Flanders Fields. a Place to Remember

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Flanders Fields. A place to remember.

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 1 13/10/16 11:30 Table of contents INTRODUCTION DISCOVER THE BATTLEFIELDS IntroductionINTRODUCTION > 3 GettingDISCOVER there THE and BATTLEFIELDSaround > 46 FlandersIntroduction Fields: 12 most visited sites + map > 43 TheGetting battlefields, there and accessiblearound to all > 4846 FlandersMapWWI: and time 15Fields: line key sites12 most in Flanders visited sites Fields + map > 64 TheExplore Greatbattlefields, WWI War outside Centenary, accessible the classroomaccessible to all to all > 48 WWI: Timelinetime line > 6 OrganizedExplore WWI battlefield outside the tours classroom > 4948 EVENTS OrganisedSuggestionsOrganized battlefield for car or tourscoach itineraties > 49 1917EVENTS Total war in Flanders/ forSuggestions touroperators for car or coach itineratiesitineraries > 50 1917:exhibitions1917 TotalTotal warWar and inin information Flanders/Flanders points > 7 forHotels touroperatorstour operators > 5250 ComingWorldRememberMeexhibitions and information points > 127 YouthHotels accommodation > 5852 CalendarDiaryComingWorldRememberMe of otherof other events events > 1412 TradeYouth &accommodation press information > 6358 Diary of other events > 14 Trade & press information > 63 WORLD WAR I SITES YpresWORLD & surroundings WAR I SITES > 26 Passchendaele/ZonnebekeYpres & surroundings > 3226 MessinesPasschendaele/Zonnebeke > 3532 Heuvelland/WijtschateMessines (Wytchaete) > 3635 PoperingeHeuvelland/Wijtschate > 3836 DiksmuidePoperinge & surroundings > 4038 NieuwpoortDiksmuide & surroundings > 4340 OtherNieuwpoort interesting sites in Flanders (Fields) & Brussels > 4443 Other interesting sites in Flanders (Fields) & Brussels > 44

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2017 PASSCHENDAELE REMEMBERED

The terrible events of the year 1917 are engraved inin ourour collectivecollective memory.memory. AIn series the Battle of explosions of Messines, created the precursor a huge man-made to the Third earthquake Battle of andYpres, soldiers foughtnineteen not mines only wereagainst exploded the enemy creating but alsoa huge against man-made the mud. earthquake. The Third The Battlefollowing of Ypres, Third alsoBattle known of Ypres, as the also Battle known of asPasschendaele, the Battle of destroyedPasschendaele, thedestroyed landscape the landscapeand cost countless and cost humancountless lives. human lives; soldiers fought not only against the enemy but also against the mud. Now, approximately one hundred years later, Flanders invites visitors toNow, remember approximately the victims one hundredof the confl years ict later, - and Flanders what better invites place visitors to do to so thanremember Flanders those Fields. involved Many in museums, the conflict events – and and whatexhibitions better placeshed tolight do so onthan the Flanders various Fields.facets Manyof the museums, Great War: events the military and exhibitions operations, shed trench light on warfare,the various political facets alliances, of the Great propaganda, War: the militaryetc. In addition, operations, various trench art warfare, exhibitionspolitical alliances, offer a propaganda, truly individual, etc. artisticIn addition, view variousof the horrors art exhibitions of WWI. Whereveroffer a truly you individual, go in Flanders artistic Fields, view whetherof the horrors by car, of bike WWI, or andon foot, there you are comeseveral across ways thefor visitorsremnants to andcontribute scars of to the the Great commemoration. War. The region Wherever is dottedyou go within Flanders hundreds Fields, of monuments whether by andcar, coach,graveyards, bike orsometimes on foot, you come countingacross the no remnants more than and a scarsfew graves. of the ThemedGreat War. walking, The region biking is anddotted driving with tourshundreds guide of you monuments through thisand landscapecemeteries, bursting sometimes with counting reminders no of more the Greatthan a War. few Theregraves. are Themed even several walking, ways cycling for visitorsand driving to contribute tours guide to theyou commemoration.through this landscape bursting with reminders of the First World War.

This “2017-20182017-2018 brochureBrochure” provides guides youan essentialthrough guidethe commemorative to the key memorial highlightssites, locations. in 2017 accommodation and 2018 and provides and commemorative an overview ofevents many in of 2017 the and region’s2018. Information key memorial is also sites. included on accessibility of sites, events and accommodation.

Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 4 13/10/16 11:30 15 key sites in Flanders Fields © milo-profi © © milo-profi ©

1 In Flanders Fields Museum 2 Polygon Wood 3 Vladslo German Cemetery © milo-profi © milo-profi © Michael Depestele Michael ©

4 Menin1 In Gate Flanders Fields Museum 5 Lijssenthoek5 Polygon Military Wood Cemetery 6 Langemark9 Trench German of Death Cemetery & Menin Gate & Visitor Centre © milo-profi © © Westtoer © Westtoer © Michael Depestele © milo-profi

7 Hill2 60 Hill 60 8 Talbot6 Lijssenthoek House 9 Westfront10 German Nieuwpoort Cemetery Visitor Vladslo Centre Military Cemetery and Goose Foot Lock Complex © milo-profi © © milo-profi © milo-profi © milo-profi Introduction

10 Memorial3 Memorial Museum Museum 11 Yser7 Tower Talbot Museum House 12 Island11 German of Ireland Cemetery Langemark Passchendaele Passchendaele 1917 1917 Peace Park © Westtoer © © milo-profi © Westtoer © milo-profi

13 Tyne4 TyneCot Cemetery Cot Cemetery 14 Trench8 Yser of TowerDeath Museum 15 Essex12 GooseFarm Cemetery Foot complex & Visitor Centre & King Albert I Monument

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 5 13/10/16 11:30 28 June 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo

28 July 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.

4 August 1914 German army invades Belgium. United Kingdom declares war on Germany. 1914 1915 1916

26 & 29 October 1914 Nieuwpoort sluice gates are opened to fl ood the plain and halt the German advance.

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2828 SeptemberSeptember -- 1111 NovemberNovember28 September 19181918 - 11 November 1918 TheThe fifi nalnal offensive.offensive. TheReinforcedReinforced fi nal offensive. byby thethe Reinforced by the 2121 FebruaryFebruary 1212 JulyJuly 19171917 Americans,Americans, aa seriesseries ofof -21- 2020 February DecemberDecember 19161916 12 July 1917 Americans, a series of - 20 December 1916 FirstFirst useuse ofof mustardmustard gasgas AlliedAllied offensivesoffensives pushespushes BattleBattle ofof VerdunVerdun First use of mustard gas Alliedthe theoffensives GermansGermans pushes back.back. (France)Battle(France) of Verdun the Germans back. (France) 19171917 19181918 11 JulyJuly 1 July -- 1818 NovemberNovember 19161916 - 18 November 1916 BattleBattle ofof thethe SommeSomme 24 - 25 June 1917 (France)Battle(France) of the Somme First shot of cannon (France) Lange Max 1111 NovemberNovember 19181918 11 November 1918 Armistice.Armistice. EndEnd ofof WWIWWI atat 11Armistice.11 o’clocko’clock in inEnd thethe of morning.morning. WWI at 11 o’clock in the morning.

3131 JulyJuly -- 1010 NovemberNovember31 July19171917 - 10 November 1917 BattleBattleThird ofof BattlePasschendaele/Passchendaele/ of Ypres/ BattleBattleThirdThird of of Passchendaele/ battlePasschendaelebattle ofof YpresYpres Third battle of Ypres Time line Time line Time line

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FROM 3 JUNE 2017 TO END 2017 TO END 2017 JUNE 3 FROM

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19171917: TOTAL TOTAL WAR WAR IN FLANDERS FIELDS MUSEUM, YPRES

TheThis thematicexhibition exhibition in the Royal in the Hall Royal of the Hall In Flandersof the In FieldsFlanders FieldsMuseum Museum gives the gives visitor the visitora general a general introduction introduction to the Mineto the MineBattle Battle of Messines of Messines and the and Third the ThirdBattle Battle of Ypres. of Ypres. There is Therean important is an important place in theplace exhibition in the exhibition for the work for the of thework ofAustralian the Australian war photographers war photographers Frank Hurley Frank andHurley Hubert and HubertWilkins andWilkins the andre-worked the re-worked contemporary contemporary photographs of photographsIan Alderman. of Ian Alderman.

i For practical information, see p. 26

19171917: TOTAL TOTAL WAR WAR 1917:1917 TOTALTOTAL WAR WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM PASSCHENDAELE 1917, THREETHREE INFORMATIONINFORMATION MODULESPOINTS IN IN THE THE YPRES ZONNEBEKE YPRESSALIENT, SALIENT, YPRES YPRES

TheThis imposingmuseum, ‘Villalocated Zonnedaele’ in the imposing mansion ‘Villa is theZonnedaele’ setting for EachEach ofof thethe threethree Informationmodules explains Points the explains position the of position the of amansion, thematic is exhibitionthe setting about for an the exhibition crucial roleabout played the crucial by the theAllied Allied armies armies on theon theeve eveof theof theThird Third Battle Battle of Ypres.of Ypres. At eachAt devastatedrole played bylandscape the devastated during thelandscape Battle ofduring Passchendaele. the Battle eachlocation, location, films films reflect reflect on the on terriblethe terrible storm storm that thatwould would soon Bothof Passchendaele. armies were Bothforced armies to adjust were their forced tactics, to adjust their their soonbreak: break: a storm a storm that wasthat destinedwas destined to dramatically to dramatically reshape reshape methodstactics, their of attack,methods and of their attack, logistical and their systems. logistical The systems. impact thethe landscapelandscape aroundaround theYpres. Ypres Salient. onThe ordinary impact on soldiers, ordinary too, soldiers, both physically too, both and physically and psychologically, was immense. i For practical information, see p. 31 Events

i For practical information, see p. 32

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 9 13/10/16 11:31 161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 10 10 Events and their effects are still being felt. are being still effects their and found are being still munitions these today, Even levels. new staggering guns reached the by fired of shells number The seen. previously anything than heavier fire much were artillery of concentrations the of Ypres, Battle in 1917. Third region the the on During of munitions impact the highlights in Houthulst Cemetery Military Belgian the at module information An ‘Zero exhibition thematic The An InformationPointatthe Great War cametoanend. dealt withintheyears sincethe how thewartime heritage hasbeen The exhibitionalsodemonstrates rediscovered manyyears later. during thebattleandhowtheywere about thefunctionoftheseobjects central position.Thevisitorwilllearn of excavatedartefacts occupiesa the MineBattleofMessines.Aselection the physicalheritage leftbehindby Heuvelland VisitorsCentre illustrates The Archaeology ofaBattle’inthe The exhibition‘Zero Hour07-06-1917: i i 1917 TOTAL1917 WAR Houthulst Houthulst TOTAL1917 WAR BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY, MILITARY BELGIAN Heuvelland (Kemmel) Heuvelland CENTRE, VISITORS HEUVELLAND 1917: TOTAL WAR1917: TOTAL WAR1917: TOTAL Fo Fo r practical information, see p. 42 p. see information, r practical 36 p. see information, r practical

the effectofThird BattleofYpres andwhattraces canwestillfindtoday? the visitorwilllearn howtoread thedifferent layersofthis landscape:whatwas Cemetery tellsthestoryoflandscape.Usinganinteractive panorama panel, An InformationPointinthevisitorcentre nexttotheimposingTyneCot has astrong symbolicvalue. collaborative participation inthebattle and cooperation. Evennow,this this asauniqueactofpartnership differences, itisjustifiedto regard In viewoftheirunderlyingpolitical (Ulster) Divisionfoughtsidebyside. the 16th(Irish)Divisionand36th during theMineBattleofMessines following theEasterRisingin1916, Soil’. DespitethehostilitiesinIreland the exhibition‘IrishBlood onFlemish The church inKemmelisthesettingfor

value. symbolic astrong has battle in the participation today, collaborative this Even cooperation. and of partnership act as a unique this to regard is justified it differences, political underlying their of Inview byside. side fought Division (Ulster) Thirty-sixth the and Division (Irish) Sixteenth the of Messines Battle Mine Yet history. the during troubled a had Soil’. Flemish on has Ireland Blood ‘Irish exhibition thematic for the setting is the churchThe in Kemmel today? find still we can traces of what Ypres and Third of Battle the effect the was what landscape: of this layers different to readthe how learn will visitor the panel, panorama Using interactive an landscape. of the story the tells Cemetery Tyne imposing to Cot the next centre visitor in the module information An i i 1917: TOTAL WAR1917: TOTAL WAR1917: TOTAL Heuvelland (Kemmel) Heuvelland TOTAL1917 WAR Zonnebeke TOTAL1917 WAR SINT-LAURENTIUS (ST. LAURENCE’S) CHURCH, TYNE COT CEMETERY VISITORS CENTRE, CENTRE, VISITORS CEMETERY COT TYNE 8950 Heuvelland (Kemmel) Heuvelland 8950 1 Sint-Laurentiusplein Sint-Laurentiuskerk Ad Fo r practical information, see p. 32 p. see information, r practical dress

except for Easter for Easter except holidays, public on Closed to am 4pm 10 Sunday: to 4pm 1pm and noon to am 12 9.30 to Saturday: Monday March: –31 November 16 to am 4pm 10 holidays: public and Sundays to 5 pm 1 pm noon, to am 12 9.30 to Saturday: Monday November –15 1 April Opening hours: Admission free Admission Access

1917:1917 TOTALTOTAL WAR WAR TOURIST INFORMATION POINT (TIP), Messines

The exhibition ‘100 New Zealand Faces of Messines’ focuses The thematic exhibition ‘100 New Zealand Faces of Messines’ 19171917: TOTAL TOTAL WAR WAR attentionfocuses attention on the enormous on the enormous impact of impact the First of theWorld First War GUYNEMER-PAVILION, onWorld New War Zealand. on New From Zealand. a population From a ofpopulation barely one of million barely Langemark-Poelkapelle (Poelkapelle) inhabitants,one million inhabitants,almost 10% travelledalmost 10% to thetravelled other toside the of other the worldside of to the fight world in tothe fight Great in War.the UsingGreat theWar. stories Using theof 100 stories individuals,of 100 individuals, the dramatic the dramatic effects effectsof the war of the on warthis onsmall this The Guynemer Pavilion houses aa two-parttwo-part exhibition,exhibition, which countrysmall country are explored. are explored. whichtells the tells stories the stories of the ofrole the of role military of military aviation aviation in thein the war war and and of ofthe the French French participation participation in thein the Battle Battle of of i For practical information, see p. 35 Passchendaele. TheThe partpart playedplayed byby thethe FrenchFrench ArmyArmy inin this thislargely largely British British and andCommonwealth Commonwealth offensive offensive was wascrucially cruciallyimportant. important. Although Although that army that was army in a wasstate in of a crisisstate ofin Events crisis1917, it in was 1917, still it wasable still to makeable to a cautiousmake a cautious but significant but significantadvance towards advance Houthulst towards Forest. Houthulst Increasing Forest. useIncreasing was made useof military was made aviation of military throughout aviation 1917, throughout evolving from 1917, evolvinga purely fromobservational a purely observationalrole to become role an to integral become part an ofintegral the war partmachine. of the war machine.

i For practical information, see p. 31

1917:1917 TOTALTOTAL WAR WAR 1917:1917 TOTALTOTAL WAR WAR LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY CEMETERY DRIE GRACHTEN (THREE CANALS) SITE, VISITORVISITORS CENTRE, CENTRE, P Poperingeoperinge Houthulst (Merkem)

An information module in the visitor centrecentre nextnext toto thethe This Informationinformation Pointmodule tells tells the the story story of ofthe the destruction destruction of imposing Lijssenthoek MilitaryMilitary CemeteryCemetery tellstells thethe storystory of of the ofthe the Drie Drie Grachten Grachten site site by byFrench French artillery artillery prior prior to tothe the thepreparation preparation of this of this hospital hospital site site in the in therun-up run-up to to the startopening of the of theThird Third Battle Battle of Ypres. of Ypres. The TheInformation module alsoPoint also Thirdthe Third Battle Battle of Ypres. of Ypres. Nothing Nothing was wasleft toleft chance, to chance, resulting focuses on the storming of the positionposition byby thethe FusiliersFusiliers Marins inresulting a tangible in a sense tangible of ‘the sense calm of ‘thebefore calm the before storm’. the The storm’. full BattalionMarins Battalion (French (French Marines). Marines). Autochrome Autochrome colour photographscolour – ferocityThe full offerocity this storm, of this when storm, it finallywhen it broke,finally is broke,best evidenced whichphotographs were very – which rare at were that very time rare – illustrate at that timevarious – illustrate aspects byis best the sheerevidenced scale byof thethe sheersite, the scale number of the of site, casualties the number ofvarious this local aspects victory. of this local victory. itof dealt casualties with, andit dealt the with,growing and size the ofgrowing the neighbouring size of the cemeteryneighbouring in the cemetery terrible summerin the terrible of 1917. summer of 1917. i For practical information, see p. 42

i For practical information, see p. 38

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 11 13/10/16 11:31 COMINGWORLDREMEMBERME: LAND ART INSTALLATION

From 20142014 to to 2018, 2018, by by moulding moulding 600,000 600,000 sculptures sculptures out of In MarchMarch 2018 2018 the the 600,000 600,000 figures figures of of outclay, ofthousands clay, thousands of people of from people across from Flanders across and Flanders the ComingWorldRememberMe will will be setbe upset inup the in Palingbeekthe andrest ofthe the rest world of thetake world part in will the be making part of the installationmaking of parkPalingbeek (Zillebeke) Park between (Zillebeke) two largebetween works two of artlarge by Koen theComingWorldRememberMe. installation ComingWorldRememberMe. Each and every sculpture Each and Vanmechelen.works of art byIn thisKoen way, Vanmechelen. the land art installation The land art will everyrepresents sculpture one of represents the 600,000 one victims of the who 600,000 lost their victims lives spreadinstallation out over will no-man’s-land spread out over and noThe man’s Bluff, siteland of and one of whodue to lost WWI their in Belgium. lives due In tothis WWI way, in different Belgium. generations In this way, theThe most Bluff, intensive the site battles of Passchendaele, ever in Flanders. one From of the April 2018 differentand nationalities generations will be and united nationalities in the commemoration. will be united in untilmost the intensive end of thatbattles year, ever the inland Flanders. art installation From will be theAttend commemoration. one of the workshops in Nieuwpoort or Ypres openApril to2018 the until public. the At end various of that spots year, along the part land of theart walk to make a sculpture. aroundinstallation the installation, will be open you to can the listen public. to war At variouspoetry. You Attend one of the workshops in Nieuwpoort or canspots end along the walk part on of the the observation walk around bridge, the installation, Ypres to make a sculpture. fromyou will where be youable will to havelisten a towonderful war poetry, view andof this at the impressiveend will be land an artobservation installation. bridge, from where you will have a wonderful view of this impressive land art installation.

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i Opening hours i Addresses Tuesday to Saturday: Kazemat 5 1.30 pm to 6 pm Site Bommenvrij, Individuals and small groups Schoolstraat 48 (<(less 10 thanparticipants) 10 participants) can attend 8900 IeperYpres withoutcan Diary attend booking without in bookingadvance.of other events Workshopsin advance. (1.5Workshops hours) for groups Site Bommenvrij of(1.5 more hours) than for 10groups participants of more on Schoolstraat 48 and ceremonies 2017-2018 Events request.than 10 participants on request. 8620 Nieuwpoort

Admission Contact 30 AUG 2014 > 31 DEC 2019 €5 (halfJAN of the proceedsRumbeke goCastle to +32 (0)58/62.39.29(0)58 62 39 29 charity)2017 ALBERT I AND THE GREAT [email protected] DiaryEXHIBITION of other events Website INTRO and ceremoniesOK www.cwrm.be 2017-2018 www.facebook.com/comingworldrememberme

30 AUG 2014 > 31 DEC 2019 JAN Rumbeke Castle 2017 ALBERT I AND THE GREAT WAR EXHIBITION

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FROM MARCH TO END OF 2018 INTRO VISITING THE LAND ART INSTALLATION OK

Admission Car park How to get there There is no charge for admission There is a large car park at the TheThe provincialPalingbeek park Park is is easy easy to to reach reach by by to the land art installation and the entrance to the parkpark. withThere spaces is space carcar (right(right toto thethe carcar park), bus, provincial park. The park can be visited forfor carscars and coaches. There are alsoalso andand bicycle.bicycle. From September 2017, freely by individual visitors and small toiletstoilets at the car park and therethere isis aa moremore informationinformation willwill be available groups. Groups coming by coach are cafeteria nearby. aboutabout alternative mobility and advised to book via the website. accessibilityaccessibility onon www.cwrm.bewww.cwrm.be and also The entire walk takes about two hours. Address: Address Opening hours atat thethe YpresYpres touristtourist informationinformation office. However, from the car park you can PalingbeekstraatRumbeke Castle 18, 890210 a.m. Zillebeke - 6 p.m. also walk directly to the observation 8800 Roeselare Closed on Mondays andwww.cwrm.be public holidays bridge via the paved path. In that case, There will also be a second car park [email protected] the visit should take about 50 minutes. atWebsite the visitor centre ofEntrance the Palingbeek Follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Naturally, every visitor wants to view park.www.albert14-18.bePark. From there, it is Adults:a 30-minute €6 the installation from the observation walk to the installation.Discount price: €4 bridge. On busy days, please limit your time on the bridge so that everyone Address: Address Opening hours gets the opportunity to do so. VaartstraatRumbeke Castle 7, 8902 Zillebeke10 a.m. - 6 p.m. 29 JAN 2017 > 11 NOV 2017 JAN Museum 8800 Roeselare at the Yser Closed on Mondays and public holidays p.40 2017 WHENAccess DEATH CAME FROM ABOVE EXHIBITIONTheWebsite walk runs throughEntrance the provincial parkwww.albert14-18.be via grassy paths,Adults: wooden €6 Whenboardwalks, the First World and pavedWar Discountbroke paths. out, price: the aviation€4 was still in its infancy. But thePlease war take stimulated into account its development. that in rainy Reconnaissance planes and zeppelinsweather were the replaced ground bycan real get fighter wet and planes and bombers. The pilots also muddy.enjoyed The a high path status. running Those directly who towould get the upper hand in 29 JAN 2017 > 11 NOV 2017 JAN multipleMuseum the observationfights, at the wouldYser point be awardedis entirely the paved. title ‘ace’. In this exhibition the p.40 2017 warWHEN in the DEATH sky is CAMEshown FROM by means ABOVE of many objects. EXHIBITION

When the First World War broke out, the aviation was still in its infancy. But the war stimulated its development. Reconnaissance planes and 13 zeppelins were replaced by real fighter planes and bombers. The pilots © collectie Philippe Oosterlinck also enjoyed a high status. Those who would get the upper hand in multiple fights, would be awarded the title ‘ace’. In this exhibition the

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30 AUG 2014 > 31 DEC 2019 JAN Rumbeke Castle 2017 ALBERT I AND THE GREAT WAR EXHIBITION

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On the outskirts of Roeselare, this audiovisual exhibition featuring rare pictures, videos and audio material, highlights the Belgian story during WWI. It takes you on a journey through the fascinating life and reign of King Albert I, illustrating that a ruler could be more than merely a national symbol. Throughout his life, Albert remained stubbornly faithful to his subjects and proved that he was also a master diplomat. From the end of October 2016 an additional segment will be open, focusing on diplomacy during WWI, as a (world) war is not only decided on the battlefield. Matters such as diplomacy and economy played a big part in the evolutions of the decade. The occupied ‘Brave Little Belgium’ stood its ground among the superpowers and even went on to claim an important role.

This fascinating exhibition is located at Rumbeke Castle, one of Belgium’s oldest Renaissance castles. Visiting groups can choose from a number of attractive packages. A guided visit can, for example, be followed by a brunch, tea and cake or end the day with a drink in the castle.

Address Opening hours Rumbeke Castle 1010am a.m. – -6pm 6 p.m. 8800 Roeselare Closed on Mondays and public holidays

Website Entrance www.albert14-18.be Adults: €6 Discount price: €4

29 JAN 2017 > 11 NOV 2017 JAN Museum at the Yser p.40 2017 WHEN DEATH CAME FROM ABOVE EXHIBITION

When the First World War broke out, aviationthe aviation was wasstill instill its in infancy. its infancy. But the war stimulated its development. ReconnaissanceReconnaissance planesplanes and and zeppelins were replaced byby realreal fighterfighter planesplanes andand bombers.bombers. TheThe pilotspilots also enjoyed a high status. Those who would get thethe upperupper handhand inin multiple fights, would be awarded thethe titletitle ‘ace’. ‘ace’. InIn thisthis exhibitionexhibition thethe war in the sky is shown by means of many objects. © collectie Philippe Oosterlinck

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 14 13/10/16 11:31 APR 24 APR > 10 NOV 2017 Diary of other events 2017 Menin Gate, Ypres and ceremonies 2017-2018 RETURN OF THE MENIN GATE LIONS In 1936, two large stone guardian lions were donated to the Australian War Memorial by the mayor of Ypres. The lions, carved from limestone, were given to the Australian government as a gesture of friendship. The lions had originally stood on plinths on either side of the Menin Gate at Ypres. This gate was one of only two entries into the medieval © Australian War Memorial fortified city. It was through this gate that Allied soldiers marched to the battlefields of the Ypres salient between 1914 and 1918. For many years, the lions have been on display at the entrance to the Australian War Events Memorial in Canberra. From April to November 2017, the lions will return temporarily to Ypres, where they will be on display on the bridge by the Menin Gate. A small exhibition at the In Flanders Fields Museum will explain the history of the lions.

i Contact: Ypres tourist office ++32/(0)57.239.220 [email protected] 25 APR 2017, 6 am Buttes New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke p.33 ANZAC DAY DAWN SERVICE

For the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, WWI began on 25 April 1915, when the troops landed on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli. ANZAC Day pays tribute to all the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who fought during WWI. ANZAC Day commemorations begin in Zonnebeke bright and early at 6 am with the traditional Dawn Service at Buttes New British Cemetery at Polygon Wood, where many soldiers from Australia and New Zealand were laid to rest. The ceremony is followed by a breakfast in ‘OC ‘t Zonnerad’; reservations for breakfast (€5) can be made via https://webshopzonnebeke.recreatex.be (from February 2017). In 2017, the ceremony will conclude with the planting of the first trees in the Wood of Peace, which will be located next to Polygon Wood. © Henk Deleu

i www.passchendaele2017.org [email protected] 25 APR 2017, 11:15 am New Zealand Memorial, Messines p.35 ANZAC DAY

This is an annual ceremony. The Last Post will be sounded at 11.15am.

This is a yearly ceremony. The Last Post will be blown at 11:15.

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p.44 18 MAY 2017 11am MAY 18 18 MAY AM 18 11 2017 28 MAY28 2017 10 JUN 2017 JUN 2017 10 7 JUN 2017 7 JUN 2017 13/10/16 11:31 p.43 24 JUN > 31 MAY 2018 Westfront Nieuwpoort THE BATTLE OF THE DUNES

The Battlebattle of the Dunes is a forgotten battle. VeryVery fewfew peoplepeople knowknow thatthat Nieuwpoort was part of the plans for the Passchendaele offensive in the summer of 1917. This was pre-empted by the very first German mustard gas attack. Nieuwpoort’s vital sluices were saved by Scottish regiments at a great loss of life.

i www.westfrontnieuwpoort.be 1 JUL 2017 > 17 SEP 2017 JULY Poperinge 2017 HAIL TO THE WORK, CHINA IN POPERINGE EXHIBITION

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‘China in Poperinge’ tellstells thethe storystory ofof thethe ChineseChinese presencepresence inin Poperinge from 1917 onwards, onwards, recounting recounting how how the the presence presence of of the the Chinese was met with prejudice and revealing how people interacted with a foreign culture. In 2017, the world has become globalised – but has our perception changed? Contemporary artists (Stephan Vanfleteren, Sanne Dewilde, Lieselotte Vandamme) try to find an answer to this question. A special app takes you to several places that feature a Chinese tale. In the first weekend of September, a festival brings dragons back to town. © Rene Matton

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Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 p.43 1 JUL > 10 NOV 2017 and Visitors’ Centre Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke TAG FOR REMEMBRANCE PROJECT

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Leave your personal message of peace at the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, the Visitors’ Centre at Tyne Cot Cemetery, or online via www.passchendaele2017.org between 1 July and 10 November. A selection of these messages will be engraved on identity tags. These tags will be incorporated into a permanent artwork that will be displayed at the Passchendaele Memorial Park in Zonnebeke.

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 17 13/10/16 11:31 30 JUL 2017 (TBC) Ypres OFFICIAL COMMEMORATION THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES AND FOUR YEARS OF WAR IN THE YPRES SALIENT

On 30 July the British government, the city of Ypres, and the Belgian and Flemish governments hold an official commemoration for the four years of war in the Ypres Salient, the third battle of Ypres included. There will be a special Last Post at the Menin Gate at the occasion of the 100-year anniversary of the third Battle of Ypres at 8 pm with a live projection of the ceremony on screens on the Grote Markt. There will be also a multimedia projection with live music/reading & poetry on ‘The Battles of the Ypres Salient 1914-18’ on the Market Square outside the Cloth Hall at 10 pm.

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3031 JULJUL30 2017 2017JULY (TBC)(TBC) 2017 YpresZonnebeke/Passendale OOFFICIALFFICIAL COMMEMORATCOMMEMORATIONION OBATTLETHIRDF THI RDBATTLE OF BATT PASSCHENDAELE OFLE YPRESOF YPRE S AND FOUR YEARS OF WAR IN THE YPRES SALIENT The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, Onstarted 30 July on the31 July British 1917 government,with the jump-off thethe citycity of of ofthe Ypres,Ypres, British andand troops. thethe BelgianBelgian During and the andFlemishpreparatory Flemish governments governmentsartillery barrage, hold will an theholdofficial Allies an official firedcommemoration no commemoration fewer than for the4.2 fourformillion theyears fourofshells, war years whichin the of turnedwarYpres in Salient, the Ypresbattlefield the Salient, third into battle including a swamp.of Ypres the The Thirdincluded. Battle Battle Thereof of Ypres. will TherebePasschendaele a special will be Last a specialwas Post a trueatLast the massacre, Post Menin at theGate with Menin at more the Gate occasionthan on halfthe of occasiona themillion 100-year of theanniversarycasualties 100-year and ofanniversary athe territorial third Battleof gainthe of Thirdof Ypres just Battle eightat 8 of pmkilometres. Ypres with at a 8live Thepm projection battlewith a soonlive projectionofbecame the ceremony a mythof the and onceremony screensstill has on ona significant screensthe Grote in the Markt.symbolic Market There valueSquare. will today. be This also will a bemultimedia followed projectionby entertainment with live including music/reading live music/reading & poetry on and ‘The poetry Battles onofOn the ‘The31 July,Ypres Battles the Salient Britishof the 1914-18’ government,Ypres onSalient the Marketthe1914-18’. community Square Images outside andof Zonnebeke film the willCloth alsoand Hall thebe projectedatBelgian 10 pm. and onto Flemish the famous governments ‘Cloth Hall’. hold an official commemoration at Tyne Cot Cemetery in memory of those who died in the Passchendaele

region. There will be live capitation and Living History event at the © Imperial War Museum i www.visitypres.be [email protected] grounds of the Zonnebeke mansion.

i www.passchendaele2017.org 31 JUL31 2017 JULY (TBC) 2017 Zonnebeke/[email protected] OOFFICIALFFICIAL COMMEMORATCOMMEMORATIONION OBATTLEF BATT OFLE PASSCHENDAELEOF PASSCHENDAE LE 31 JULY 5.50 am The Welsh Third National Battle of Memorial Ypres, alsoalso Hagebos, knownknown asLangemarkas Passchendaele,the Battle of Passchendaele, started on 31 July p.29 1917,startedOPENING launched on 31 CEREMONY July by the1917 British. with THIRD the During BATTLEjump-off the OF preparatory of YPRES-PASSCHENDAELE the British artillery troops. barrage, During thethe Alliespreparatory fired noartillery fewer thanbarrage, 4.2 themillion Allies shells, fired which no fewer turned than the 4.2battlefield million into a swamp. The Battle of Passchendaele was a true massacre, with

Events shells, which turned the battlefield into a swamp. The Battle of morePasschendaele than half wasa million a true casualties massacre, and with a territorialmore than gain half of a justmillion five miles.casualties The battleand a territorialsoon became gain a ofmyth just and eight still kilometres. has a significant The battle symbolic soon 31 JULY PM valuebecame Artillery today. a myth Wood and Cemetery, still has Poperinge a significant symbolic value today. p.28 CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION OF THE DEAD OF THE POETS OnHEDD 31 July, WYN the ANDBritish FRANCIS government, LEDWIGE thethe communitycommunity ofof ZonnebekeZonnebeke andand thethe Belgian and Flemish governments willhold hold an officialan official commemoration commemoration at atTyne Tyne Cot Cot Cemetery Cemetery in memoryin memory of ofthose those who who died died in inthe the Passchendaele Passchendaele region. TheThere event will willbe live also capitation be shown and live Livingon large History screens event in the at theMarket Squarechateau in grounds Ypres and of theat the Zonnebeke Zonnebeke mansion. Chateau Grounds.

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31 JULY31 JULY PM pm 161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 18 Artillery Wood Cemetery, Poperinge p.28 13/10/16 11:31 CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION OF THE DEAD OF THE POETS HEDD WYN AND FRANCIS LEDWIGE

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 18 13/10/16 11:31 p.32 19–20 AUGUST 2017 AUG Zonnebeke 2017 THEMED WEEKEND ‘The Long Road to Passchendaele

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To break the front, the Allied troops launched a major attack on 31 July 1917. The themed weekend ‘The Long Road to Passchendaele’, organised by the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, commemorates this effort. The weekend starts with a memorial service at the Scottish monument at Frezenberg in Zonnebeke. At the chateau grounds, an international tattoo with pipe bands present an impressive sound and light spectacle on the evening of 19 August. Over the weekend, visitors can witness several themed activities. The focus is on living history, giving visitors a sense of stepping back in time.

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Frezenberg, Zonnebeke p.34 19 AUGUST 2017 CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE AT THE SCOTTISH MONUMENT

TheFrom fi 31rst July few to weeks 20 August of the 1917, Battle three of outPasschendaele, of four large until Scottish 20 Aug units, 1917, sawthe Ninthmost Divisionof the Scottish with the units First and (and the only) 1st South South African African Brigade Brigade, the fiFifteenth ghting togetherDivision, (Scottishand the Fifty-first9th, 15th and Division, 51st Divisions). were almost An offi cial commemorationsimultaneously engaged service forin the all ScottishBattle of and Passchendaele. South African casualties willOn 19take August, place, all at Scottishthe Scottish and Southmonument African at casualtiesFrezenberg, will Zonnebeke, be officially oncommemorated 19 August 2017. at the Scottish monument at Frezenberg in Zonnebeke.

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8-11 SEPTEMBER SEP Langemark-Poelkapelle p.31 2017 CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION WEEKEND GUYNEMER

20 SEPTEMBER Hooge Crater p.30 AUSTRALIAN COMMEMORATION BATTLE OF THE MEENSEWEG Events 21, 22, 23 SEPTEMBER 2017 Grote Markt, Ypres YPRES MEMORIAL TATTOO

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 19 13/10/16 11:32 p.33 26 SEPTEMBER 2017 Buttes New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke AUSTRALIAN CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE

This peaceful Australian ceremony takes place at Buttes New British Cemetery in Polygon Wood. The cemetery is the last resting place of more than 500 Australians, of whom more than half have never been identifi ed. Many of these soldiers were in the 5th Australian Division, and the current location of the cemetery is where, exactly 100 years ago, the 5th Australian Division conquered Polygon Wood after a fi erce battle.

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p.33 Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke 26 SEPTEMBER 2017 WOOD OF PEACE

In 2017, a tree will be planted for each fallen soldier with a known grave at the two Commonwealth cemeteries at Polygon Wood (Buttes

Events New British Cemetery and Polygon Wood Cemetery). There will be two planting days: 26 September and 12 October. In addition, a monument to all the missing soldiers will be erected in a central area in the new park. In the initial phase, all descendants of the fallen soldiers can register via www.passchendaele1917.org. In a second phase, the public at large will be invited to actively contribute to the Wood of Peace by linking up with a fallen soldier for whom no next of kin have registered.

The Wood of Peace will keep the memory of those who lost their lives during WWI alive for many generations to come.

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12 OCTOBER 2017 Zonnebeke p.32 NEW ZEAlAND CEREMONY Of REMEMBRANCE

On 12 October 1917, the New Zealand Division advanced to take the Bellevue spur. The result was devastating: 2,700 casualties, including 846 dead, in less than four hours, for a terrain gain of less than a quarter of a mile. That day has been remembered ever since as the most tragic day in the modern history of New Zealand. Exactly one hundred years later, special ceremonies, involving youngsters, at Tyne Cot Cemetery and at ‘s Graventafel will remind us of this sacrifi ce.

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 20 13/10/16 11:32 p.32 14 OCTOBER 2017 Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke SILENT CITY MEETS LIVING CITY (PM)

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Tyne Cot Cemetery in Zonnebeke is a silent but important witness to the Battle of Passchendaele. With nearly 12,000 graves and 35,000 names of soldiers with no known grave, Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest Common- wealth cemetery in the world. On 14 October, the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 and the community of Zonnebeke will hold a moment of silence and reflection at Tyne Cot Cemetery to commemorate the many victims. Participants can register via www.passchendaele2017.org to be part of this unique and powerful event at this symbolic location.

i www.passchendaele2017.org [email protected] 14 OCTOBER 2017 Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Zonnebeke CONCERT BY TOM BARMAN AND GUESTS

Tom Barman, the charismatic frontman ofof thethe Belgianworld-famous band dEUS Belgian willband collaborate dEUS will, withfor the a number occasion, of collaboratedifferent artists with to a numbercommemorate of different theartists Battle to commemorateof Passchendaele. the BarmanBattle of was Passchendaele. asked to work Barman together was asked withto work a British/Commonwealth together with a British/Commonwealth artist or band to createartist ornew band work to create centrednew work on centred the theme on theof WWI. theme of WWI.

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10 NOVEMBER 2017 NOV Crest Farm Memorial / Passchendaele Church, Zonnebeke p.33 2017 PASSCHENDAELE CEREMONY – CANADIAN CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE

10 November 1917 marks the day that Canadian troops ended the Battle of Passchendaele by capturing the ruins of the village. The Passchen- daele Ceremony commemorates the end of the battle and all casualties, communities, and countries involved. The ceremony starts with a subdued reflection at the Crest Farm Canadian Memorial, followed by a torchlight parade along the Canadalaan. The parade follows the path of the last hundred metres of the attack and ends in Passchendaele. After the ceremony, all participants will be invited to an open-air reception, Events followed by a concert in the church.

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11 NOVEMBER 2017 11 am Menin Gate Ypres p.27 11 NOVEMBER 2017 11 AM ARMISTICE SPECIAL LAST POST 1111 NOVEMBERNOVEMBER 20172017 22 pmPM Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke p.34 BLACK WATCH CORNER CEREMONY

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 21 13/10/16 11:32 p.32 1111 NNOVEMBERovemBER 20172017 33 pmPM Tyne Cot Cemetery, Cemetery Saint Charles De Potyze, German Military Cemetery Langemark CEREMONIES

12 NOVEMBER 2017 Zonnebeke/Passchendaele ALEX DECOTEAU RUN

Take part in a race that runs along pathways through the historic battlefield, as a tribute to all those who fell in the Battle of Passchendaele. A graveside service will commemorate the Indigenous Canadian Alex Wuttunee Decoteau, who participated in the 5,000 metre race at the 1912 Olympics.

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17 FEB 2018 > 15 AUG 2018 FEB In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres p.26 2018 TRACES OF WAR: ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR EXHIBITION

When the First World War ended, thethe WesthoekWesthoek regionregion hadhad been been com- completelypletely destroyed. destroyed. The Chineseoriginal labourersresidents andreturned German after prisoners the war. of Chinese war clearedlabourers most and of German the traces prisoners of destruction: of war cleared trenches most were of closed the traces up, of bombdestruction: craters trenches were filled were in closedand militaryup, bomb infrastructure craters were was filled dismantled. in, and Themilitary former infrastructure residents returned was dismantled. after the Thewar farmersand farmers returned started too to and workstarted in tothe work fields in theiragain. fields The physical again. Theevidence material became evidence part becameof the part archaeologicalof the archaeological soil archive. soil archive.

i www.inflandersfields.be Events 21 APR 2018 > 15 DEC 2018 APR Villa Zonnedaele, Chateau grounds Zonnebeke p.32 2018 EXHIBITION: THE FINAL OFFENSIVE / THE YANKS ARE COMING

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This temporary exhibition sheds light on the overall story of the last year of the war and the final offensive in which the Americans played an important role. The main focus is on the Flanders Army Group, in which British, French, US, and Belgian troops fought together to liberate Belgium. The exhibition includes material on the Belgians who liberated Zonnebeke and Passchendaele and on the significance of the fresh US troops. The exhibition starts with an opening weekend on 21 and 22 April, with numerous themed activities such as battlefield tours and the annual Living History event.

i www.passchendaele.be [email protected] Admission free Opening hours: open daily from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 22 13/10/16 11:32 23 APR 2018 > 30 AUG 2018 Provincial Courthouse Bruges WWI, THE BATTLE OF THE NORTH SEA EXHIBITION

The German Marinekorps Flandern hadhad establishedestablished aa well-oiledwell-oiled war war machine in the coastal coastal area area between between the the front front line line and and the the Dutch Dutch

border. Given the region’s exceptional strategicstrategic importanceimportance asas a a base base RoyalMuseumsGreenwich © of operations for naval and aerial battlesbattles inin thethe NorthNorth Sea,Sea, thethe GermanGerman occupying forces installed a vast networknetwork ofof ports,ports, artilleryartillery batteries, batteries, bunkers, and airfields in thisthis area.area. OperatingOperating fromfrom thethe portsports ofof OstendOstend and Zeebrugge, they sanksank nono fewerfewer thanthan 2,5502,550 alliedallied ships.ships. Eventually,Eventually, this intense submarine warfarewarfare partlypartly triggeredtriggered the the American American decision decision to tojoin join WWI. WWI. Using historicalhistorical artefacts artefacts and and illustrations illustrations never never seen seen before, before, this exhibitionthis exhi- aimsbition to aims shed to light shed on lightthe little-known on the little-known story of the story war of at the sea warand atthe sea and essentialthe essential role ofrole Bruges of Bruges as the as nerve the centrenerve ofcentre the entireof the operation. entire operation.

i Address: Markt 3, Bruges Contact [email protected] 25 APRIL 2018, 6 am APR Buttes New British Cemetery, Zonnebeke p.33 2018 ANZAC DAY DAWN SERVICE

EveryFor the year, Australian ANZAC Dayand paysNew tributeZealand to Army the AustralianCorps, WWI and began New onZealand 25

soldiersApril 1915, who when fought the troopsduring landedWWI. ANZAC on the Day Turkish commemorations peninsula of beginGallipoli. in © Henk Deleu ZonnebekeEvery year, ANZACbright andDay earlypays attribute 6 am to with the the Australian traditional and Dawn New ZealandService atsoldiers Buttes who New fought British during Cemetery WWI. at ANZACPolygon Day Wood, commemorations where many soldiers begin in fromZonnebeke Australia bright and and New early Zealand at 6 weream with laid theto rest.traditional The ceremony Dawn Service is followedat Buttes byNew a breakfastBritish Cemetery in ‘OC ‘t atZonnerad’; Polygon reservationsWood, where for many breakfast soldiers (€5)from canAustralia be made and via New https://webshopzonnebeke.recreatex.be. Zealand were laid to rest. The ceremony is followed by a breakfast in ‘OC ‘t Zonnerad’; reservations for breakfast (€5) can be made via https://webshopzonnebeke.recreatex.be. Information:

i www.passchendaele.be [email protected] APR 2018 > NOV 2018 In Flanders Fields Museum, Ypres p.26 THE OFFENSIVES OF 2018: THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE AND FINAL OFFENSIVE

HISTORICAL EXHIBITION Events

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 23 13/10/16 11:32 30 JUNE 2018 JUN THE WATERFRONT 2018 PERFORMANCES

From the harbour channelchannel ofof ZeebruggeZeebrugge toto thethe harbourharbour channelchannel of of Ostend, over a distance of almost26.9 km, 17 monumental miles, monumental performances performances will be willcreated be created on or around on or around the water the inwater Zeebrugge, in Zeebrugge, Blankenberge, Blankenberge, De Haan, DeBredene, Haan, andBredene, Ostend, and culminating Ostend, culminating in the harbour in the channelharbour ofchannel Ostend. of Ostend.As a participatory As a participatory event, Waterfront event, Waterfront above all above wants all towants focus to people’s focus people’sattention attention on the future, on the on future, hope, on reconciliation, hope, reconciliation, forgiveness, forgiveness, and a new andstart a for new humankind. start for humankind. © Westtoer i Free access www.gonewest.be Events 30 JUN > 2 SEP 2018 Poperinge ‘NOTHEALING IN KHAK EXHIBITION,I’ - Women’s ART, SMOBILEupporting APPLICATION Role EXHANDIB EXPERIENCEITION, ART, MOBROUTEILE APP & EXPERIENCE ROUTE

DuringPoperinge the concludessummer of the 2018, WWI Poperinge commemorations concludes withthe WW1a message of commemorations,hope and consolation. with Duringa message the ofsummer hope andof 2018, consolation healing featureswith healing as a featurescentral theme. as a central Exhibition theme. Not The in exhibition, Khaki tells Not the in strory Khaki, of tells the the wide story range of thewomen, wide rangingrange of fromwomen, nurses ranging to prostitutes, from nurses that to prostitutes, provided thethat world providedwith comfort, the world while with contemporary comfort, while artist contemporary Chantal Pollier artistic enhances Chantal the Pollierexhibition enhances with athe selection exhibition of artfulwith astatements. selection of In artistic collaboration statements. with art Infestival collaboration Watou a withcomfort art festival route has Watou, also anbeen Experience developed Route taking has you been to developedconsoling pavilionsto take in decorated pavilions decoratedwith healing with art healing and poetry. art and poetry.

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1 JUL 2018 > 31 MAY 2019 JUL Westfront Nieuwpoort p.43 2018 ARCHITECTURE AND WAR

Architecture andand war,war, or creation andand destruction,destruction, bothboth seem seem like like direct direct opposites.oppostites. However, However… they they are are also als both both inherently inherently linked. linked. Whatever Whatever could could not be renovated afterafter thethe war,war, hadhad toto bebe rebuiltrebuilt -- oror couldcould somethingsomething new perhaps be created instead?instead? Arras,Arras, Ypres,Ypres, Diksmuide Diksmuide and and Nieuwpoort Nieuw- achievedpoort achieved historic historic status statusas Northern as Northern front cities, front although cities, althought all were allalmost completelywere almost destroyed. completely The destroyed. same goes The for same the surroundinggoes for the outskirts,surrounding plains farmsoutskirts, and plains villages, farms not andto mention villages, the not damage to mention caused the by damage the saltwater caused inundations.by the saltwater A hundred inundations. years later,A hundred the consequences years later, the are consequences barely visible, thanksare barely to bothvisible, local thanks citizens to both and architects.local citizens Yet, and some architects. authentic Still examples visible, ofon warthe architecturecontrary, are are some still authentic visible; the examples bunkers ofnear war Ramskapelle architecture. and The the protectedbunkers near monuments Ramskapelle of the and Duvetorr the protected and Bommenvrij monuments are of some the Duof -the © Westtoer veryvetorr last and remainders. Bommenvrij, for example, are few of the very last remainders.

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 24 13/10/16 11:32 AUGUST 2018 AUG Ypres, Nieuwpoort, Veurne, Diksmuide, Poperinge and Dranouter 2018 THE SUMMER OF ‘18 CONCERTS

During the summer of 2018, the GoneWest concertsconcerts willwill bebe addedgrafted to existingonto existing local, local,summer summer events events in the inWesthoek the Westhoek area. Thearea. series The ofseries of concerts will end inin aa grandgrand finalefinale onon thethe Grotemarket Markt square in Ypresin Ypres on onSaturday Saturday 25 August25 August 2018. 2018.

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28 SEPTEMBER 2018 SEP Zonnebeke 2018 CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE, CARABINIERS-GRENADIERS

The great Allied offensive that started on 28 September 1918 ended the First World War. On that day the Belgians, under the command of King Albert I, together with British and French troops, attacked the Germans at the Ypres Salient. The Belgian Carabiniers-Grenadiers advanced into and gained control over the ruins of the village of Passchendaele after heavy fighting. Afterwards, the offensive advanced to Moorslede and Roeselare. Exactly 100 years later, their efforts will be remembered at the church in Passchendaele.

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10 NOVEMBER 2018 NOV Crest Farm Memorial, Passchendaele Church p.33 2018 PASSCHENDAELE CEREMONY – CANADIAN MEMORIAL SERVICE

10 November 19171917 markedmarks the the day day that that Canadian Canadian troops troops ended ended thethe Battle Battleof Passchendaele of Passchendaele by capturing by capturing the ruins the ofruins the ofvillage. the village. The Passchen- The Passchendaeledaele Ceremony Ceremony commemorates commemorates the end ofthe the end battle of the and battle all casual- and all casualties,ties, communities, communities, and countries and countries involved. involved. The ceremony The ceremony starts starts with awith asubdued subdued reflection reflection at atthe the Crest Crest Farm Farm Canadian Canadian Memorial,Memorial, followed followed byby a a torchlight parade alongalong thethe Canadalaan.Canadalaan. TheThe paradeparade follows follows the the path path of of the last hundred metresmetres ofof thethe attackattack andand endsends inin Passchendaele.Passchendaele. After After the ceremony, all participants willwill bebe invitedinvited toto anan open-airopen-air reception,reception, followed by a concert inin the church.church.

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11 NOVEMBER 2018 Menin Gate, Ypres p.27 ARMISTICE REMEMBRANCE

The Armistice is commemorated each year in Ypres with an extensive programme of events. Highlights include the Special Last Post ceremony at the Menin Gate at 11 am and the ‘The Great War Remembered’ concert in St Martin’s Cathedral at 4.30 pm. Events

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YPRES & SURROUNDINGS

Throughout the war, Ypres and the Ypres Salient, the area around Ypres, was the scene of the heaviest battles. These fierce battles have left their mark on the landscape around the city.

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IN FLANDERS FIELDS MUSEUM

The permanent exhibition focuses on the personal stories of ordinary people and establishes a link to the landscape of WWI in Flanders Fields. More than 2,000 original objects and documents are on display and a new scenography highlights the most recent museum applications, including touch screens, interactive poppy bracelets, video projections, and soundscapes. In addition, visitors can climb the belfry for a wonderful view of what was once a completely devastated region.

Address Opening hours Price Cloth Hall 1 April - 15 November: Adults:Adults: €9.00€9.00 Grote Markt 34, Mon - Sun: 10 ama.m. - -6 6 pm p.m YouthYouth (ages(ages 19-25):19-25): €5.00€5.00 8900 Ypres 16 November - 31 March:March: ChildrenChildren (ages(ages 7-18):7-18): €4.00€4.00 Tue - Sun: 10 a.m.am - -5 5 pm p.m. ChildrenChildren underunder 7:7: freefree Contact 25 December & 1 January: ClosedClosed GroupsGroups (min.(min. 15):15): €7.00€7.00 +32 (0)57 239 220 SchoolsSchools (min.(min. 15):15): €4.00€4.00 [email protected] Suppl.Suppl. toto visitvisit thethe belfry:bell tower: €2.00 €2.00 GroupsGroups mustmust bookbook atat leastleast Website 1414 daysdays inin advance.advance. www.inflandersfields.be 26

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 26 13/10/16 11:32 THE MENIN GATE AND THE LAST POST

TheThe mostmost famousfamous CommonwealthCommonwealth War MemorialGraves Commission bears the namesMemorial of bears54,896 the i Website soldiersnames of who 54,896 were soldiers reported who missing were reported in the Ypresmissing Salient in the between Ypres Salient the outbreak between theof www.lastpost.be theoutbreak war and of the15 Augustwar and 1917. 15 AugustDue to 1917.a lack Due of to space, a lack after of space, that dateafter namesthat date were names listedwere listedat Tyne on Cot. the AnMemorial exception at Tyne was Cot.made An for exception Australian was and made Canadian for Australian soldiers whoand Canadianwere missing soldiers in action who wereuntil themissing end inof actionthe war. until There the areend no of Newthe war.Zealand There names,are no Newas their Zealand missing names, are commemoratedas their missing inare cemeteries commemorated near to in where cemeteries they near died.to where Every they night died. at eightEvery o’clocknight at sharp, eight theo’clock resounding sharp, the bugle resounding call of the bugle call of volunteersthe volunteers of the of Ypresthe Ypres Last Last Post Post Association, Association, who who are aremembers members of theof theYpres Ypres VoluntaryVoluntary Fire Brigade, rings out as a tribute to the fallenfallen underunder thethe MeninMenin Gate.Gate. The Menin Gate will celebrate her 90th anniversary in 2017. The Menin Gate will celebrate its 90th anniversary in June 2017.

INDIAN FORCES MEMORIAL NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY RAMPARTS CEMETERY

This memorial, behind the Menin Gate, The New Irish Farm Cemetery opened English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh Sites is dedicated to the 130,000 soldiers at the outbreak of the Third Battle of soldiers along with Canadian, New of the Indian Forces who served in Ypres (Passchendaele). It was named Zealand and Australian soldiers are Flanders during the Great War. 9,000 after a nearby farm. During the final buried here. Also in this beautiful members of the Indian Expeditionary German advance from April to May cemetery are ten Maoris, a working Force died as casualties in France and 1918, new graves were added. At the party of the New Zealand Maori Flanders, not only due to the nature of time of the Armistice, it contained 73 (Pioneer) Battalion who were shelled their injuries in battle but also due to graves but was then greatly enlarged near Ypres on 31 December 1917. the severe winter weather conditions with more than 4,500 new graves. they were exposed to. i Address Lille Gate, Ypres i Address Briekestraat, IeperYpres

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 27 13/10/16 11:32 161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 28 28 here. poet Francis Ledwidgeisalsoburied poet HeddWyn.Inaddition, theIrish cemetery, includingthatofthefamous There are manyWelshburialsonthis (width 260ft(80m),depth50ft(15m)). the neighbouringCaterpillar Crater memorial isonHill60.Theyalsoblew Australian TunnellingCompany,whose than 53,000lbs,wasblownbythe1st on thehillitself,withacharge ofmore when twohugemineswere blown:one June 1917duringtheBattleofMessines, Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment on7 Hill 60wascaptured bythe11th & FRANCIS LEDWI GE GRAVE OF POETS HEDD WYN ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY i i & CATERPILLAR CRATER HILL 60 free access free Entrance from dusk to dawn hours Opening Zwarteleenstraat, Zillebeke Address Poezelstraat, Boezinge Poezelstraat, Address Salient. sacrifices made inYpres andtheYpres alivethememoryof and tokeep placeforvisitingrelatives,a meeting commemorate thedead, toserveas This AnglicanChurch wasbuiltto i MEMORIAL CHURCH CHURCH MEMORIAL ST. GEORGE’S © Westtoer www.stgeorgesmemorialchurchypres.com Website May 1915. Flanders Fields’atthebeginningof wrote hisworld-famouspoem‘In Canadian military doctorJohn McCrae these primitive‘dug-outs’thatthe station washoused.Itinoneof concrete bunkersinwhich adressing the to thecemetery,youcanstillsee years oldwhenhewaskilled.Next Valentine JoeStrudwickwasjust15 the youngestcasualtiesofwar: at EssexFarm, includingoneof A totalof1,185soldiersare buried i JOHN MCCRAE JOHN ESSEX FARM/SITE Address Diksmuideseweg, Ypres 13/10/16 11:32 SAINT CHARLES DE POTYZE

The largest French military cemetery in Belgium contains 4,200 graves, including 69 Islamic tombs. A Breton Pieta by the Sculptor J. Fréour is located at the front of the site, mourning over the lost dead.

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WELSH NATIONAL THE BROODING SOLDIER, GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY MEMORIAL PARK SINT-JULIAAN Langemark Langemark Langemark © Westtoer © Westtoer

The red dragon, built on a dolmen The Brooding Soldier is a 33ft (10m) Behind its monumental entrance (in Welsh “cromlech”), stands in the high granite monument. It represents a building lie some 44,300 German middle of an area that was conquered grieving Canadian soldier, in memory soldiers, half of whom are buried in by Welsh troops on 31 July 1917. It looks of the 2,000 soldiers who died in a mass grave. Over 3,000 cadets and in the direction of Passchendaele, the 1915 as a result of a gas attack in the student volunteers are among the village that would only be taken three Second Battle of Ypres. dead, which is why the cemetery is also months later at the expense of half a called the Studentenfriedhof. million victims. The surrounding park is dedicated to all Welsh people involved in the Great War, both i Address i Address soldiers and civilians. BrugsewegBrugsweg Klerkenstraat 64 64

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This cemetery, just outside Ypres, is one of the largest British cemeteries in the Westhoek. Amongst others, it holds 20 Indian graves. Bedford House Cemetery stands in what was once the park of Rosendael Castle, which the British troops renamed ‘Bedford House’ during WWI. The castle served as a headquarters and as a medical aid post. Several small cemeteries were started in the castle grounds. The magnificent garden architecture makes Bedford House Cemetery a HOOGE CRATER PRIVATE unique WWI site. MUSEUM Zillebeke i Address Rijselseweg, Ypres

The Hooge Crater Museum owes its what daily life during the war was like. name to a pair of historical events that Today, in the former local schoolhouse, took place during the Great War. Until there is a themed café where you can the start of WWI, the ‘t Hooghe Castle admire a collection of decorated shell stood on top of the ‘t Hooghe hill in casings (trench art). Zillebeke. During the war, the castle that served as the British HQ, was i Address totally destroyed. In 1915, the British Hooge Crater Museum blew up a number of tunnels, which Meenseweg 467, created a large crater to the north of Zillebeke 8902 the castle. During the 1920s, a chapel

was built nearby in memory of those Contact killed in WWI. Following renovation 32 (0)57 46 84 46 works, it was sold to a private

individual who amassed a valuable Website collection of weapons, uniforms and www.hoogecrater.com equipment from the four different

armies that took part in WWI. Among Opening hours the most striking items on display Tuesday-Saturday 10 ama.m.-6 - 6 p.m.pm are the life-sized tableaux that show Sunday 10 ama.m.-9 - 9 p.m.pm

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION CENTENARY MAY 2017 In May 1917, the Imperial War Graves construct the cemeteries and was at Tyne Cot Cemetery. Commission (now the Commonwealth memorials: Sir Edwin Lutyens, Sir Sites War Graves Commission, (CWGC) was Herbert Baker and Sir Reginald The Commonwealth War Grave established by Royal Charter to reflect Blomfield. Rudyard Kipling was tasked Commission cemeteries and memorials the Imperial cooperation which was with advising on inscriptions. across Flanders Fields are instantly evident during the First World War. recognised by long rows of white The core ideology of the Commission Memorials to the Missing express the memorial stones, the Cross of Sacrifice would be equality. Land for cemeteries enormity of the human sacrifice made. and the Stone of Remembrance. They and memorials was sought and the The first to be commissioned and commemorate the sacrifice of soldiers enormous task of recording the details completed was Blomfield’s magnificent from the former British Empire: British, of the dead began. By 1918, some memorial in Ypres, The Menin Gate Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders, 587,000 graves had been identified Memorial, in June 1927. This memorial South Africans and those from India and a further 559,000 casualties were commemorates the names of almost and the Caribbean. registered as having no known grave. 55,000 men on 1,200 panels, and where, since 1928, the Last Post Ceremony has Information on the CWGC centenary Leading architects were commissioned taken place each evening at 8 o’clock. events and the other cemeteries: by the Commission to design and The next memorial to be constructed www.cwgc.org

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 30 13/10/16 11:32 YORKSHIRE TRENCH GUYNEMER PAVILION ENTRY POINTS YPRES SALIENT

Authentic restored trenches just behind Opening in September 2017, this From October 1914 to October 1918, Entry Point North. In the first days exhibition covers the role of military the battlefield of the First World War of the Third Battle of Ypres, the 38th aviation in the First World War. There was located a mile or two from the Welsh Division played a large part in is a special focus on the extraordinary centre of Ypres. The trenches described the sector. life of the outstanding French pilot a curve from north to south around Georges Guynemer, who was involved Ypres. No fewer than fifty bloody in more than 600 aerial combats, battles were fought in that notorious i Address survived being shot down seven times, Ypres Salient. Three Entry Points along Bargiestraat and achieved 53 victories. On Monday the Ypres Salient inform you about the Ypres 11 September 1917, sadly, he crashed events along the Ypres Salient. Today’s between the British and German lines, landscape is shown as a witness of near the Poelkapelle cemetery. The the past, 100 years ago, in a historical WELSH CEMETERY exhibition also looks more generally film, three walking routes, a digital at aviation during the First World application, and a cycling route that Up to the Third Battle of Ypres, the War and its considerable significance. connects the three points. In Entry cemetery lay in no man’s land between Text and images will expertly tell the Point North, a number of portraits of the two lines. As there were no troops story, from the use of aviation for war poets include the Canadian doctor here, it was less shelled which made reconnaissance to its use for bombing John McCrae and Irishman Francis it ideal for a cemetery once the battle enemy positions. The Pavilion’s Ledwige. had passed over it. The site is also showpiece will be a replica of the i Address known as Caesar’s Nose as there was Morane-Saulnier Type L (Parasol). Entry Pointpoint East:

a curly shape in the German frontline. Sites Hooge Crater Museum,museum seeview p.30 p.x The 38th (Welsh) Division buried 23

soldiers here. It was used until the i Address Entry Pointpoint North: following November. The cemetery BrugseswegBrugseweg 126-128 126 Kleine Poezelstraat, 89048904 BoezingeBoezinge contains 68 First World War burials. Poelkapelle8920 Poelkapelle Entry Pointpoint South: i Address e-mailOpening hours Palingbeekstraat, 8902 ZillebekeZillebeke Moortelweg [email protected](opens September 2017) Boezinge Wed to Sat 10 am - 6.30 pm WebsiteLimited Sundays (check the website) www.guynemerpaviljoen.be Email [email protected] Website www.flandersfields.be/en/1917/guynemer-pavilion

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 31 13/10/16 11:32 PASSCHENDAELE/ ZONNEBEKE

The name Zonnebeke probably doesn’t sound very familiar, but almost everyone has heard of its neighbouring village: Passendale (Passchendaele). It was here that, in 1917, the Allied army fought for several months in a desperate bid to break the German line. They soon began referring to the village as ‘Passion-dale’: the valley of suffering.

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The Memorial Museum of Passchendaele 1917

The Memorial Museum Passchendaele War, with more than half a million The Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 presents the historic story of the casualties for a territorial gain of just 1917 combines the interactive design of First World War in a poignant and eightfive kilometres.miles. ‘Passchendaele’ ‘Passchendaele’ not only not a modern museum with an exceptional vivid way, with a particular emphasis onlybecame became a concept a concept in the in history the history of opportunity to experience the dugouts on the Battle of Passchendaele. This ofthe the First First World World War, War, it alsoit also became became and trenches. An intense experience battle in 1917 is known as one of the a symbol of the great futility ofof the that will enrich your knowledge of the most horrific battles of the First World violence of war in all its horror. battle sites in the area.

Address Website Price Memorial Museum www.passchendaele.be Adults: € 8.50 Passchendaele 1917 Children under 7: free Berten Pilstraat 5/A Opening hours Students: €5 8980 Zonnebeke Daily: 9 ama.m. - -6 6 pm p.m. Groups (min. 15 persons): € 6.50 (Last entryentry 4:304:30 pm)p.m.) Studentsstudents € 4 Contact 16 December -- 3131 JanuaryJanuary ClosedClosed Groups must book inin advanceadvance +32 (0)51 77 04 41 [email protected]

TYNE COT CEMETERY AND VISITOR CENTRE

This is the largest Commonwealth War Graves Commission military cemeterycemetery in continental Europe, withwith almostalmost 12,000 tombstones. TheThe rearback wall wall of of the thecemetery graveyard is inscribed is inscribed with withthe names the namesof 34,957 of missing34,957 missing soldiers soldiers who fell who in fellthe inBattle the Battleof Passchendaele of Passchendaele and later. and later.

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Polygon Wood is a large wood one mile south of the village of Zonnebeke, which was completely devastated in the First World War. The wood was cleared by Commonwealth troops at the end of October 1914, given up on 3 May 1915, taken again at the end of September 1917 by Australian troops, evacuated in the Battles of the Lys, and finally retaken by the 9th (Scottish) Division on 28 September 1918. Here you will find a burial ground named Buttes New British Cemetery with the New Zealand Memorial, which commemorates 383 officers and men of the New Zealand Division. On top of the ‘butte’ (hill) you will find the Memorial of the 5th Australian Division. In Polygon Wood you can still see the remains of several shelters. Each year on ANZAC Day (25 April), the efforts of the ANZAC soldiers are commemorated during the Dawn Service.

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NEW ZEALAND MEMORIAL AT CREST FARM ’S GRAVENTAFEL 85TH CANADIAN MEMORIAL CANADIAN MEMORIAL

This memorial commemorates the This marks the place where the New Zealand Division’s participation Canadian Corps saw fierce fighting in the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 during the Second Battle of October 1917. This attack by ANZAC Passchendaele and won possession of forces successfully pushed forward the the high ground at Crest Farm. allied trench line in the early part of the Passchendaele offensive but was followed by the inadequately prepared i Address © Westtoer attack of 12 October 1917. Canadalaan 37 Zonnebeke Sites This monument was the first one to be i Address erected in the region. It honours the 's Graventafelstraat memory of the 85th Canadian infantry Zonnebeke (Nova Scotia) Battallion which suffered heavy losses during the Second Battle of Passchendaele at the end of October 1917.

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The historic grounds of the Zonnebeke villa are the ideal departure pointpoint for an exploratory routeroute throughthrough thethe battlefields of 1917. The well-known Polygon Wood and Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest Commonwealth Warcemetery Graves inCommission the world, cemeteryare located in Europe,less than are threelocated kilometres less than away.two miles You canaway. relax You completelycan relax completely in the grounds, in the readgrounds, a book onread a abench book inon the a benchpark, strollin the hand-in- park, handstroll by the lake, or take a moment to stop and think about the history ofof WWI in the ‘Poppy Gardens’;Gardens’, themed gardens dedicated to the variousvarious nations that fought in the Battle of Passchendaele.

PASSCHENDAELE BLACK WATCH MEMORIAL SCOTTISH MEMORIAL NEW BRITISH CEMETERY FREZENBERG

The cemetery was created after the This memorial is the only one on the Armistice when graves were brought in former Western Front dedicated to from the battlefields of Passchendaele all Scots and all those of Scottish and Langemark. The structure of the descent who fought in France and front of this cemetery is somewhat Flanders during WWI. It is now the unusual, with almost a barred window main site of remembrance activities appearance such as a prison might for all Scots. This memorial also have. Almost all the graves date from remembers those men of the South the autumn of 1917, and thus from the African Brigade who, throughout the Third Battle of Ypres. There are 2,101 war, fought with the Scots as part of burials here, 1,600 of which (more than the 9th (Scottish) Division. three-quarters) are unidentified. i Address i Address 's Graventafelstraat © Zenon B Ieperstraat Zonnebeke Zonnebeke This statue of a Black Watch soldier, unveiled in May 2014, at the southwest edge of the Polygon Wood, is located PASSCHENDAELE CHURCH Sites at almost exactly the same place that made history as the “Black Watch Corner” on 10/11 November 1914 when Passchendaele church was totally a German advance was halted. It destroyed by shellfire in 1917. However, constitutes a permanent tribute to the it has since been reconstructed and now steadfastness of the legendary Black dominates the village square. Within the Watch Regiment and honours nearly church are memorial windows in honour 9.000 officers and soldiers killed and of the 66th Division of the British more than 20.000 injured during WWI. Expeditionary Force.

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1917. of June battle mine to the tention at- pay will also and 2017 in February opens centre visitor friendly family This 1917. of June battle mine to the tention at- pay will also and 2017 in February opens centre visitor friendly family This area. landscape andthearchaeology ofthe known, looking attheimpacts onthe the ‘BattleofMines’asitisalso of the‘BattleMessines’or particular focusonthecentenary permanent WW1exhibitionswitha Visitor Centre housesanumberof This newlyrefurbished, familyfriendly i i (OPENS IN APRIL 2017) HEUVELLAND VISITOR CENTRE (OPENS IN FEBRUARY 2017) FEBRUARY IN (OPENS 2017) FEBRUARY IN (OPENS HEUVELLAND VISITOR CENTRE CENTRE VISITOR HEUVELLAND CENTRE VISITOR HEUVELLAND except Easter Closed SundaysandPublicHolidays, Mon -Sat9.30am12pm/1pm -4pm 16 November -31March Sundays andPublicHolidays10 am-4pm Mon -Sat9.30am12pm/1pm -5pm 1 April-15November holidays, except for Easter except holidays, Sunday public on and Closed to 4p.m. fromand 1p.m. a.m. to 12 a.m. from 9.30 to SaturdayMonday for Easter except holidays, 16/11 –31/03: Sunday public on and Closed to 4p.m. from a.m. 10 to 4p.m. fromand 1p.m. holidays public and Sundays a.m. to 12 a.m. from 9.30 to 5p.m. from and 1p.m. p.m. to 12 to SaturdayMonday to SaturdayMonday a.m. from 9.30 16/11 –31/03: 01/04 –15/11: to 4p.m. from a.m. 10 Opening hours holidays public and Sundays to 5p.m. from and 1p.m. p.m. to 12 www.toerismeheuvelland.be to SaturdayMonday a.m. from 9.30 Website 01/04 –15/11: Opening hours [email protected] Contact www.toerismeheuvelland.be Website Heuvelland 8950 1 Sint-Laurentiusplein [email protected] Address Contact Heuvelland 8950 1 Sint-Laurentiusplein Address

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Considering his age, Irishman Major William Redmond MP, wasn’t even supposed to be on the battlefield during the Battle of Messines. After he was shot twice, he was carried off the battlefield by Private John Meeke, a Protestant soldier. They reached the Casualty Clearing Station at the Catholic Hospice at Loker where Redmond died of his wounds. The nuns buried him in the grounds of the hospice; he was later moved to the CWGC cemetery, but at the request of his family he was moved again to outside the cemetery walls. i Address i AdGodschalkstraat,dress Heuvelland © Westtoer Godschalkstraat, Heuvelland © Westtoer

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The cemetery comprising 58 burials was almost exclusively A post-war concentration cemetery where over two thirds used for burying some of those who fell on the first day of the 1,002 buried or commemorated are unidentified. of the Battle of Messines, 7 June, 1917 (three graves are There are three sets of special memorial stones set behind from 8 June). All except one grave are those of men of the the Stone of Remembrance to the right of the cemetery, 36th Ulster Division (the Royal Irish Rifles and the Royal commemorating soldiers originally buried in other Inniskilling Fusiliers). This cemetery was actually lost in later cemeteries but whose graves were destroyed. fighting, and only rediscovered after the Armistice. i Address i AdWIjtschatestraat,dress Heuvelland i Address WIjtschatestraat, Heuvelland i AdWIjtschatestraat,dress Heuvelland WIjtschatestraat, Heuvelland

AMERICAN MONUMENT KEMMEL HILL Kemmel FRENCHKEMMEL OSSUARYHILL LONE TREE CEMETERY AMERICAN MONUMENT Kemmel Kemmel FRENCH OSSUARY LONE TREE CEMETERY Kemmel Sites Sites A heavy rectangular block on a wide The ossuary contains 5,294 bodies The cemetery contains 88 graves (six rectangular platform honours the of fallen soldiers, of which only 57 of which are of unknown individuals). 27th and 30th American divisions. have been identified. Most of these Nearly all the graves are those of The monument was built in 1929 French soldiers were killed on the hill soldiers of the Royal Irish Rifles who by the American Battle Monuments during the second battle for Kemmel fell on 7 June, the first day of the Commission and was created after a Hill. A column stands at the centre of Battle of Messines. Some of them were design made by George Howe from the cemetery and is topped with the actually killed by the explosion of the Philadelphia. traditional French mascot, a cockerel. Spanbroekmolen mine (which was i Address blown around 15 seconds later than i AdVierstraat,dress Mount Kemmel planned) as they advanced. Vierstraat, Mount Kemmel i Address i AdKruisstraat,dress Heuvelland Kruisstraat, Heuvelland

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© Micha+1/2l Depestele During WWI, Poperinge, referred to During WWI Poperinge, or “Pop”, was by soldiers as ‘Pop’ or ‘Pops’, was the town situated directly behind the the town situated directly behind the front lines. It was a place of temporary front lines. It was a place of temporary camps and hospitals where soldiers camps and hospitals where soldiers came to rest or to be medically taken came to rest or to be medically taken care of. The troops had, amongst care of. The troops had, amongst others, shops, restaurants, hotels, other, shops, restaurants, hotels, pubs, pubs, cinemas and theatres at their cinemas and theatres at their disposal. disposal. But the peaceful atmosphere But the peaceful atmosphere was was misleading as the city was misleading as the city was exposed to exposed to daily bombardment. daily bombardment.

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Contact © Kris Jacobs +32 (0)57 34 66 76 [email protected] LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY & VISITOR CENTRE Website Sites www.lijssenthoek.be From 1915 to 1920 the hamlet of French and German soldiers too. It also Lijssenthoek (Boescheepseweg) was holds the grave of the only woman to be Opening hours the site of the largest evacuation buried in a CWGC cemetery in Belgium, Open all year hospital along the Ypres Salient the British nurse, Nellie Spindler. Daily: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. and is now the second largest Commonwealth cemetery in Belgium. The Visitor Centre, situated next to the Price Today, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery cemetery, offers information on this Free access bears witness to more than four years unique site, including details about daily Tour guides of warfare, with the graves of 10,784 life in the hospital and the creation of Book a guide at the Tourist Office soldiers mainly British but also some the cemetery. Fully accessible to disabled visitors

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 38 13/10/16 11:32 EXECUTION SITE/ TALBOT HOUSE: EVERY MAN’S CLUB DEATH CELLS © Poperinge Talbot House © Lijssenthoek archives

During the Great War the courtyard of Poperinge Town Hall was used as an execution site. Several British soldiers faced the firing squad here. Today, this is a symbolic site for reflection and remembrance. Visitors to the death cells are confronted with a video image of a soldier waiting to be shot at dawn and can read graffiti left by prisoners. The most well-known soldiers’ club of the Great War comprises a garden and various rooms, including the chapel, the kitchen, and the hall. A tablet application i Address guides the visitor through the museum and the house. Besides a museum, Talbot Tourism Poperinge House is still the ‘Every Man’s Club’ it has always been. Visitors can enjoy a cup of Grote Markt 1 tea in the canteen or book a room and spend the night. 8970 Poperinge

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i Address Price Talbot House Adults: €8.00 Gasthuisstraat 43 Children: €5.00 Sites 8970 Poperinge Groups: €6.00 (advance bookings only) Contact Schools: €5.00 Tel +32 (0)57 33 32 28 Trade: €6.00 [email protected] Tour guides There are no guided tours, Website but for groups a general introduction www.talbothouse.be to Talbot House can be provided on Opening hours request (advance notice required). Tuesday-Sunday 10 ama.m. – - 5.305:30 pmp.m. Monday Closed

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9 am–5pm(lastentry4.30pm) 1 October-31March 9 am–6pm(lastentry5.30 Christmas holiday Christmas the after weeks three 1 &2January; December; 26 & 31 25, 24, Closed: from a.m. 10 We p.m.) 4:30 entry (last -5p.m. 9 a.m. March -31 1 October 17:30) entry (last -18:00 09:00 September -30 1 April Opening hours ekends and public holidays open open holidays public and ekends

SU DIKSMU armistice. the after ly complete- rebuilt was centre town old The advance. German the stopped finally troops Belgian and French losses huge with where in 1914, Yser of the Battle famous of the scene the was It WWI. during to rubble reduced was Diksmuide surroundings & Diksmuide www.flandersfields.be completely afterthearmistice. German advance. Theoldtowncentre wasrebuilt huge losses,French andBelgiantroops finallystoppedthe scene ofthefamousBattleYserin1914,where with Diksmuide wasreduced torubbleduringWWI.Itwasthe RROU IDE €25.00 perhour Guides Under 7:free Ages 7-17:€2.50 Adults: €6.00 Groups (min.20) Under 7:free Ages 7-17:€2.50 Adults: €8.00 €25.00/hour Guides -7: free 7-17: €2.50 Ages €6.00Adults: GROUPS (min. 20) -7: free 7-17: €2.50 Ages €8.00Adults: INDIVIDUALS Price NDINGS

13/10/16 11:32 TRENCH OF DEATH

This is the only remaining Belgian i Address Opening hours trench of the First World War. The IJzerdijk 65 1 April - 15 November: Daily adjoining interpretation centre with 8600 Diksmuide 10 a.m.am – - 55 pmp.m. (last (last entry entry 4.30 4:30 pm) p.m.) interactive applications, life-size 16 November - 31 March pictures, a collection of film footage, Contact Tuesday & Friday and over a hundred original objects +32 (0)51 50 53 44 9:309.30 ama.m. – - 44 pmp.m. (last (last entry entry 3.30 3:30 pm) p.m.) allow visitors to discover the story [email protected] Closed between of the infamous Trench of Death. 25 December and 3 January A German bunker in the immediate Website vicinity of the Belgian trench is also www.klm-mra.be PricePrices included in the tour, allowing both www.facebook.com/Dodengang Adults: €4.00 sides of the story to be told. under 7: free GROUPSGroups (min. (min. 15): 15): €2.00 €2.00

VLADSLO GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY

Known as Vladslo, in Praetbos forest, out of personal grief and love for her this German cemetery is the final 18-year old son Peter, who was killed in resting place of some 25,638 German the war. soldiers. On display at the cemetery is a moving sculpture, The Grieving Parents, created by Käthe Kollwitz, a i Address major German expressionist artist, Praatbos, Diksmuide

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 41 13/10/16 11:33 KÄTHE KOLLWITZ MUSEUM Koekelare KÄTHE KOLLWITZ MUSEUM Koekelare The Grieving Parents by Käthe Kollwitz, at Vladso, is a world-famous work of art that symbolises the terrible suffering that war inflicted on the Germans. KÄTHE KOLLWITZ MUSEUM Koekelare More of her work can be seen in the nearby Käthe Kollwitz Tower in Koekelare, which houses seven of her graphic works. Her art is characterised by a deep compassion for all victims of poverty, exploitation and oppression. Her pacifism and abhorrence of war can be clearly felt throughout her works. A museum guide is available.

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© Westtoer THREE CANALS BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY LANGE MAX MUSEUM Houthulst Koekelare THREE(DRIE G CANALSRACHTEN) BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY LANGE MAX MUSEUM Merkem Houthulst Koekelare THREE CANALS The most well-known Belgian war The Lange Max Museum is situated on In 1914 and 1915, the Three Canals site BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY cemetery,LANGE MAXwith 1,855 MUSEUM graves arranged the German side of the Western Front, (Drie Grachten) was an important Houthulst Koekelare THREE CANALS in the form of a six-point star. The with a farmyard at the heart of this outpost for the Belgian and later victims fell mainly during the liberation cultural location. A long lane takes French troops. A memorial plaque on offensive of 1918. It is located in the you from the farmyard to the remains the wall commemorates the French heart of Houthulst forest and also of the artillery platform of former Zouaves. In November 1914, French holds 81 Italian soldiers. German cannon “Lange Max”. This Zouaves attacked strong German new museum tells the story of one of positions. The Germans launched their the largest cannon of its time, which advance by making captured Zouaves was designed to bombard Dunkirk. walk ahead of them into no man’s The museum focuses on the German land. Suddenly one of the Zouaves

Sites occupation of Koekelare with a unique cried out, ‘Shoot us, for God’s sake: exhibition on the organisation behind it’s the Germans!’ The attack failed. Sites the front line and the production of De Boot, an ecological canal boat, army goods. It also features the little is moored at the Three Canals. © Westtoer Sites Bakehouse, which still shows signs of

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Westfront Nieuwpoort tellstells thethe fullfull andA modern interactive and interactive visitor centre visitor was centre built story of the flooding ofof thethe plains,plains, underneathwas built underneath the monument. the monument. A highlight bringing the German invasion toto aa halt ofA highlight the visit isof definitely the visit is thedefinitely projection haltat the at outskirts the outskirts of the of city. the Itcity. is the It is ofthe the projection 377 feet oflong the and 377ft 49 (115m) feet high thestory story of the of powerthe power of the of seathe andsea andthe animatedlong and 49ftYser-Panorama (15m) high animated painting. thesmart smart handling handling of the of waterthe water locks. locks. The LastYser-Panorama but not least, painting. do not Last forget but tonot Theperfect perfect place place to tell to the tell story the story of the visitleast, the do topnot offorget the monumentto visit the itselftop of offlooding the flooding is the Kingis the Albert King l Albertmonument Ist andthe monumentenjoy the panoramic itself and enjoyview overthe monumenton the edge on of thethe edgelock complexof the lock The thepanoramic coast and view the over hinterland. the coast and complexGanzepoot “The (the Ganzepoot”. Goose Foot). A modern the hinterland.

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FLANDERS FIELDS AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL + VISITOR CENTRE (spring 2017) Waregem OtherOther interesting interesting sites inin Flanders Flanders Feelds Fields © Westtoer

FLANDERS FIELDS FLANDERSAMERICAN CEMETERYFIELDS ANDAMERICAN MEMORIAL CEMETERY +AND& VISITORVISITOR MEMORIAL CENTRE CENTRE (spring+(Opening VISITOR 2017) Spring CENTRE 2017) (springWaregem 2017) Waregem i Website Price The Flanders Field American Cemetery www.abmc.be free access is the only World War I US cemetery in

Belgium. It lies on a battlefield where Opening hours Guides the 91st Division fought during the Mon-Sun: 9 am – 5 pm book in advance: free Ypres-Lys offensive, from 30 October to [email protected] 11 November 1918. The majority of the 368 fallen soldiers lost their lives during

thoseVRIJ last VADERLAND days of the war. (FREE In the FATHERLAND) spring © Westtoer Veurne © Westtoer of 2017, a visitor centre devoted to the US involvement in Belgium during WWI will open in the former Superintendent’s quarters. The activities of the four US divisions that fought in Belgium will be explained, selected stories of soldiers buried in the cemetery will be highlighted, and the ways in which we i Website Price i Website Price commemorate those soldiers, then and www.abmc.bewww.abmc.gov free access www.abmc.be free access now, will be described.

Address OpeningOpening hours hours GuidesPrice Opening hours Guides Wortegemseweg Stad- en Landshuis 117 1 AprilMon-Sun: - 11 November: 9 am – 5 pm bookAdults:Free (advance in €4.00 advance: booking free essential) Mon-Sun: 9 am – 5 pm book in advance: free 8790Grote Waregem Markt 29 Mon - Fri: 9:00 - 17:00 [email protected]+: €3.00 [email protected] 8630 Veurne Sa - So & public holidays: Children (7-18): €2.00 VRIJ VADERLAND (FREE FATHERLAND)10:00 Veurne - 17:00 Groups (min. 15 persons): €3.00 ContactVRIJ VADERLAND (FREE FATHERLAND) 12 November Veurne - 31 March: Schools: €2,00 +32 (0)58 33 55 31 Mo - Fri: 9:00 - 17:00 [email protected] Experience Centre in the historic town of Sat Veurne - Sun & public holidays:Experience Centre, visitors can experience the events behind focuses on the last remaining section of Belgium13:00 -that 17:00 was the front line, the daily life in this last unoccupied sector of notWebsite occupied by the Germans, the so-called 25Belgian December Sector. & 1 January:Belgium. closed They can also witness a real melting pot of people, Fromwww.vrijvaderland.be here, King Albert I succeeded in resisting the German a multicultural community before the concept even existed. occupying forces. Veurne and the surrounding region were “Vrij Vaderland” uses an interesting scenography to tell this 44 populated by people from all over the country, from other story, combining modern media with traditional exhibition continents as well as by refugees, doctors and nurses. In the techniques.

Address Opening hours Price 161012_TradeBrochure4.inddAddress 44 Opening hours Price 13/10/16 11:33 Stad- en Landshuis 1 AprilApril - 11 November: Adults: €4.00 Stad- en Landshuis 1 April - 11 November: Adults: €4.00 Grote Markt 29 Mon - Fri: 9 9:00 am –- 17:005pm 65+: €3.00 Grote Markt 29 Mon - Fri: 9:00 - 17:00 65+: €3.00 8630 Veurne Sat, Sa - SunSo & & public public holidays: holidays: Children (7-18): €2.00 8630 Veurne Sa - So & public holidays: Children (7-18): €2.00 1010:00 am -– 17:00 5 pm Groups (min. 15 persons): €3.00 10:00 - 17:00 Groups (min. 15 persons): €3.00 Contact 12 12 November - 31 March:March: Schools: €2.00€2,00 Contact 12 November - 31 March: Schools: €2,00 +32 (0)58 33 55 31 MonMo - –Fri: Fri 9:00 9 am - 17:00– 5 pm +32 (0)58 33 55 31 Mo - Fri: 9:00 - 17:00 [email protected] Sat, Sat -Sun Sun & & public public holidays: holidays: [email protected] Sat - Sun & public holidays: 113:00 pm –- 17:005 pm 13:00 - 17:00 Website 25 December && 11 January:January: closedclosed Website 25 December & 1 January: closed www.vrijvaderland.be www.vrijvaderland.be 44 44

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INTERESTING WEBSITES VISITING FLANDERS FIELDS www.flandersfields.be/en Some of the cemeteries, visitor centres and other This website provides all the information needed to discover sites across Flanders Fields are difficult to reach by the Flanders Fields region. It also provides useful information public transport. For this reason, if visitors do not about places to stay in the Westhoek. have their own transport, we recommend booking www.flandersfields1418.com an organised tour or renting a bicycle or car. The official website of Visit Flanders, it lists all the places of interest and events related to the Great War that are taking place Cycling in Flanders Fields: in Flanders and Brussels. There are a number of themed cycling routes that TRAVELLING TO FLANDERS will take you past WWI heritage sites. These routes By air: and a list of cycle hire companies that operate in The nearest airports are Brussels Airport and Charleroi Airport. Flanders Fields can be found on this site: www.brusselsairport.be www.flandersfields.be/en www.charleroi-airport.com By train: Visiting Flanders Fields by car: High speed rail services operate directly to Belgium from the There are many car routes that allow visitors UK, France, the Netherlands and Germany. Connecting services to discover the war landscape and its different to Ypres and Poperinge run from Brussels and stations across landmarks. More information: Flanders; it is also possible to reach the Flanders Fields area from www.flandersfields.be/en Lille-Flandres station in France. Cars can be rented from the major international car www.raileurope.com rental companies which have branches in Brussels, www.eurostar.com Bruges, Ghent, Ostend and elsewhere in the region, By road: as well as from local companies. Europe has an excellent high-speed road network from surrounding countries and across Flanders. By sea from the UK: Fast and frequent services by ferry or through the Channel Tunnel from the UK to Calais and Dunkirk in France or Zeebrugge in Belgium are operated by the following companies: P&O Ferries www.poferries.com DFDS Seaways www.dfdsseaways.co.uk Eurotunnel Le Shuttle Bruges www.eurotunnel.com 73 km It is also possible to travel as a foot passenger (or with a bicycle) 45,4 mi THE NETHERLANDS North SeaNieuwpoort by ferry. 41km 25,5mi Diksmuide Antwerp TRAVELLING IN & AROUND FLANDERS FIELDS 23km Ghent 14,3mi 79 km By train: 49,2 mi Calais It is possible to travel by train to Ypres or Poperinge from FLANDERS every city in Flanders (generally a change of train in Kortrijk Poperinge Ypres Mechelen 14km Zonnebeke 8,7mi 8,5km is required). 5,3mi www.belgianrail.be/en Mesen BRUSSELS Hasselt FRANCE 123 km By coach: 76,7 mi Leuven GERMANY Half or full day organised coach tours are offered to and in Fromelles Lille Flanders Fields, incorporating the main sites and the Last Post WALLONIA Ceremony. See page 49. Vimy 68km 42,3mi By car: Hamel A comprehensive road network exists around and within Arras

Flanders Fields. Thiepval 124km By bike: 77mi Flanders boasts one of the world’s most comprehensive cycling networks, and cycling is a great way to tour Flanders Fields. www.fietsroute.org/cycling/belgium 46 Villers-Bretonneux

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 46 13/10/16 11:33 Coach parking Coach parking There is coach parking available at the following locations There is coach parking available at the following locations close to important landmarks: close to important landmarks:

Ypres: train station. More info about parking in Ypres: Ypres: train station. More info about parking in Ypres: http://www.toerismeieper.be/images/filelib/ http://www.toerismeieper.be/images/filelib/ folderbusregeling2014low_1577.pdf folderbusregeling2014low_1577.pdf Poperinge: Peperstraat/Oudstrijdersplein, Sportzone Poperinge: Peperstraat/Oudstrijdersplein, Sportzone Reningelstseweg - Ouderdomseweg, Zuidlaan Reningelstseweg - Ouderdomseweg, Zuidlaan (next to the ring road), Westlaan (next to the ring road), (next to the ring road), Westlaan (next to the ring road), Lijssenthoek military cemetery Lijssenthoek military cemetery Zonnebeke: Museum Passchendaele, Tyne Cot Cemetery Zonnebeke: Museum Passchendaele, Tyne Cot Cemetery Diksmuide: Yser Tower, train station, 4AD music club Diksmuide: Yser Tower, train station, 4AD music club Nieuwpoort: adjacent to the King Albert I monument Nieuwpoort: adjacent to the King Albert I monument

Some of the cemeteries, visitor centres and other sites in the Some of the cemeteries, visitor centres and other sites in the Westhoek are difficult to reach by public transport. Westhoek are difficult to reach by public transport. For this reason, if visitors do not have their own transport, For this reason, if visitors do not have their own transport, we recommend booking an organised tour or renting a we recommend booking an organised tour or renting a bicycle or car. bicycle or car.

FLANDERS FIELDS FROM THE AIR AND ON THE WATER FLANDERS FIELDS FROM THE AIR AND ON THE WATER Skyview balloons organise balloon flights over the Great War Skyview balloons organise balloon flights over the Great War Frontline: www.skyviewballoons.be Frontline: www.skyviewballoons.be

Helipromotions organise helicopter flights Helipromotions organise helicopter flights www.battlefields.be www.battlefields.be

Alfa flight also organises flights: www.alfaflight.be Alfa flight also organises flights: www.alfaflight.be

Seastar organizes boat trips from Nieuwpoort to Diksmuide. Seastar organizes boat trips from Nieuwpoort to Diksmuide. www.seastars.be www.seastar.be/enwww.seastars.be

THE NETHERLANDS THE NETHERLANDS

Antwerp Antwerp

Bruges Bruges73 km 7345,4 km mi 45,4 mi Mechelen North SeaNieuwpoort Mechelen Gastronomy North SeaNieuw41kmpoort Gastronomy 25,5mi41km 25,5mi FLANDERS Diksmuide GhentFLANDERS Diks23kmmuide BRUSSELS Hasselt 14,3mi23km Ghent79 km BRUSSELS123 km in Flanders Fields 14,3mi 49,279 km mi Hasselt in Flanders Fields 76,7123 kmmi Leuven GERMANY Calais 49,2 mi 76,7 mi GERMANY Calais Leuven Like all areas of Flanders, the Westhoek offers a large choice Poperinge Ypres Like all areas of Flanders, the Westhoek offers a large choice Poperi14km nge Ypres Zonnebeke of restaurants in every price range. Websites of each town/ 8,7mi14km Zonn8,5kmebeke of restaurants in every price range. Websites of each town/ 8,7mi 8,5km5,3mi city provide information about local restaurants. 5,3mi city provide information about local restaurants. Mesen Mesen WALLONIA www.toerisme-ieper.be WALLONIA www.toerisme-ieper.be FRANCE www.toerismepoperinge.be FRANCE Fromelles Lille www.toerismepoperinge.be Fromelles Lille www.toerisme.diksmuide.be www.toerisme.diksmuide.be Vimy www.nieuwpoort.be Vimy68km www.nieuwpoort.be 4268km,3mi www.heuvelland.be 42,3mi Hamel Arras Hamel Information about restaurants elsewhere in Flanders is Arras Information about restaurants elsewhere in Flanders is available from www.visitflanders.co.uk Thiepval available from www.visitflanders.co.ukwww.visitflanders.com Thiep124kmval 124km77mi 77mi

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 48 13/10/16 11:33 OrganizedOrganised battlefield battlefield tours tours

Several operators offer small-group or private tours taking a standard or customised route in Flanders Fields. It is also possible to visit iconic places in France.

2XPLORE FLANDERS FIELDS BIKING BOX CYCLETOURS

Standard or customised tours Guided bicycle tours. Possibility of bus transport to departure and from arrival, bicycle rental service i Max. number of participants: Standard: 8. (road bicycles, electric bikes, tandems) BiggerLarger groups possible Duration of tour: Half day/full day i Max. number of participants: No limit Departure: Ypres or other place as agreed Duration of tour: Price: from €35 to €80 p.p. depending on the tour Half day/full day/several-day cycling holidays Website: www.2xplore.be Departure: Ypres Booking: [email protected] or +32 475 519828 Price: Prices range from €12 to €28 p.p., lunch and bike rental not included Website: www.rentaguide.be Booking: [email protected] or +32 488 40 74 40

QUASIMODO TOURS RENT A GUIDE

Standard tour: Visits to Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Mines of Messines tour, Passchendaele tour, the last 100 days Hill 60 preserved battlefield, a German cemetery, bunkers of the Newfoundland Regiment tour, in the footsteps of a and craters, restored trenches, Hooge Crater Museum, Essex relative, and more Farm Cemetery and dressing station (John McCrae site), the town of Ypres and the Menin Gate, and various memorials to i Max. number of participants: 7 the British Forces (including ANZAC and Canadian) Duration of tour: Half day/full day Departure: Ypres or your accommodation i Max. number of participants: 28 Price: Half day €150/group, full day €350-400/ group Duration of tour: full day (lunch and admission fees not included) Departure: Bruges Website: www.rentaguide.be Price: €67.50 incl. light lunch, excl. drinks Booking: [email protected] or +32 488 40 74 40 Website: www.quasimodo.be Booking: [email protected] or +32 50 370 470

WESTERN FRONT GUIDE FRONTLINE TOURS

Possible tours are: The Anzacs from Fromelles to Passchen- Visits to Ypres, the Yser river, and Poperinge. Tours in Dutch, daele, Canada 1917: The Birth of a Nation in Europe, English, French, and German. Themed tour: “In the footsteps My Relative on the Front of Hitler and Churchill”. Also tailor-made tours.

i Max. number of participants: 7 i Max. number of participants: 19 Duration of tour: Half day/full day Duration of tour: 2 hours/4 hours Departure: Ypres Departure: Ypres or your accommodation in the Price: half day €35 p.p., full day €55 p.p. Ypres-Poperinge region Website: www.westernfrontguide.com Price: 2 hours: €25 p.p, 4 hours: €40 p.p. Booking: [email protected] Website: www.frontline-tours.com or + 32 497 29 15 57 Booking: [email protected] or +32 488 40 74 40

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 49 13/10/16 11:33 SUGGESTIONS FOR CAR OR COACH ITINERARIES FOR TOUROPERATORS

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 50 13/10/16 11:33 THE NEW ZEALANDERS IN FLANDERS FIELDS THE BRITISH AND THE BATTLES OF 1917 Messines – Zonnebeke – Ypres

DAY 1/ DAY 1/ Morning/ Morning/ • Tourist Information Point, Messines .* • Tourist Information Point, Messines • New Zealand soldier statue • Messines Ridge British Cemetery • New Zealand Memorial, Messines • Pool of Peace • Messines Ridge British Cemetery • Bayernwald • Peckham Farm Crater, Messines Afternoon/ Afternoon/ • Lunch in Heuvelland • Lunch in Ypres • Hill 60 and Caterpillar Crater • In Flanders Fields Museum • Menin Gate • Menin Gate DAY 2/ DAY 2/ Morning/ Morning/ • Memorial Museum Passchendaele • Nine Elms British Cemetery in Poperinge, where 270 New • Tyne Cot Cemetery Zealanders are buried, including the All Blacks Afternoon/ captain Dave Gallaher • Lunch in Zonnebeke • Memorial Museum Passchendaele • Polygon Wood Afternoon/ • Lunch in Zonnebeke THE WELSH AT PASSCHENDAELE • Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke Ypres-Boezinge-Langemark • iNew Did Zealand you know Memorial that Longueval at ’s Graventafel and Le Quesnoy is only 1 hour and 30 minutes from Ypres? Morning/

i Did you know that Longueval and Le Quesnoy is only • Entry Point Ypres North: 1 hour and 30 minutes from Ypres? • Yorkshire Trench • Welsh Cemetery • Artillery Wood Cemetery i Did you know that Longueval and Le Quesnoy is only THE AUSTRALIANS IN FLANDERS FIELDS • The Welsh Memorial Park 1 hour and 30 minutes from Ypres? Afternoon/ • Lunch in Ypres DAY 1/ • In Flanders Fields Museum Morning/ • Menin Gate & The Last Post • In Flanders Fields Museum *

• Menin Gate Afternoon/ • Lunch in Ypres • Hill 60 and Caterpillar Crater .*

• Toronto Avenue Cemetery *

DAY 2/

Morning/ • Memorial Museum Passchendaele * i Did you know that Fromelles is only a half an hour and • Lunch in Zonnebeke Villers-Bretonneux 1 hour and 45 minutes from Ypres? Afternooni Did you/ know that Fromelles is only a half an hour and • Polygon Wood Villers-Bretonneux 1 hour and 45 minutes from Ypres? • Tyne Cot Cemetery

i Did you know that Fromelles is only a half an hour and Villers-Bretonneux 1 hour and 45 minutes from Ypres?

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This is a selection of hotels in Flanders Fields or in the nearest cities Roeselare or Kortrijk with twenty or more rooms.

Best Western Hotel Pax / ***

Hotel Pax has luxury rooms with all Heilig hartplein 2 mod cons. One of these rooms has 8600 Diksmuide been specially equipped for disabled +32 51 50 00 34 guests. There are facilities for the [email protected] organisation of conferences or www.bestwestern.be meetings. Bicycle shed available.

Total capacity: 36 rooms – 100 people B&B Single €75 – €80 p.p. Double €50 – €62 p.p.

Kasteelhoeve Viconia / ***

Albion hotelBest / *** Western Hotel Pax / ***

Calm, yet very central.Hotel Pax The has facade luxury rooms Sint-Jacobsstraatwith all Heilig 28 hartplein 2 already suggestsmod the cons.class indoors.One of these The rooms8900 has Ieper 8600 Diksmuide baroque music inbeen the speciallylounge sets equipped the for disabled+32 57 20 02 20 +32 51 50 00 34 tone. Your roomguests. offers Therecomfort are and facilities [email protected] the [email protected] atmosphere, andorganisation the next morning of conferences www.albionhotel.beor www.bestwestern.be many Westhoek meetings.delicacies Bicycleawait you. shed available. B&B Total capacity: 32Total rooms capacity: – 67 people 36 rooms – 100Single people€84 – €124 p.p. B&B Double €53 – Single€85,50 p.p.€75 – €80 p.p. Reduction for groups,Double €50 – €62 p.p. minimum 5 rooms

Kasteelhoeve Viconia / *** 52 CastleHistoric hotel chateau with situatedcharacter, very situated Kasteelhoevestraat 22 verypeacefully peacefully in the in thick the thickof a natureof a nature 8600 DiksmuideStuivekenskerke (Diksmuide) reserve. LargeLarge gardengarden withwith terrace.terrace. +32 51 55 52 30 161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 52 Fine cuisine, cosy atmosphere. [email protected] 13/10/16 11:33 www.viconia.be Total capacity: 23 rooms – 47 people B&B Half board Single €62 – €85 – €76 p.p. €99 p.p. Double €42 – €65 – €56 p.p. €79 p.p.

AlbionAlbion Hotelhotel / ***

Calm,Quiet, yetyet verycentrally central. located, The facadeclose to the Sint-Jacobsstraat 28 alreadyMenin Gate. suggests This familythe class run indoors. hotel has The 8900 YpresIeper baroqueexcellent musicfacilities in thewith lounge an intimate sets the bar +32 57 20 02 20 tone.and provides Your room packed offers lunches. comfort and [email protected] atmosphere, and the next morning www.albionhotel.be manyTotal capacity:Westhoek 32 delicacies rooms – await67 people you. B&B Total capacity: 32 rooms – 67 people Single €84€84 – – €124 €124 p.p. p.p. Double €53€53 – – €85, €85.5050 p.p. p.p. Reduction for groups.groups, minimum 5 rooms

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 52 13/10/16 11:33 Hotel Ariane / ****

Friendly, family-runfamily hotel hotel with with pleasant pleasant Slachthuisstraat 58 restaurant. DineDineHotel inin stylestyle Ibis byby Style candlelightcandlelight Kortrijk 8900 Expo YpresIeper / *** or in the orangery lookinglooking outout ontoonto the +32 57 21 82 18 theterrace, terrace, garden, garden,Standard and andpond. rooms pond. The withroomsThe excellent [email protected] President 1 roomsand relaxation and relaxationbathrooms facilities facilities are (bath excellent. andare shower), www.ariane.be 8500 Kortrijk picoPeaceful bello. location Peacefulspacious 5 minslocation and from luxury 5 themins rooms, +32 56 20 06 87 fromGrote theMarkt. Grotejunior Markt. suites, and suites. [email protected] board Single €105€105www.ibis.com – – €140 – Total capacity:Total 62 rooms capacity: – 124 80 people rooms – 160 people €145€145 p.p. p.p. €180 p.p. Double €62,€62.5050 – – B&B€97.50€97, 50 – – €8€82.50 2,Single50 p.p. p.p. €92€117.50€117, –50 245p.p. p.p. p.p. Double €57, 50 – 122,50 p.p.

Hotel Messeyne / **** Kasteelhof ‘t Hooghe / *** Hotel Messeyne is located in the Groeningestraat 17 Peacefully locatedhistorically in a romantic interesting and Groeningestraat, Meenseweg 4818500 Kortrijk historic settingin onthe ‘Hooghe’. centre. In Stylish the pleasant bistro8900 YpresIeper +32 56 21 21 66 rooms with allone mod can cons, enjoy private excellent car cuisine,+32 while 57 46 87 [email protected] park, garden, theforest. historical Unique garden inner offers a [email protected] www.messeyne.com garden terrace.place to relax. Gym facilities, sauna,http://www.hotelkasteelhoft - and hammam. hooghe.be/ B&B Total capacity: 27 rooms – 54 people Single €125 – 180 p.p. Total capacity: 28 rooms – 56 people Double €70 – 110 p.p. B&B Half board Single €65 – €93 – €75 p.p. €103 p.p. Double €42 – €86 – €52 p.p. €106 p.p. D-hotel / ****

d-hotel is a unique marriage between Abdijmolenweg 1 NovotelNovotel IIeperepera historic Ccentrumentrum site and / a*** new futuristic 8510 Marke design. On the d-hotel site, you find +32 56 21 21 00 Novotel Ieper anCentrum authentic, is situated protected inin windmillSint-Jacobsstraat from [email protected] 15 the historical centre1841 as ofofwell Ypres,Ypres, as a close closeprotected inner8900 farm YpresIeper- www.d-hotel.be to the Market Square, the In Flanders toHotel the Market Ariane houseSquare, / square. ****Hotelthe In TheFlanders Ariane concrete / ****structure+32 57 42 96 00 Fields Museum, and the Menin Gate.Gate. [email protected] of the hotel is combined with large B&B Half board OurThe bar-brasserie boastsboasts a a diverse diverse www.novotel.com/ieper HotelFriendly, ArianeHotel familysurfaces Arianehotel / ****Friendly, of with glass / pleasant ****Hotel familywindows. hotelAriane These with Slachthuisstraat / pleasant **** 58 Slachthuisstraat 58 menu in a convivial environment. . Single €103 – €143 – restaurant. Dinesimple in materialsstyle by candlelight make you feel relaxed8900 Ieper restaurant. Dine in style Hotelby candlelight Ariane / ****8900€169 Ieper p.p. €209 p.p. Friendly,or in theFriendly, familyorangeryand hotel provide family lookingor with in hotel athe sensepleasant outFriendly, orangerywith onto of pleasant openness. family looking hotelSlachthuisstraat+32 The out 57 with onto21B&BSlachthuisstraat 82pleasant 18 58 +32 57 58 21Slachthuisstraat 82 18 58 Total capacity: 122 rooms -- 438438 peoplepeople Double €60 – €100 – restaurant.the terrace,restaurant. Dinegreengarden, in environment styleDine theand terrace, bypond.in stylecandlelightrestaurant. Thearoundgarden, by candlelight Dined-hotelandSingle [email protected] style Ieper The €95by8900 candlelight – Ieper€196 [email protected]. 8900 Ieper Hotel Callecanes / *** Friendly, family hotel with€90 pleasantp.p. €130 p.p.Slachthuisstraat 58 orrooms in the andor orangery inrelaxationis thenot orangery only lookingrooms facilitiesa pleasure andoutlookingor inontorelaxationare the for out orangerythe onto eye,facilities +32www.ariane.be looking 57 are21+32 82 out 5718 onto21 82 www.ariane.be 18 +32 57 21 82 18 Doublerestaurant. €57,50€57.50 Dine – –in €180 €1800 style p.p. by p.p. candlelight 8900 Ieper thepico terrace, bello.the Peaceful butterrace,garden, also pico locationgarden,andemphasises bello.pond. the and5 Peacefulmins Theterrace, thepond. ecological Thelocationgarden, [email protected] and5 mins [email protected]. The [email protected] Callecanes has comfortable rooms Callicannesweg21stor inroom the 12 orangeryfree of charge looking out onto +32 57 21 82 18 roomsfrom the androoms Grote relaxationcharacter and Markt. relaxationfrom offacilities thistherooms hotel.Grote facilities are and Markt.d-hotel arerelaxation offerswww.ariane.be facilitieswww.ariane.beB&B are Halfwww.ariane.be boardB&B Half board and finepico cuisine. bello.pico You Peacefula bello. luxurioushave Peaceful alocation beautiful spa picocentrelocation 5 mins bello. and 8978 5 Peaceful minsan Watou outdoor the terrace,location (Poperinge) garden, 5 mins and pond. The [email protected] Single €105 – Single€140 €105– – €140 – view of thefrom quiet thefrom countrysideGroteswimming the Markt. Grote from pool Markt. (open from+32 157 July 38rooms to88 08 andB&B relaxation facilitiesHalf board are www.ariane.be Total capacity: 62 roomsTotal –capacity: 124from people the 62 Groterooms Markt. – 124 people€145 p.p.B&B €180 €145p.p.Half p.p. boardB&B €180 p.p.Half board the back of the hotel.31 WideAugust), offer a cosyof loungewww.hotel-callecanes.be bar, andpico a bello. Peaceful location 5 mins Single Single€10550 – €105 –€140 50 – €140 – fromDouble the Grote€62, Markt. – Double€97,Single€62, – 50 – €105 –€97, 50 – €140 – culinary Totalarrangements capacity:Totalwonderful capacity: 62 rooms bistro.62 – rooms 124Total people –capacity: [email protected] people 62 rooms –€145 124 people p.p. €180 p.p. B&B Half board €8 2, 50 p.p.€145 p.p.€117, 50€8 p.p.€180 2, 50 p.p. €145p.p. p.p.€117, 50 p.p.€180 p.p. Parking Bike rental Single €105 – €140 – Key Double €62, 50 – 50€97, 50 – 50 50 50 Total capacity: 37 rooms – 74 people TotalB&B capacity:Double 62 rooms€62, – 124Double people€97, €62, – – €97, – Total capacity: 44 rooms – 90 people 50 50 50 50 50 €14550 p.p. €180 p.p. Bar Restaurant€8 2, p.p.€8 2, €117,p.p. p.p.€117, €8 p.p. 2, p.p. €117, p.p. Single €99 – €119 p.p. Double €62, 50 – €97, 50 – Basic access for visitors €8 2, 50 p.p. €117, 50 p.p. with a disability Double €60 – €95Swimming p.p. pool Independent access for Kasteelhof ‘t visitorsHoogheKasteelhof with / a*** disability ‘t Hooghe / ***Wifi 53 KasteelhofPeacefullyKasteelhof located ‘t Hooghe inPeacefully a ‘tromantic Hooghe Kasteelhof/ ***located and / ***in a ‘tromantic MeensewegHooghe and /481 *** Meenseweg 481 historic setting on ‘Hooghe’.historic setting Stylish on ‘Hooghe’.8900 Stylish Ieper 8900 Ieper Hotel Damier / **** Kasteelhof ‘t Hooghe / *** Peacefullyrooms withPeacefully located all mod inlocatedrooms cons, a romantic privatewithinPeacefully a romanticall and car mod located cons, andMeenseweg+32 private in 57a romantic46Meenseweg car 87 481 87 and +32481 57 46Meenseweg 87 87 481 historicpark,56 garden, settinghistoric forest. onsetting ‘Hooghe’.park, Unique on garden, ‘Hooghe’.historic Stylishinner forest. setting Stylish Unique [email protected] ‘Hooghe’. inner Ieper8900 Stylish Ieper [email protected] Ieper Unique boutique and lifestyle hotel Grote MarktPeacefully 41 located in a romantic and Meenseweg 481 161012_TradeBrochure4.inddroomsgarden with terrace.rooms53 all modwith gardenallcons, mod private terrace. roomscons, car privatewith all car mod+32http://www.hotelkasteelhoft cons,57 46+32 private87 5787 46 car 87http://www.hotelkasteelhoft 87 +32- 57 46 87 87 - 13/10/16 11:33 with a rich history, ideally located 8500 Kortrijkhistoric setting on ‘Hooghe’. Stylish 8900 Ieper park, garden,park, garden,forest. Unique forest.park, innerUnique garden, inner forest. [email protected]/ [email protected] inner hooghe.be/[email protected] at the renovated Grote Markt of the +32 56 22rooms 15 47 with all mod cons, private car +32 57 46 87 87 gardenTotal capacity: terrace.garden 27terrace. roomsTotal –capacity: 54garden people 27terrace. rooms http://www.hotelkasteelhoft– 54 peoplehttp://www.hotelkasteelhoft http://www.hotelkasteelhoft- - - trendy shopping city of Kortrijk. [email protected], garden, forest. Unique inner [email protected] 161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 56 hooghe.be/hooghe.be/ hooghe.be/ 13/10/16 11:33 RecommendedTotal capacity: byTotal the capacity: famous27 rooms ‘Condé27 – rooms 54Total people –capacity: 54www.hoteldamier.be people 27garden rooms terrace. – 54 people http://www.hotelkasteelhoft- Nast Johansens’ and a member of B&B Half boardB&B Halfhooghe.be/ board Worldhotels. TotalSingle capacity:€65 –27 roomsSingle €93– 54 –people€65 – €93 – B&B B&B Half board €75 p.p.B&B €103 €75p.p.Half p.p. board B&B €103 p.p.Half board Single Single€85 – €180€65 p.p.– €93 – Total capacity: 49 rooms – 93 people Double Single€42 – €65Double – €86 Single –€42 €93 – –€65 – €86 – €93 – €75 p.p. €103 p.p. B&B Half board Double €105 – €250€52 p.p.p.p.€75 p.p.€106 €52p.p.€103 p.p. €75p.p. p.p.€106 p.p.€103 p.p. Single €65 – €93 – Double Double€42 – €42 – €86 Double– €86 –€42 – €86 – €75 p.p. €103 p.p. €52 p.p.€52 p.p.€106 p.p.€106 €52p.p. p.p. €106 p.p. Double €42 – €86 – Novotel Ieper centrumNovotel Ieper/ *** centrum / *** €52 p.p. €106 p.p. Parkhotel / **** Novotel NovotelIeper Ieper Centrum centrumIeperNovotel is situated centrum NovotelIeper / *** Centrumin Ieper/ *** isSint-Jacobsstraat situated centrum in / *** 15 Sint-Jacobsstraat 15 the historical centrethe of Ypres,historical close centre of Ypres,8900 closeIeper 8900 Ieper Comfortable 4-star hotel located a few StationspleinNovotel 2 Ieper centrum / *** Novotelto the Market NovotelIeper CentrumSquare, Ieperto theCentrumthe is situated InMarketNovotel Flanders is situatedSquare,in Ieper theCentrumin Sint-Jacobsstraat+32 In Flanders57 is42Sint-Jacobsstraat situated 96 00 15in +32 57 15 42Sint-Jacobsstraat 96 00 15 steps away from the centre of Kortrijk. 8500 Kortrijk theFields historical Museum,the historical centre and Fields theof centre Ypres, Menin Museum,the of close Gate. Ypres,historical and close the centre [email protected] of IeperGate. Ypres,8900 closeIeper [email protected] Ieper Fine cuisine at very attractive prices. +32 56 22Novotel 03 03 Ieper Centrum is situated in Sint-Jacobsstraat 15 toOur the bar-brasserie Marketto the Square, Market boastsOur theSquare, bar-brasserie aIn diverse toFlanders thethe InMarket Flanders boasts Square,+32www.novotel.com/ieper a diverse 57 the 42+32 In96 Flanders 5700 42 96www.novotel.com/ieper 00 +32 57 42 96 00 [email protected] historical centre of Ypres, close 8900 Ieper Fieldsmenu Museum,inFields a convivial Museum, and menutheenvironment. andMenin in Fields thea convivialGate. Menin .Museum, Gate. environment. and [email protected] the [email protected] . Gate. [email protected] Total capacity:Our bar-brasserie 135Our rooms bar-brasserie –boasts 196 people a boasts diverseOur bar-brasserie a diversewww.parkhotel.be towww.novotel.com/ieper boaststhe Marketwww.novotel.com/ieper a diverse Square, the In Flanderswww.novotel.com/ieper +32 57 42 96 00 Fields Museum,B&B and the Menin B&BGate. [email protected] menuTotal capacity:inmenu a convivial in 122 a convivialrooms Totalenvironment. capacity:- 438 menuenvironment. people .in 122 a roomsconvivial . - 438 environment. people . OurSingleB&B bar-brasserie€95 – €196 boastsSingle p.p. a diverse€95 – €196 p.p.www.novotel.com/ieper B&B B&B B&B Total capacity: 122 rooms - 438 peopleSingle menuDouble€110 in – a€200 €57,50convivial p.p. – €180environment.Double p.p. €57,50 . – €180 p.p. Total capacity: 122 roomsTotal capacity:- 438 people 122Single roomsSingle -€95 438 – people €196€95 p.p. – €196Single p.p. €95 – €196 p.p. 21st room free of charge21st room free of charge B&B Double Double€65 – €140€57,50 p.p. – €180 p.p. Total capacity:Double 122 €57,50rooms –- 438€180Double people p.p. €57,50Single – €180 p.p.€95 – €196 p.p. 21st room21st free room of charge free of charge21st room free of charge Double €57,50 – €180 p.p. Center hotel / *** 21st room free of charge

The Center Hotel is a full-facility hotel Graanmarkt 6 in the heart of Kortrijk, between the 8500 Kortrijk station and the Grote Markt. Perfect +32 56 21 97 21 for business people or tourists visiting [email protected] Kortrijk. www.centerhotel.be

Total capacity: 39 rooms – 59 people B&B 53 53 Single €87 p.p. 53 Double €54, 50 p.p. 53 53 53 161012_TradeBrochure4.indd161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 53 53 13/10/16 11:33 13/10/16 11:33 55 161012_TradeBrochure4.indd161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 53 161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 53 53 13/10/16 11:3313/10/16 11:33 13/10/16 11:33

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 55 13/10/16 11:33 Hotel Regina / **

Located on the magnificent GroteGrote Grote Markt 45 Markt in Ypres.Ieper. A culinary temple in 8900 YpresIeper the Westhoek. +32 57 21 88 88 [email protected] Total capacity: 26 rooms – 57 people www.hotelregina.be

B&B Half board Full board Single €70 – €90 – €110 – €100 p.p. €130 p.p. €150 p.p. Double €60 – €80 – €100 – €90 p.p. €120 p.p. €140 p.p. Coach driver stays free (min. 20 p.)

Flanders Lodge / ***

Restaurant with regional dishesdishes Albert Dehemlaan 19 andand local local beers. beers. Terrace Terrace with with winter winter 8900 YpresIeper garden for visitors. ExcellentExcellent basebase +32 57 21 70 00 of operations for bicycle tourstours fromfrom [email protected] the Westhoek toto thethe sea,sea, thethe borderborder www.bestwestern.be region with France,France, andand thethe historichistoric battlefields of WWI.WWI. B&B Half board Total capacity: 40 rooms – 90 people Single €52 – €72 – €58 p.p. €78 p.p. Double €38 – €58 – €42 p.p. €62 p.p. Coach driver stays free (min. 20 p.)

Hostellerie Kemmelberg / ****

SituatedChef Solange, at the Lady highest Chef point 2000, in Kemmelbergweg 34 Flanders,prepares herthe terracefair and has refined views cuisineover 8956 Kemmel thein wondrous Belgian and surroundings. French border. For Ityou has +32 57 45 21 60 receivedfurther enjoyment, several awards: one of“Award the most of [email protected] Excellencemagnificent 2016” views Booking.com of Flanders and is “2016 www.kemmelberg.be Travellers’thrown in Choice”for free. (top 25 small hotels in Belgium) Trip Advisor. B&B Half board Total capacity: 21 rooms – 63 people Single €99 – €136 – Total capacity: 21 rooms – 63 people €199 p.p. €236 p.p. Double €54.50€54,50 – €91,50€91.50 – €104.50€104, 50 p.p. p.p. €141,€141.5050 p.p. p.p.

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CallecanesSet in the countryside, has comfortable this hotel rooms has Callicannesweg 12 andcomfortable fine cuisine. rooms, You pool have and a fitnessbeautiful 8978 Watou (Poperinge) viewcentre of with the quietfine cuisine.countryside Choose from +32 57 38 88 08 thefrom back the ofrestaurant, the hotel. bar Wide or coffeeoffer of www.hotel-callecanes.be culinaryshop. arrangements [email protected]

Total capacity: 37 rooms – 74 people B&B Single €99 – €119 p.p. Double €60 – €95 p.p.

Hotel Damier / ****

Unique boutique and lifestyle hotel Grote Markt 41 with a rich history, ideally located 8500 Kortrijk at the renovated Grote Markt of the +32 56 22 15 47 trendy shopping city of Kortrijk. [email protected] Recommended by the famous ‘Condé www.hoteldamier.be Nast Johansens’ and a member of Worldhotels. B&B

Total capacity: 49 rooms – 93 people Single €85 – €180 p.p. Double €105 – €250 p.p.

Parkhotel / ****

Comfortable 4-star hotel located a few Stationsplein 2 steps away from the centre of Kortrijk. 8500 Kortrijk Fine cuisine at very attractive prices. +32 56 22 03 03 [email protected] Total capacity: 135 rooms – 196 people www.parkhotel.be

B&B Single €110 – €200 p.p. Double €65 – €140 p.p.

CenterCenter Hotelhotel / ***

The Center Hotel is a full-facility hotel Graanmarkt 6 in the heart ofof Kortrijk,Kortrijk, betweenbetween thethe 8500 Kortrijk station and the Grote Markt.Markt. PerfectPerfect +32 56 21 97 21 for business people or tourists visitingvisiting [email protected] Kortrijk.Flanders Fields. www.centerhotel.be

Total capacity: 39 rooms – 59 people B&B Single €87 p.p. Double €54.50€54, 50 p.p. p.p.

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 55 13/10/16 11:33 Hotel Ibis Style Kortrijk Expo / ***

Standard rooms with excellent President 1 bathrooms (bath and shower), 8500 Kortrijk spacious and luxury rooms, +32 56 20 06 87 Hoteljunior suites, Ibis Styleand suites. Kortrijk Expo / ***[email protected] www.ibis.com StandardTotal capacity: rooms 80 with rooms excellent – 160 people President 1 bathrooms (bath and shower), 8500 KortrijkB&B spacious and luxury rooms, +32Single 56 20€92 06 87 – 245 p.p. junior suites, and suites. [email protected] Double €57, 50 – 122,50 p.p. www.ibis.com Total capacity: 80 rooms – 160 people B&B Hotel Messeyne / **** Single €92 – 245 p.p. €57.5050 – 122.5050 p.p. Hotel Messeyne is located in the GroeningestraatDouble €57, – 17 122, p.p. historically interesting Groeningestraat, 8500 Kortrijk in the centre. In the pleasant bistro +32 56 21 21 66 Hotelone can Messeyne enjoy excellent / **** cuisine, while [email protected] the historical garden offers a beautiful www.messeyne.com Hotelplace toMesseyne relax. Gym is located facilities, in thesauna, Groeningestraat 17 historicallyand hammam. interesting Groeningestraat, 8500 KortrijkB&B in the centre. In the pleasant bistro +32Single 56 21 €12521 66 – 180 p.p. oneTotal can capacity: enjoy excellent28 rooms cuisine, – 56 people while [email protected] Double €70 – 110 p.p. the historical garden offers a beautiful www.messeyne.com place to relax. Gym facilities, sauna, and hammam. B&B Single €125 – 180 p.p. Total capacity: 28 rooms – 56 people D-hotel / **** Double €70 – 110 p.p.

d-hotel is a unique marriage between Abdijmolenweg 1 a historic site and a new futuristic 8510 Marke design. On the d-hotel site, you find +32 56 21 21 00 D-hotelan authentic, / **** protected windmill from [email protected] 1841 as well as a protected inner farm- www.d-hotel.be housed-hotel square. is a unique The concretemarriage structure between a Abdijmolenweg 1 ofahistoric historic the hotel site site andis andcombined a newa new futuristic withfuturistic large design. 85108510, MarkeMarke,B&B Kortrijk Half board surfacesdesign.It has an On ofauthentic, theglass d-hotel windows. protected site, Theseyou windmill find +32 56 21 21 00 Single €103 – €143 – simplefrom 1841 materials as well makeas a protected you feel relaxedinner an authentic, protected windmill from [email protected]€169 p.p. €209 p.p. and1841farmhouse provideas well square.as a sensea protected The of concreteopenness. inner farm The - www.d-hotel.be housegreenstructure environmentsquare. of the The hotel concrete around is combined d-hotelstructure with Double €60 – €100 – €90 p.p. €130 p.p. ofislarge notthe surfaces onlyhotel a ispleasure ofcombined glass forwindows. withthe eye,large These B&B Half board surfacesbutsimple also materials emphasisesof glass makewindows. the you ecological feelThese relaxed Single €103 – €143 – simplecharacterand provide materials of athis sense makehotel. of youopenness.d-hotel feel offersrelaxed €169 p.p. €209 p.p. andad-hotel luxurious provide offers spa a asense centreluxurious of andopenness. spa an centreoutdoor The greenswimmingand an environment outdoor pool (openswimming around from poold-hotel1 July (open to Double €60 – €100 – €90 p.p. €130 p.p. is31from notAugust), 1 onlyJuly ato cosypleasure 31 August), lounge for a bar,the cosy eye,and lounge a butwonderfulbar, alsoand emphasisesa wonderfulbistro. the bistro. ecological character of this hotel. d-hotel offers aTotal luxurious capacity: spa 44 centre rooms and –– 90 an90 people outdoorpeople swimming pool (open from 1 July to 31 August), a cosy lounge bar, and a wonderful bistro.

Total capacity: 44 rooms – 90 people

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 56 13/10/16 11:33 Square Hotel / ***

This hotel has a superb location, justjust Groeningestraat 39 a short walk from the market square.square. 8500 Kortrijk HotelSquare Square Hotel has 26 lovely bedrooms,bedrooms, +32 56 28 89 50 with all the comfort and amenities you [email protected] may expect from a three-star hotel.hotel. www.squarehotel.be

Total capacity: 26 rooms – 52 people B&B Single €90 – 100 p.p. Double €50 – 60 p.p.

Hotel Cosmopolite / ***

Fully refurbished hotel close to the Albert I laan 141 sea. Two restaurants and bar. Special 8620 Nieuwpoort winter weekend packages. Free use of +32 58 23 33 66 sauna and heated indoor swimming [email protected] pool at the Hotel Carlton. www.cosmopolite.be

Total capacity: 129 rooms – 350 people B&B Single €75 – 105 p.p. Double €55 – 72,72.5050 p.p. p.p.

Parkhotel Roeselare / ***

Hotel with modern rooms in central Vlamingstraat 8 location. Good price/quality ratio. 8800 Roeselare Private parking and excellent cuisine. +32 51 26 31 31 Free use of sauna. [email protected] www.phr.be Total capacity: 48 rooms – 100 people B&B Single €86 – 106 p.p. Double €51,€51.5050 – – 64 64 p.p. p.p.

De Vijfwegen / ***

800 metres from the E403, the Hoogstraat 190 perfect base of operations for trips 8800 RoeselareRumbeke (Roeselare) to Bruges-Ypres-Kortrijk. The hotel is +32 51 24 34 72 attractively furnished. You can enjoy [email protected] a delicious meal or an aperitif on the www.hotelvijfwegen.be terrace at Bistro Frogs. B&B Total capacity: 11 rooms – 22 people Single €75 – 89 p.p. Double €102 – 105 p.p.

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This is a selection of hotels in Flanders Fields or in the nearest cities Roeselare or Kortrijk with twenty or more rooms.

Best Western Hotel Pax / ***

Total capacity: 36 rooms – 100 people B&B Single €75 – €80 p.p. Double €50 – €62 p.p.

Kasteelhoeve Viconia / ***

Castle hotel with character, situated Kasteelhoevestraat 2 very peacefully in the thick of a nature 8600 Stuivekenskerke (Diksmuide) reserve. Large garden with terrace. +32 51 55 52 30 Fine cuisine, cosy atmosphere. [email protected] www.viconia.be Total capacity: 23 rooms – 47 people B&B Half board Single €62 – €85 – €76 p.p. €99 p.p. Double €42 – €65 – €56 p.p. €79 p.p. hotelHotel Mercure / **** hotel Mercure / ****hotelThe stylish Mercure rooms are / **** equipped Kwadestraat 149 with all modern comforts and offer a 8800 RoeselareRumbeke (Roeselare) The stylish roomsAlbion are equippedThevariety hotel stylish of / services. rooms*** are A KwadestraatSuperior equipped Access 149 +32Kwadestraat 51 43 20 00149 with all modern comfortswith+ Room and all offer modernprovides a comforts all 8800facilities andRumbeke required offer (Roeselare)a [email protected] Rumbeke (Roeselare) variety of services.Calm, A Superioryetvarietyby very wheelchair-users. central.Access of services. The facadeA +32TheSuperior 51Mercure 43 Access20 00TeamSint-Jacobsstraat www.mercureroeselare.be+32 51 43 2820 00 + Room providesalready all facilities suggests+pulls Room outrequired provides theall theclass stops all indoors. [email protected] to cater The required for 8900 [email protected] by wheelchair-users.baroque Thebyevery musicMercure wheelchair-users. wish in theTeam of loungeour guests, www.mercureroeselare.beThesets Mercuretothe guarantee Team+32 57 20www.mercureroeselare.be 02 20 B&B Half board pulls out all thetone. stops Your topullsthem cater room outthe for offers allbest the possible comfort stops to experience. and cater for [email protected] Single €60 – every wish of ouratmosphere, guests,every to guaranteeand wish the of nextour guests,morning to guaranteeB&B www.albionhotel.be Half boardB&B€139 p.p. Half board them the best possiblemany Westhoek experience.themTotal capacity:the delicacies best possible87 roomsawait experience. you.– 176 people Single €60 – SingleDouble €60€35 – €58 – B&B €139 p.p. €139€74,€74.5050 p.p. p.p. p.p. €97,€97.5050 p.p. p.p Total capacity: 87Total rooms capacity:Total – 176 capacity: 32people rooms 87 – rooms 67 people – 176 people Double €35 – Single €58Double€84 – – €124€35 p.p. – €58 – €74, 50 Doublep.p. €97,€5350 –p.p. €85,€74,5050 p.p. p.p. €97, 50 p.p. Reduction for groups, minimum 5 rooms

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De Lork

De Lork De Lork Lork is located in the southernmost Kattekerkhofstraat 2 tip of the West-Flanders Heuvelland 8956 Kemmel De Lork is located in theDeregion, southernmost Lork on is locatedthe flank in Kattekerkhofstraattheof the southernmost highest hill, 2 +32Kattekerkhofstraat 57 44 59 70 2 tip of the West-Flanderstipthe Heuvelland ofKemmelberg. the West-Flanders This8956 youth Heuvelland Kemmel centre is [email protected] Kemmel region, on the flank of region,idealthe highest for on all the kindshill, flank of +32groupsof the 57 44 highestand 59 trips.70 hill, www.delork.be+32 57 44 59 70 the Kemmelberg. This youththeVarious Kemmelberg. centre materials is [email protected] availableyouth centre for is [email protected] ideal for all kinds of groupsideallessons, and for meetings, trips.all kinds ofand www.delork.begroups training and seminars. trips. B&Bwww.delork.beHalf board Full board Various materials are availableVariousA large forgymmaterials is also are available. available In forthe area €17,€17.3030 – – €21,€21.12–12– €23.20€23, 20 – – lessons, meetings, and traininglessons,you can seminars. meetings,walk, cycle, and goB&B traininghorse-riding, seminars.Half board B&B€25,€25.30Full30 boardp.p. p.p. Half€36,€36.54 54board p.p. p.p. €42.88Full€42, board88 p.p. p.p A large gym is also available.Aswim, large In visit gymthe museums, areais also available.€17, and30 much– In themore.€21, area12 – €17,Coach€23,30 – Driver20 – €21,Free.12– Teachers: €23, 20 – you can walk, cycle, go horse-riding,you can walk, cycle, go€25, horse-riding,30 p.p. €36, 54 p.p. €25,one€42, free30 88p.p. p.p.primary €36, 54teacher p.p. for€42, ten88 p.p. swim, visit museums, andswim,Number much visit more.of museums,beds: 174 (35Coach and rooms much Driver 1-4 more. Free.p., Teachers:Coachpupils, Driverone free Free. secondary Teachers: teacher 12 rooms 5-8 p.) one free primary teacheronefor for 15 free tenpupils primary teacher for ten Number of beds: 174 (35 Numberrooms 1-4 of p.,beds: 174 (35pupils, rooms one 1-4 free p., secondary pupils, teacher one free secondary teacher 12 rooms 5-8 p.) 12 rooms 5-8 p.) for 15 pupils for 15 pupils

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161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 58161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 58 13/10/16 11:33 13/10/16 11:33 The Menin Gate

Situated near the Menin Gate, this is Kauwekijnstraat 1 a great location for visitors wishing to 8900 IeperYpres explore the war past of the city of Ypres. +32 57 21 20 01 The old house has a very authentic [email protected] character. For groups of 30 to 52. www.meningate.com

Number of beds: 55 (6 rooms 1-4 p., B&B Half board Full board 5 rooms 5-8 p.) €30 p.p. €41€41.50 , 50 p.p. p.p. €47.50€47, 50 p.p. p.p.

TheThe Ssalientalient

The Salient is a historical building in D’Hondstraat 27 thein the centre centre of ofYpres, Ypres, located located only only 160m 8900 IeperYpres from160m thefrom market the market square. square. Here, Here,they can +32 57 21 20 01 accommodatethey can accommodate groups of groups up to 102of [email protected] peopleup to 102 in peoplea quiet inarea, a quiet even area, though www.salient.be it’seven located though in it’s the located heart ofin thethe West-heart Flemishof the city. city The of peace.ground The floor ground has floor B&B Half board Full board hasrecently recently been been renovated renovated entirely entirely and €30 p.p. €41€41.50 , 50 p.p. p.p. €47.50€47, 50 p.p. p.p. andopens opens onto onto the terracethe terrace and largeand large private garden, which means enoughenough place for everyone.

Number of beds: 102 (9 rooms 1-4 p., 6 rooms 5-8 p. >8p. 5 rooms)

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Home sweet home for groups of up Gustave de Stuersstraat 6 toup 129to 129and and a minimum a minimum of 25of in25 the 8900 IeperYpres historicalin the historical center centreof Ypres. of Ypres.Located next +32 57 21 20 01 toLocated the market next to square the market of Ypres, square The of [email protected] PoppiesYpres, The 1 & Poppies 2 is the 1 ideal& 2 is accommo the ideal- www.thepoppies.be dationaccommodation for history for tours. history Your tours. stay in theseThese authentic,authentic, classic,classic oldold buildings,School Hotel B&B Half board Full board combinedcan be connected with its tounique provide location a single will €30 p.p. €41€41.50 , 50 p.p. p.p. €47.50€47, 50 p.p. p.p. makeaccommodation your trip to base. the YpresIt is located Salient” in unforgettable..the centre of Ypres.

Number of beds: 129 (16 rooms 1-4 p., 19 rooms 5-8 p. >8p. 6 rooms)

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 59 13/10/16 11:33 De lep

De Iep is just 25 minutes on foot from Poperingseweg 34 the centre of Ypres. This accommodation 8900 YpresIeper is very popular with schools. The good +32 57 20 88 11 price-quality ratio and the flexibility with [email protected] regards to meals are a plus. A good place www.deiep.be to rest after a busy day. The friendly and dedicated staff ensures a successful stay. B&B Half board Full board €34,€34.3939 p.p. p.p. €41€41.08– , 08– €47.54€47, 54 p.p. p.p. Number of beds: 60 €43€43.34 , 34 p.p. p.p.

Coach driver free (1 per bus). 1 free member of staff per 15 pupils (secondary). 1 free member of staff per 20 pupils (post-secondary).

Peace Village Hostel

The hostel caters for multiple target Nieuwkerkestraat 9a groups, including people with physical 8957 Mesen limitations. Besides several meeting +32 57 22 60 40 and conference rooms, we also have [email protected] our own in-house restaurant and bar. www.peacevillage.be The outdoor facilities (including sports, bonfire, etc.) have a breath- B&B Half board Full board taking view over the former battle- €28 – €34 – €40 – fields, memorials, and cemeteries. €31 p.p. €43 p.p. €55 p.p. Through the Flanders Peace Field Coach and teacher free project, we focus on the remembrance of the local Christmas Truces. With tailored educational (evening) activities, guided tours, itinerary help, etc., we provide quite a number of extra services for residential groups.

Number of beds: 135 (35 rooms 1-4 p., 8 rooms 5-8 p.)

161012_TradeBrochure4.indd 60 13/10/16 11:33 Oude Abdij

A former abbey and brewery. An ideal Noordstraat 3 base for exploring the Westhoek region. 8647 Lo-Reninge Loved by cyclists. Generous discount +32 58 28 82 65 for group stays.. [email protected] www.oudeabdij.com Total capacity: 58 rooms – 195 people B&B Half board €40 p.p. €60 p.p. €5 reduction for 3 nights, coach driver and guide free

Hostel Groeninghe

This hostel opened in 2015 and offers a Passionistenlaan 1a restaurant on-site, a bar, and two meet- 8500 Kortrijk ing rooms. The hostel is within walking +32 56 98 06 92 distance of the station and historical [email protected] centre. With Kortrijk close to the French www.jeugdherbergen.be/kortrijk border, this is an ideal city from which to explore the north of France too.. B&B Half board Full board €23 – €30,50€30.50 – €42.50€42,50 – Number of beds: 123 (29 rooms 1-4p., €49 €56,50€56.50 €68.50€6 8 , 5 0 9 rooms 5-8p.) p.p. p.p. p.p. Coach driver free

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