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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 160F/a?¬24) and the comfortable two-star Le Select (tel 03.28.66.64.47, fax 03.28.66.03.47; 160-220F/a?¬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; 300-400F/a?¬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; 300-400F/a?¬46-61); and the centrally placed Welcome , at 37 rue PoincarA© (tel 03.28.59.20.70, fax 03.28.21.03.49; 300-400F/a?¬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 125F/a?¬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 95F/a?¬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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