European Heritage Days on the Base 11/19
Rue Léon Blum - 62750 Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
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20 - 21 September 2025
Overview
For the 6th consecutive year, the partners of the Base 11/19 join forces for the European Heritage Days. On the program: opening of buildings with free or guided tours, artistic workshops and raising of waste heaps, for small and big e s! Visits:
- Opening of the engine room Don’t miss this must-see on the site, two ways to discover it! Free visit: continuously (access only to the 1st floor), Guided tours: SAM. & DIM. 14H15, 15H15, 16H15 and 17H15 registration on site* / duration: 45 min (access to the entire building and its roof terrace) With the Land of Art and History of the Lens-Liévin Urban Community - Soundwalk in the City of Provinces Free visit: continuously - Appointment at the Theatrical Factory Duration: 1H A podcast created with the neighborhood children to listen to the voices of the inhabitants. Go explore the city of Provinces, the ancient pit 11/19 and the slag heaps. With Common Culture and Micro Rebels - Guided tour of the highest heaps in Europe SAM. & DIM.: 2:30 PM—Building 5, CPIE Chaîne des Terrils From the Pit of 11/19 to the top of the heap, discover the history and riches of this majestic site, from its natural evolution over time to its reconversion. From 6 years old / duration: 2H30 / online registration: www.chainedesterrils.eu or on site*. With the CPIE Chaîne des Terrils - Guided tour of the Fabrique Théâtrale—Culture Commune, the old mining baths Free visit: continuously Guided tours: on-site registration* / Duration: 45 min / SAM. & DIM. 14H45, 15H45, 16H45. (Re) discover this cultural place full of history(ies) and traces of the past, reinvested in a cultural space and a venue for hosting shows. With Common Culture - A dream of nature: discovery of the heaps with family SAM. & DIM. 15H — Building 5, CPIE Chaîne des Terrils Go in search of natural elements that can give ideas to Magnus for his inventions! Who knows, maybe thanks to you, he will realize his most cherished dream... Children from 4 to 10 years old, accompanied by an adult / duration: 2H / online registration: www.chainedesterrils.eu or on site*. With the CPIE Chaîne des Terrils Workshops: - Art workshop SAM & DIM: continuous — Theatre Factory Come discover and practice different creative techniques to create your own work. You will also be able to contribute to the participatory creation of the next visuals of Culture Commune! With Common Culture - The head in the trees: art & nature workshop SAM & DIM: continuous — Building 5, CPIE Chaîne des Terrils Thanks to natural elements harvested on site, make your suspended mobile. You will be able to leave with your decoration, to dream of nature once at home. From 6 years old, free access. With the CPIE Chaîne des Terrils - Architecture through manipulation SAM & DIM: continuous — Engine room Two workshops are offered in collaboration with Heritage on wheels: “Bamboo Band”: bamboos and elastics for a collective realization of a sculpture/cabin, which will recall the form and techniques of the headgear. " Posts/beams": a construction set allowing to create an ephemeral installation in Kapla ® XXL. With the Land of Art and History of the Lens-Liévin Urban Community A sound nap: - Nap on spoiler DIM. 15H — Café Terrils de Lens Tourisme Grab your pillow and open wide your hatches, the multi-instrumentalist David Bultel concocts you a very special moment of intense relaxation. Based on soporific records, forgotten instruments and other strange objects that he collects, the artist composes a 100% live set for small and large... Duration: 1H / online registration on: www.tourisme-lens.fr or on site*. Lens Tourisme and La Générale d'Imaginaire A dance show: - Sensitive Propeller — Lake Project Collective Sun. 4:30 PM—Forecourt of the Base 11/19 in front of the Theatre Factory A duo between a mobile and sound sculpture 3m high and a dancer who enjoys the links between humans and tools. Open access for all/ Duration: 25 min. In co-organization with Culture Commune and La Maison [place of living, creation and contemporary dissemination in Lens] as part of Plaine d'été/DRAC Hauts-de-France An exhibition: - " Beyond the corons, an unsuspected architecture " SAM & DIM: continuous — Building 5, CPIE Chaîne des Terrils Dive into the heart of the mining basin to discover an unknown architectural heritage, far from the clichés. In richness and diversity of architectural treasures. With the CPIE Chaîne des Terrils and the association Germinal It’s the party at Culture Commune! - Opening night of the cultural season SAM. from 18H30 > 22H — Fabrique Théâtrale Are you the king of the champagne? darts champion? addicted to the game of fortune? Come play with us to discover the shows and workshops we offer this year. Aurore and Lucien from the company La Ponctuelle will accompany the entire Common Culture team. Together we will be the daring hosts of this joyful evening, let’s meet around a drink, to music. And also: - Awareness of pediatric cancers SAM & DIM: continuously — on the forecourt or in the CPIE Chaîne des Terrils information and shop in free donation on site. With the association Les Lucioles de Billy-Berclau and the CPIE Chaîne des Terrils
- On-site registrations are subject to availability.
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Rue Léon Blum - 62750 Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
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