The fortified enclosure of Bergues has been preserved in its entirety. The Bierne Gate (1585) is made up of a small castle flanked by two towers which frame the drawbridge.
The castle 't Couthof, built as a summer residence in 1763, is surrounded by a 19th-century landscape-style park, characterized by a pond, grasslands, visual axes and scattered garden ornaments, furniture and buildings.
This village, bisected by the Yser in the middle of the French Westhoek, is typically Flemish with its Grand Place, surrounded by brick houses from the 17th and 18th centuries, …
Part of the domain is always accessible to hikers, another part around the castle is private property. Because it is being restored with government money, it is open to the public on certain (Saturday) days.