I spent a couple of hours there on my first diagonale, from Dunkirk to
Perpignan along the Paris Meridian. I made a point of visiting Bergues, of
course because of the film, but the town square was cordoned off for roadworks
or something, and everywhere was busy with cars, probably tourists, so it
didn't look as nice as your photos. I did get a couple of decent shots of the
gateways though.
We recently watched the wonderful Ma Loute ('Slack Bay') by Bruno Dumont, set
an hour or so west of Bergues, just north of Boulogne. Do you know it? It looks
like a beautiful landscape on the film, and now I have to go there too.
Bob
>> On 20 Dec 2018, at 20:57, Ralf R Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> Am 19.12.18 um 20:36 schrieb Bob W-PDML:
>>
>> Dunkirk is first stop on the way to Bergues!
>
> It is indeed. Charming little town with its typical belfry and carillon:
>
> https://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2013/05/193-stufen.html
>
> Just one thing they got totally wrong in the movie: no-one speaks Ch'ti
> there. Bergues is in French Flanders and if ever people there spoke something
> else than French it's been Flemish or rather a local Flemish dialect.
> Unfortunately, that's been lost in centralist France where regional languages
> (Flemish, Breton...) have been systematically stamped out (Défense de cracher
> et de parler Flamand!) for many years. Only recently, local initiatives have
> begun to offer Flemish language courses.
>
> We love the region.
>
> Ralf
>
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