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Great Normandy Events in 2025

Mary Anne6th May 2025

Here are some top Normandy Events in 2025 to look out for. Caen Millennium in 2025 Caen Abbaye aux Dames Cavaliers © Confrérie normande Caen celebrat...

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Canada House D-Day celebrations with band of bagpipers in Scottish tartans marching away from Canada House on beach

Normandy D-Day Festival 2025

Mary Anne4th April 2025

The D-Day Festival in Normandy runs officially from May 31 to June 15, 2025. But events start in April and you'll also find a lot to do from May 15 to June 30 ...

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Utah Beach mainly sand with old wooden fence and view to sea and clouds

New Ways to Travel to and around Normandy

Mary Anne15th July 2024

New ways to travel to and around Normandy give you some great new options if you’re planning a trip to this glorious region in 2024, the 80th anniversary of th...

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Poster of 80th anniversary of D-Day Landings in Normandy with words on blue at bottom and stylised pictures of troops abaove

D-Day Festival in Normandy 2024

Mary Anne9th May 2024

The D-Day Festival in Normandy happens every year but this year it’s special, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Landings. There are special D-Day...

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Paintingof poppies by Claude Manet with bank of grass covered in poppies to left and woman walking down path in 19th century long dress

Normandy Impressionist Festival 2024

Mary Anne5th April 2024

The wide-ranging Normandy Impressionist Festival (Destination Impressionisme) runs from March 22 to September 22, 2024. Over one hundred museums, sites, houses...

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Herring Festival Dieppe with man cooking herrings on grill over fire

Normandy Herring Festivals

Mary Anne29th August 2023

Normandy Herring Festivals take the otherwise rather humble fish and celebrate it in great style. I love herrings and claim to know a little about them (my Fin...

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Juno Beach with sandy path enclosed by hedges and fences leading to sea with bunker on right and iron cut out image of soldiers on left

Courseulles-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast

Mary Anne18th June 2023

Courseulles-sur-Mer is a charming seaside resort on the Normandy coast. The French love the small town with its marina for small yachts, its fish market, glori...

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Chant des Oiseaux Normandy kitchen with table with baguette on board and kitchen behind

Pierre et Vacances Self-Catering Apartments on the Normandy D-Day Beaches

Mary Anne23rd May 2023

In May my partner and I, researching the Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches for a Bradt guide book, stayed in a Pierre et Vacances self-catering apartment. This wa...

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Soldier's helmet on beach at entrance to concrete bunker looking out to sea

Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches from Utah to Sword

Mary Anne6th June 2020

Memorials and sites from World War II are found throughout north France, though the Normandy D-Day Landing Beaches along the Baie de Seine are the most famous,...

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Normandy and Impressionism

Mary Anne10th May 2020

Normandy and Impressionism go hand in hand. This was where the movement started, attracting the group of 19th century painters who created this revolution. The...

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