Arras’ belfry fireworks
Each year, on the first weekend of September, take place the “Arras’ belfry fireworks”, which gather not less than 30,000 spectators. The topic of the show is different every year. The belfry of Arras was classified in July 2005 as part of the “World Inheritance of Humanity” by UNESCO along with 22 other belfries of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region and the Somme.
Here are a few pictures of the 2005 festival:
The pictures above were taken by Christophe Blanc, a photographer who loves fireworks. His website: http://christopheblanc.free.fr/ offers wonderful pictures of various fireworks in France and abroad.
Please go to the following link to watch the video of the 2005 Arras’ belfry fireworks:
http://www.arrastv.fr/video_hd.php?theme=&keywords=Embrasement+du+beffroi+2005&id=8
and here you can find the video of the 2007 festival: http://www.arrastv.fr/video_hd.php?theme=&keywords=Embrasement+du+beffroi&id=154
More pictures of the 2005 festival:
