Sights in Dunkirk
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Musée Portuaire
The Musée Portuaire, housed in a one-time tobacco warehouse, will delight fans of maritime history and, especially, of model ships. Guided tours (adult/family incl museum €10/25) take visitors aboard a lighthouse ship, a peniche (barge) and the Duchesse Anne, a three-masted training ship built for the German merchant marine in 1901 and acquired by France as WWII reparations. Some signs are in English. Situated 500m northwest of the tourist office.
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Dunkirk British Memorial
The Dunkirk British Memorial, honouring over 4500 British and Commonwealth soldiers ‘with no known grave’, is next to a Commonwealth military cemetery 1.5km southeast of the tourist office.
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Mémorial du Souvenir
To get a feel for the 1940 evacuation, drop by the not-for-profit Mémorial du Souvenir, a museum whose highlights include a 12-minute film, scale models and evocative period uniforms, weapons and photos.
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