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GETTING THERE

oubaix is about 2.5hr north from Paris, and around 1.5hr from Brussels. If you’re bringing bikes, taking them on the French train system is not as easy as it should be with different train companies having different rules, and online booking systems not being particularly user-friendly. In the end I decided to hire a car, and despite a few hairy moments getting out of Paris, it was a relatively straightforward drive. Many of the tour companies

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