascinated by industrial heritage you’re in for a treat in Béthune as there are headframes, slag heaps (some ridiculously huge), yet more mines, company headquarters, entire villages and preserved homes, all easy to reach. This could be the enorm...
If you have some time to kill in Béthune you could spend it at the town’s ethnology museum. This is in the red brick Chapelle de Saint-Pry. The museum paints a clear picture of regional identity, traditional trades and day-to-day life in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais over the last few centuries. After decades of donations there’s now a collection of 30,00...
Parents with kids in tow in summer could bring them to this 450-hectare activity park to cut loose for a few hours. The park is free to enter and then you pay for individual activities like mini-golf, a luge ride, swimming and a cool adventure course suspended by nets above the forest floor. If you’re feeling sporty you could rent the tennis courts...
Aug 24, 2017 · Situated only 55 minutes from Calais, Béthune, an attractive and bustling town, is situated between Arras and St Omer just off the A26 motorway. This relatively small town has a surprising array of designer clothing shops, interior design shops and exceptional delicatessens.
As for so many of the towns of the Pas-de-Calais region, Béthune, just an hour’s drive from the port of Calais, is shaped and marked by great historic events, industrial landscapes, and fine architecture.
Sub-prefecture of Pas-de-Calais, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, Béthune is an important city in the region. Pleasant and charming, the city has kept many traces of its past, despite severe destruction during the First World War. Former stronghold Vauban, Béthune is also a beautiful river port whose channel connects the area to the Lys and ...
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Bethune is situated in the Pas-de-Calais department and Hauts-de-France region. Tourist classifications for Bethune include "heritage site". Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Bethune in Hauts-de-France.
