Dunkerque's gare SNCF is a short walk from the tourist office
(July & Aug Mon-Sat 9am-6.30pm, Sun 10am-noon & 2-6pm; rest of
year Mon-Fri 9am-12.30pm & 1.30-6.30pm, Sat 9am-6.30pm, Sun
10am-noon & 2-6pm; tel 03.28.66.79.21, fax 03.28.63.38.34) on the
ground floor of the town belfry on rue de l'Amiral Ronarc'h. If you're
looking to rent a car , try DLM Location, 1 rue du Chemin-de-Fer (Mon-Sat 8am-noon & 2-5pm; tel 03.28.66.45.61).
Two cheap accommodation options by the station on place de la Gare are Terminus Nord (tel 03.28.66.54.26; under €24) and the comfortable two-star Le Select (tel 03.28.66.64.47, fax 03.28.66.03.47; €24-34). More salubrious hotels away from the station include the Borel
, overlooking the fishing boats of the Bassin du Commerce on rue
Hermitte (tel 03.28.66.51.80, fax 03.28.59.33.82; €46-61), a modern
three-star with well-set-up rooms; the equally well-equipped but more
old-fashioned Europ , close by at 13 rue Leughenaer (tel 03.28.66.29.07, fax 03.28.63.67.87; €46-61); and the centrally placed Welcome , at 37 rue Poincaré (tel 03.28.59.20.70, fax 03.28.21.03.49; €46-61). There's also a seafront HI hostel
on place Paul-Asseman, 2km east of the centre, practically at
Malo-les-Bains (tel 03.28.63.36.34, fax 03.28.63.24.54; take blue bus
#3 to Piscine, direction "Malo-les-Bains").
You could do a lot worse than eat at the station buffet, the Richelieu , though it's not especially cheap. Other possibilities include La Sirene , on rue de l'Amiral-Ronarc'h, near the tourist office, for good seafood, with a menu complet for €19.06; or the Taverne le Tormore , 11 place Charles-Valentin, near the town hall, a brasserie/grill with Flemish dishes. At 6 quai de la Citadelle, Le Corsaire has menus from €14.48, as well as a view over the port and the Duchess Anne
, a 1901 German ship given to France as part of the war reparations in
1946. For more enjoyable eating options, however, head for
Malo-les-Bains
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