This Tuesday, July 2, the Olympic torch relay is celebrating its 46the stage in France with a passage in the department of Nordd’Avesnes-sur-Helpe has Lille.
With more than 2.6 million inhabitants, the North is the most populated department in France. Between its beaches, its historical and cultural buildings, its gastronomy, the North is full of assets and this day of Tuesday July 2 will demonstrate it. The journey of the Olympic Flame will begin with Avesnes-sur-Helpe and its fortifications enlarged over the course of history, before going to Dunkirk, port city where the sequence will end in front of the belfry, which has dominated the city from a height of 58 meters since 1440.
The Olympic Flame will also pass Wallers-Arenberga former mining site and a legendary place with the Trouée d’Arenberg through which the Paris-Roubaix passes each year. After a stop at Cambraiknown for its nonsense (a candy born in the 19th century), place a journey between Tourcoing has Roubaix which will end right in the velodrome. Then, direction Douai where it will also pass in front of the belfry which was erected in 1380. It will then be time to reach the last city of the day, Lille.
With the complete program of the 46e of the Olympic torch relay, discover the times for the passage of the Olympic flame in Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Dunkirk, Wallers-Arenberg, Cambrai, Tourcoing, Roubaix, Douai and Lille?
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