エスケルベックのおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

The most beautiful town in France (2023, according to the French)

Paved streets, but an unpaved path is also an option here

Paved and unpaved, every direction is equally beautiful and peaceful

From here you can walk in all directions 🥾

The Grange de la Plaine au Bois massacre, located in Wormhout, northern France, was a tragic event that occurred on 28 May 1940 during the Second World War, at the start of the French Campaign. This event is also known as the Wormhout massacre. Background: In the early months of World War II, German troops were advancing rapidly in northern France. British forces, part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), were attempting to slow the German advance to allow the evacuation of Dunkirk. The events: During fierce fighting around Wormhout, approximately 80 British and French soldiers were captured by a German Waffen-SS unit, the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Division. The prisoners were first disarmed and then forced to march to an isolated barn, called the Grange de la Plaine au Bois. German soldiers, violating the laws of war, locked the prisoners in the barn. For no apparent reason, the SS threw grenades into the building, killing and wounding many prisoners. Some survivors, despite their injuries, were executed by shooting or bayoneting. However, a few soldiers miraculously escaped death and later testified about the massacre. Consequences and memory: The Plaine au Bois massacre was one of many war crimes committed by Waffen-SS troops during World War II. After the war, several attempts were made to try those responsible for the massacre, but these efforts were hampered by political and legal issues, and many perpetrators were never brought to justice. Today, the site of the barn is a place of remembrance. A monument has been erected to honor the victims, and commemorations are held regularly to remember this atrocious war crime.

Esquelbecq Castle is a French castle located in the commune of Esquelbecq, in the Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region. To visit the castle it is open Saturday and Sunday but you can visit the garden for 5 euros and 10 euros for the garden and the castle 🏰 🤩

Unpaved paths in the middle of the fields, super beautiful

Along farmland