Cycle route of Raismes/Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

Mining is an industry common to many countries throughout the world, including the UK, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, China and the USA. Sharing a sense of solidarity with their peers, regardless of borders, miners speak the same language. The Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin speaks to the whole world and, in this sense, is indeed a treasure and common property of Humankind.