April 2023
This journey took place as part of the Benelux birthday eurotour, during which I visited:
Sinsheim - Karlsruhe - Ausfahrt - Luxembourg - Namur - Liège - Brussels - Dunkirk - Antwerp - Leidschendam - The Hague
We watched a movie about Dunkirk. And since for several years after Ryan Gosling by plane, or whatever it was, sexy guys haven't visited Dunkirk, I decided to sacrifice myself and make the residents happy. The parking lot by the stairs has a sign with stairs
Dunkirk is all neat like this
But no people
Perhaps for the same reasons why Terezín isn't popular in Czechia, like, reminds of war
The beach from the movie, somewhere there is Great Britain
Kids of all colors run into the water
In Dunkirk there's some special foam
Kids run to swim, and outside it's barely 10 degrees and harsh wind
Everything's groomed, but for tourists it's still a bit cold
I thought Dunkirk was a city purely about the coast
And ships
Turned out there's a lot more interesting stuff in the city, for example, concrete walls imitating wood
New neighborhoods are being built
Looks dead for now, but I'd want to have a summer cottage by the sea here
Yup
Street signs
Many apartments for sale in the city. This region of France is quite poor
And the city center turned out to be wildly lively
Hard to believe, but about a hundred thousand people live here
And completely free transport
French life
Same panel buildings we have, just with stress on the last syllable
Conclusion about the city: dying here is just the thing, living here - won't rush yet