One has become a dry ski slope. Details: Lens Tourist Office. Lens is also the base for an annex of the prestigious Louvre museum in Paris. The glass and aluminium art gallery, very different from the Paris museum, is a vast and imposing sight.
It stands in grounds landscaped to represent the old coal mining fields as an artistic statement. Entrance to the museum is free. Read more about: Lens-Louvre Museum. And the art deco train station is well worth a look. Built to resemble a steam train, it is a listed National Heritage Site. Skip to content Facebook.
The Good Life France. Lens in Northern France a city reinvented. Guest writer Nord-Pas de Calais. Bob Lyons is an ex-pilot turned travel writer and total Francophile. It is built on an old disused colliery site and is located in an 48 acre landscaped park which is also open to the public.
The building has been designed by Japanese architects and is a succession of four inter-connected rectangles all made from steel and glass in a single storey. It is a superb example of understated design with a spacious Gallery of Time encompassing a vast area about ft.
Within the space, key works from Greek sculpture to 19th century French masterpieces are presented in an avant-garde form with no works hung on the walls. This museum is already considered one of the great cultural attractions of recent times and visitor numbers are encouraging. There is a free local bus from Lens station direct to the museum.
It hosts major international tournaments including the Rugby World Cup. Interesting tours of nearby battlefields can be undertaken entitled The Remembrance Trails which explain how the Lens area was divided in half by the front battle lines from to Lens does not have a great choice of hotels but amongst the best are the Lensotel which is located in the Vendin-le-Vieil commercial district with an excellent restaurant where you can relax on the verandah overlooking the garden.
Seafood is recommended and local produce is favoured wherever possible. The Campanile Lens hotel is comfortable and pet friendly, situated near the football stadium. It has a good restaurant serving local delicacies whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Because of the success of the newly opened Louvre-Lens museum, visitors to the region are increasing and more accommodation is rapidly being built. Bistrot du Boucher at 10 Place Jean Jaures is an affordable and tasty restaurant popular with local residents. By car, Lens is km from Paris on the autoroute and 17 km from Arras.
The nearest airport is at Lille Aeroport de Lille. Lens is filled with surprising discoveries! Do not miss The Louvre-Lens : a modern construction of glass and light that reunites a selection of the Louvre's most prestigious collections, revealing a secret side of the artwork. In , a national cemetery was erected, along with a basilica and a lantern tower. Surrounded by a hectare park that includes preserved trenches, tunnels and an interpretation centre, a visit to Vimy is a veritable flashback to the Great War.
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