Entrance tickets to La Coupole history center with audioguide

La Coupole, Centre d'Histoire et Planétarium, rue André Clabaux (D 210), 62570 Wizernes, France, Calais, France
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$11.00
Overview
Duration
2h 30min
Languages
English, French, German, Dutch
Voucher type
mobile
What To Expect

La Coupole is one of the most impressive historical monuments of the Second World War in Europe. With this ticket, you can visit the first German underground base for launching V2 rockets and learn about its history from an audio guide.The site, built by the Todt organization in the autumn of 1943, was rehabilitated in 1997 into a History and Remembrance Center, and later equipped with a Resource and Research Centre as well as a 3D Planetarium, completing its scientific part. Inside La Coupole there is also a cafeteria that offers a wide range of dishes, and a shop where you can find articles and books about history, astronomy and science.La Coupole was within firing range of the first rocket, the V2, to target London. During the visit, you'll explore this gigantic underground bunker made up of hundreds of meters of galleries. The bunker is topped by a dome covering the firing preparation room: a reinforced concrete half-sphere 77 meters in diameter and 5.5 meters thick, weighing 55,000 tonnes. The site was never operational, slowed down by the massive Allied bombardments and then by the Normandy landings.

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Important info

  • Reduced tickets (13-25 years old) are only available on site
  • This ticket is valid for 3 months after purchase
  • The audio commentary is fully translated from French into English, Dutch and German. Audioguides adapted for the hearing impaired are also available
  • The history center of La Coupole opening hours: from 9.00 am to 5.30 pm, from September to March; from 9 am to 6 pm, from April to June; from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm in July and August. Exceptionally closed on 25th December and 1st January. Annual closure: the first two weeks of January
  • The ticket office closes 1 hour before closing time
included
What's included
included-item
Entrance ticket to the History Centre. Audio guide. Parking
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What's not included
excluded-items
Entry to the 3D Planetarium. Tour guide
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Know Before You Go
Highlights

Visit a unique historical monument in the north of France. Learn more about the scientific issues of the Second World War. Support remembrance tourism and plunge into this tumultuous period of history. Relive through pictures the occupation of northern France by the German army

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Provider
La Coupole
Meeting Point

Please show your ticket at the entrance of La Coupole. The center is located 5 km from Saint-Omer (in the Pas-de-Calais). Free parking for cars and coaches is available.