Adinkerke Travel Guide

 johngayton Says:  On my September Monday afternoon wander I noticed quite a few recreational cyclists and the area looks ideal for doing so. As you can see from the pic the cycle path is well marked and well separated from the road traffic. Next time I'll ask at the Bar/Tabac about cycle... 

 johngayton Says:  On a more sombre note to the rest of my tips on this page.During WW1 some of the most horrific battles took place in Flanders, particulary Ypres and Passchendale, and a couple of casualty clearing stations were established at Oosthoek, just outside Adinkerke.There are two... 

 johngayton Says:  This is a family fun park official tagged as in De Panne but is in fact in the no-man's land between Adinkerke and De Panne. This is a Disney-style attraction with rides and bits and pieces designed for kids of all ages and the physical and web sites both look quite... 

 johngayton Says:  This is a large nature reserve between the two towns on what is one of the major stretches of Flemish sand dunes, the Westhoek Dunes. The area was planted by the agriculturist Maurice Calmeyn in 1903 and has been a designated protected landscape since 1935.The reserve is... 

 johngayton Says:  This is another no-man's land place, once again officially in De Panne. I liked the name and yep it does look like there's a bar here but it was shut on the Monday that I was passing and so can't comment any further except to say here it is.Website has the info: 

 alyf1961 Says:  The British XV corps started Adinkerke military cemetery in 1917. As well as British soldiers buried here there are Australian, Canadian, German, Czechoslovakian, and Egyptian soldiers buried here. 

 alyf1961 Says:  Most area’s of England do day trips [booze cruises] to France and Belgium.I do not smoke and rarely drink so the trip for me is about the travel. In Adinkerke there are many shops all selling the same products cheap tobacco and cigarettes as well as Belgium chocolates, these... 

 johngayton Says:  Normally my tobacco runs take me to Adinkereke on a Monday when De Verloren Gernoare is closed for the day (just like my place is and hence my Monday travels). This time round though where I was working was closed for a week for a major refurb and so I made a mid-week trip... 

 johngayton Says:  This looks like an interesting journey. The Belgian Coast Tram is reckoned to be the longest tram line in the world, following almost the entire Belgian coastline from De Panne, on the French border, to Knokke, on the Dutch border. There are a total of 70 stops over the 68... 

 johngayton Says:  Adinkerke's train station is actually called De Panne but seems to be niether in De Panne nor in Adinkerke, both being a kilometre or so distant. I'm not sure whether there's a bus connection to Adinkerke but it's only a 10 minute or so walk to the south. There is a tram... 

 johngayton Says:  Rather bizarrely this little shop came up in a VT forum question last week. Not many people ask about Adinkerke unless it is tobacco-related but this post - http://forum.virtualtourist.com/discussion-227137-1-1-Travel-0-0-Adinkerke-discussion.html?s=2&p=1&l=0&pl=359093asked... 

 johngayton Says:  Most visitors come to Adinkerke for one and one only reason - to buy cheap tobacco and cigarettes. And that's exactly what I was there for too.Having done my calculations I reckoned that a trip to Adinkerke from the UK, including my travel costs and the treat of an overnight... 

 johngayton Says:  The suffix "kerke" in Flemish simply means "church". I've no idea about the "Adin" bit but the church here is one of the main places of worship in the area.Dedicated to Saint Audomarus (an especially devout 7th century Flemish bishop) the present-day church was built in 1856...