Simple, effective, budget under control
€85–130
20 to 200 people- Study day, 30–80 people
- Team kick-off




Baroque Grand-Place, Vauban citadel, Great War remembrance: Happy Unity designs your seminar in Arras with a unique historical foundation. 50 min from Lille, 1h20 from Paris.
















































SEMINAR FORMATS IN ARRAS
From an executive committee meeting in a private mansion on the Grand-Place to a kick-off for 400 people beneath the Flemish bricks, our formats draw on a unique Baroque heritage and Great War memory.
8 FORMATS
Team cohesion · 1–2 days
Re-establish connections, integrate new profiles, and foster team spirit. This format refocuses the team on what truly matters: getting to know (or re-acquainting with) each other, building trust, and moving forward together.
WHO IT'S FOR
Growing teams, post-recruitment, service mergers
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
ORCHESTRATION IN ARRAS
We frame every step from Arras's Baroque squares: venue scouting, historian speakers, Artois catering, and D-day coordination. Local flavour is present everywhere, from a visit to the Wellington Tunnels to a tasting of artisanal Artois beers.

Event Expert
A dedicated Event Expert and their team, easy to reach, who know your project inside out. Reverse schedule from D-60, backup plan, on-the-day management.
1 Expert
per project

Venues
Charming Flemish brick hotels on the Grand-Place, the nave of the Abbaye Saint-Vaast, private hire Wellington Tunnels, Louvre-Lens 20 minutes away, or châteaux in the Ternois region: the setting is chosen according to the desired effect.
200+
partner venues

Catering
Caterers with character, bespoke kitchen brigades, local producers. From the seminar brunch to the gala dinner, we create a table that leaves its mark.
150+
partner caterers

Accommodation
4- and 5-star hotels, private villas, characterful country houses. Single rooms by default, rooming handled from A to Z.
1,200+
room nights a year

Logistics
Transport, security, welcome, event management, technical: every ancillary service is run by our teams. You arrive, your employees are looked after.
All-inclusive
5 services

Team building
A catalogue of 100+ tried-and-tested activities, and a creative team that designs bespoke. Surprise choir, giant quiz, live DJ.
100+ activities
+ bespoke
SEMINAR VENUES & NEIGHBOURHOODS IN ARRAS
From the Baroque heart to the plains of the Somme, each area has its own identity. We guide you towards the setting that best serves your objective and your company culture.
Iconic · 20–400 peopleThe Baroque Flemish jewel of the city centre
The Baroque heart of Arras, ranked among Europe's most beautiful squares. Flemish brick hotels, estaminets (traditional pubs), and the belfry create a spectacular backdrop to impress at a large-scale event for up to 400 people.
Historic · 10–80 peopleThe underground memory of the Great War
The Great War tunnels, classified as a historical monument, can be privately hired for an emotionally impactful highlight. A unique setting to unite teams around a shared and poignant memory.
Prestige · CultureThe Baroque nave for grand ceremonies
The former Benedictine abbey and its Baroque nave host gala dinners and corporate ceremonies. A prestigious and historic setting, right in the heart of Arras, to mark a memorable highlight.
Remembrance · OutdoorThe memorial overlooking the Artois plain
The Canadian Memorial overlooks the Artois plain from its ridge. A powerful site for an outdoor team building focused on remembrance, collective courage, and self-transcendence.
Culture · ArtisticThe Louvre in the heart of the mining basin
Just 20 minutes from Arras, Louvre-Lens and its galleries can be privatised for exceptional corporate evenings. The converted industrial spaces of the mining basin add a strong symbolic resonance to creative seminars.
Unique · IndustrialThe slag heaps classified as World Heritage sites
The UNESCO-listed mining basin, its twin slag heaps and rehabilitated mining villages create an authentic industrial backdrop. For a seminar that breaks new ground and cultivates a strong identity.
ACTIVITIES & TEAM BUILDING
A rally on the battlefields of Vimy and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, an expedition into the Wellington Tunnels, a photo challenge in the Baroque squares or a beer tasting: our formats have all been tried and tested in Artois. We manage historian guides, service providers, and group logistics.
Olympics
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Mystery games
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Trails & rallies
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CSR & Wellbeing
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Construction
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Quiz & TV games
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Casino & Stalls
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Creativity
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Culinary
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Music & Dance
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200+ PARTNER VENUES · 3 TIERS
Arras offers one of the best value-for-money options in the North, with venues 20 to 30% cheaper than Lille and a train station just a 10-minute walk from the two main squares.
Simple, effective, budget under control
€85–130
20 to 200 peopleSeminar venues ready to go: well organised and fully equipped
€145–220
50 to 500 peopleTruly exceptional, with the character that leaves its mark
€280–650
30 to 800 peopleWHY ARRAS
Arras brings together an exceptional baroque heritage, a moving Great War remembrance, and authentic Artois gastronomy. An extraordinary seminar location, within easy reach by TGV.
Paris in 1h20, Lille in 50 min, Brussels in 1h30 via Lille. Arras station is a 10-minute walk from the squares: your teams arrive without a car and can start immediately.
Privatisable Grand-Place, charming hotels with 'caves boves', Vauban citadel, Artois wine estates, characterful rooms with Flemish bricks: a choice of unique settings for all budgets.
The Somme belt, Vimy, Wellington: Great War remembrance sites that create a powerful collective experience, ideal for seminars with a strong cohesion objective.
Craft beers, Flanders cheeses, Artois cassoulet, waffles: a characterful table at reasonable prices. High-quality local caterers and legendary beer cellars for your team corporate parties.
Tell us your group size, your date and what you want to achieve: your Event Expert sends you a costed proposal within 24 hours. Free, with no commitment. Prices in euros, excl. VAT.
Indicative pricing · the final price depends on the venue, the season and the options you choose
PLENARY ACTIVITIES IN ARRAS
The conference rooms of city centre hotels and the Abbaye Saint-Vaast host your plenary sessions for up to several hundred participants. We structure keynotes, workshops, and highlights, with the option of a historian speaker to add meaning. Between two talks, our seminar activities — from twenty minutes to three hours, set up in your room — get the group moving again.

Inspiring speakers, recognised experts, testimonies from business leaders. We suggest a line-up suited to your message and to your group's energy.

Leadership team facilitation, collective intelligence, co-creating a vision. Experienced facilitators who move difficult topics forward as a group.

Decision-making escape game, crisis simulation, business role play. Learning by doing: without the PowerPoint, and without the glazed look after 20 slides.

Opening ritual, icebreaker for senior leaders, memorable close. The right format for the 30 people who don't want to "do team building".

World Café, Design Thinking, Open Space, Liberating Structures. We facilitate the formats that bring out genuine collective intelligence.

An hour-long talk followed by a hands-on workshop. A format that doubles retention and halves passive time.
THE ARRAS SEMINAR GUIDE
Baroque and Memory
Happy Unity has been organising corporate seminars in Arras since 2006. We have 200+ partner venues: the Baroque Grand-Place (one of Europe's most beautiful), Abbaye Saint-Vaast, Wellington Tunnels, Flemish brick private mansions, and châteaux in Artois 30-60 minutes away. A unique diversity of settings for all formats: from confidential executive committee (CODIR) meetings to a corporate party in Arras or a convention for 400 people.
DIGITAL TOOLS FOR YOUR EVENT
Two tools designed for two different audiences: you, the organiser, and your participants.
FOR YOU, THE ORGANISER
A dedicated space that helps you organise your event with your Event Expert: from design to review.

FOR YOUR PARTICIPANTS
An app developed in-house by our own technical team, not rented from a third-party provider. 100% customisable to your brand and your programme.
MY SEMINAR
128 participants
KEY FEATURES
CLIENT AREA
DIGITAL APP
HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER?
Advice only, co-piloting or fully turnkey: we adapt to your team and to the complexity of your seminar in Arras.
Our method, your management.
We lay the foundations: brief, design, budget, supplier selection. You deliver with our method and our recommendations.
Can be tailored to your context
Fees from €720
· + suppliers
We handle everything upstream, you approve.
The most popular package: we take care of everything from A to Z before the day itself. Venue, activities, hotel, catering. You approve, we deliver.
Can be tailored to your context
Fees from €950
· + suppliers + supervision
You arrive. We've handled everything.
Everything in Co-pilot, plus full on-site presence on the day. Event management, welcome, guest flow, transport: you arrive at an event that runs like clockwork.
Can be tailored to your context
On quotation
· overall budget under control
THEY TRUST US
“Everything was simply perfect. Lucile, full of excellent advice, knows her profession, her services and her providers perfectly! It was all very smoothly managed with her fantastic team. In short, a seminar we won't forget and one I highly recommend. We were 70 people for a day with 3 highlights.”
Thierry Larchier
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“We selected Happy Unity to support us with a team building activity as part of a seminar for 38 managers from our bank in Marseille. The proposed activity met our ambitions and was very successful. A big well done to the whole team.”
Marie-Adeline Nittis
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“I called upon Happy Unity for the organisation of a team building event during a seminar. Everything went perfectly from the very first exchanges. Communication and responses were fluid and quick. A very good experience. I highly recommend them.”
Fanny Legrand
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ARRAS SEMINAR FAQ
Arras combines a rare Baroque heritage, with its two squares ranked among the most beautiful in Europe, a unique Great War memory in France, and excellent value for money. The city is 1h20 from Paris and 50 minutes from Lille by train, with a station just a 10-minute walk from the squares. It's the ideal destination for seminars seeking meaning and emotion without breaking the bank.
The TGV connects Paris Gare du Nord to Arras in 1h20, and Lille in 50 minutes by TER or TGV. Lille-Lesquin Airport is approximately 40 minutes away by car. Arras train station is a 10-minute walk from the Grand-Place and Petite-Place, allowing groups to arrive without a car and start immediately.
The venues and accommodation offer significantly better value for money than in Lille for equivalent quality, whether for a day event without an overnight stay or a 2-day residential seminar on the Grand-Place. This is why many Parisian executive committees choose Artois over a more expensive metropolis. After an initial discussion, we will provide you with a selection of venues and a detailed quote tailored to your objectives.
It is one of France's most powerful destinations for this. Great War sites, such as the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, the Wellington Tunnels, and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, create profound collective experiences that teams integrate lastingly. Our historian guides are trained in managerial issues to connect memory, collective courage, and cohesion.
For prestige, the Abbaye Saint-Vaast and its Baroque nave, or the Flemish brick private mansions on the Grand-Place. For large plenary sessions, the conference rooms of hotels in the historic centre. For an emotionally impactful highlight, a private session in the Wellington Tunnels, guided by a historian.
Yes: the Louvre-Lens, 20 minutes from Arras, can be privately hired for exceptional evenings. We organise guided tours, cocktails in the Galerie du Temps, and dinners in the monumental hall, a high-end format popular with executive committees. The Mining Basin Museum and the Cité des Électriciens complete the cultural offering in the Lens area.
The rally on the battlefields of Vimy and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, the expedition into the Wellington Tunnels guided by a historian, or the cultural challenge on the Baroque squares blend history and cohesion. For conviviality, a blind tasting of artisanal Artois beers brings teams together. All these activities have been tried and tested locally.
Yes: châteaux and estates in Artois 30 to 60 minutes away, charming hotels in inland Flanders, and stately homes in the Ternois region. For a more natural setting, the Opal Coast is about 1h away and offers 4-star hotels facing the sea. We adapt the residential option to the group size and desired atmosphere.
Yes, for up to 400 to 500 participants: the Grand-Place and its event hotels, the Abbaye Saint-Vaast, and the city centre conference rooms can accommodate large formats. We structure keynotes, workshops, and highlights, with the option of a historian speaker to add depth to the discussion. The proximity of the train station facilitates arrival logistics for groups.

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