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WORLD WAR I SITES
The FirSt WorldlWar left 3n i~delible Impact on the area· side. along-With_N~ Zealand~.and AUStralians, who_played the Firsi.World War, al:;o provides a unique viewing platform acrosr. noW known as·Randen·Fleld5. transforming the region Into a slgnlflcar,t rote lrt the success _of,the,Mes~ines offeiislve .. Flanders l:1e!ds · - - / - - - One of the most ·t11ollght-prCWok!ng and'J11spirationa·1 War in Flander, flelcli-the papples·bioW This battle also took:pta~e across the area of Heuvelland and .·lam:lscar,es In the wo_rld: ln-1914, local farmers witliessl!d .WlJ~hate. Kemmel HIii pro_vides a view_ o~er the muntryslde Behind the front line-Wilr.'Poperinge. ·Pop· as it was known to their fields-turning Into a ~ttleground'for one Qf.the:most, Between the C:!"OUH, row on r'OW, and nearb/is the America,rmonument erected in 1929 and a British::;oldiers. an,importa!l{ rail centre and gateway to the terrlble-confllct_s I~ human history. over_ 600.000 men and, , oernarcaiion,Stone erected,after 'the Waf to·rnark the furthest battleflel(!s. It waS a,place 0f temporary camps and hospitals 1 women
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YPRES& SURROUNDINGS
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The.most famous commonwealth war-Graves commission Memorial bears t11e ,i7Webslta names of 54.896 -.oldiers who were reported missing in the Yprrs Salient between WWW lastpost be the outbreak of the war and 15 Auguu 1917. Due·to a lad: of space.-after that date-names were listed on the memorial at Tyne Cot An exception·was made for Australian and Canadian soldiers who W!'fP missing in action unt,I the end of Ill the war. There are no New Zealand names. as their missmg are commemorated in cemeteries neano where they died Every night at eIgr'll o·cIock sharp. the ~ resounding-bugle call of the volunteers of the Ypres Last Post Association. who 0. are members of the Ypres Voluntary•Fire Brigade rmgs out as a tribute lo the fallen under the, Meniri Gate .....► IN P:LANDIRS PIILDS MUSEUM Ill INDIAN,PORCES MEMORIAL . NEWIRISH RAMPARTS CEMETERY &; a, The permanent exhibition focuses on the personal stories of ordinary people ano establrshes a link to t11e landscape of WWI FARM CEMETERY .... In Flanders Fields More than l.000 original objects and documenl.S are on display and a new scenography highl1gh15 Lhe most recent museum applications. including touch screens. interactive poppy bracelets. video pfOjections. anc1·w1mdscapes. In V: addition. v,sit0· t: s.oo Flanders. not only due to the nature of time of the Armistice. it contained 73 IPioneerJ'BaLtalion who were.shelled 8900 Ypres 16 November - 31 March· Children (ages 7-18)_ t:400 their injuries In baltl!' buL al~ due to g,aves but was then greatly enlargl'd near Ypres on 31 De<:emb!'r 1917 Tue-Sun \0am-Spm Children.under 7 free Lhe severe winter weather conditions with more ttian 4.500 new graves. contact lS DecemDer & 1 January: Closed Groups Imm 1sI· t: 7.00 they were exposed to y Address •3210)57 239 220 Schools lmin 1s1· t:4 oo ,i/Addren Lille Gate. Ypr!'<, fla [email protected] Suppl. to visit the bellfry. t: 2.00 Briekestraat. leper Guides€ 80.00 (l hours - max lS p I Website 'Groups must book at least www.inflandersf1elds be 14 days in advance
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Balta.hon west Yorkshire Regiment I . -,·,/ on 7 June 1917 during the Battle of SAINT CHARLES DE POl'VZE _<') Messiries. when two huge mines w,rr blown· one on the hill it~lf. with a charge of. more·than 53.000 lbs. was Thi, largest French'military cemetery In blown by the 1st Australian Tunnelling Belgium rnntains 4.200 gra...es. including ·Company.whose memorial is.on Hill 69 Islamic tombs. A Breton Pieta by the 60. They also blew the neighbouring Sculptor l.'Frfoui is located at the fronl Cilterpillar Crater !width 80m. depth of-the site. mourning over the I05t dead 15m) ,-ii'Addreu ~ii AddrfH.I zonnebeekseweg. Ypres Zwarteleenstraat.. Z1 llebeke
Opening hours from dusk to dawn WELSH.NATIONAL THE.BROODING SOLDIER, GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY MEMORIAL PARK SINT•JULIAAN, Langemark Entrance Langemark ,Langemark free access
ARTILLERY WOOD ~ ST~ GEORGE'S '(® ESSEX PARM/SITI CEMETERY GRAVE OF·POETS MEMORIAL: CHURCH JOHN MCCRAE HEDD'WYN 6FRANOS_ LEDWIGE The.red dragon. built on a dolmen The Brooding Soldier 1s a 33ft (10ml Behind its mo111.1mentafentrance (in Welsh ·uomlech·f. stands in the high granite monument. It represents building lie.some 44.300 German This Anglican Church was built to A total of 1.185 !>Oldlers are burled middle of an area that was conquered, a grieving Canadian sol(1ier. in mrmory so Idlers. half of whom are lluri!'d in a "'e There are many Welsh b1mals on this . commemorate the dead to M"rYe as at Essex Farm. including one of the -by Welsh.troops on 31 July 1917. It looh of the 2.000 soldiers who died In 1915. mass grave. Qll{'r 3.000 cadet!> and 0. cemetery. including,that of the-famous a meeting place for yisiting relatives youngest casualties of the war in the-direction of Passchendaele.-_the as a result of a gas an.ack in Ule Second student volunteers are among the JXlE'l hedd Wyn. In addition. the Irish and to keep alive the memory of the Valen1ine Joe Strudwick.was jll!,1. 15 village that would only be'taken three Battle of ¥pres dead, which 1s why the cemetery is > poet Francis Ledwige 1s also burried sacrifices rnade,in Ypres and the Ypres year~ old when he was killed. Next to monlhs later at the expense.of half a also called the Sti.Jdentenfriedhof ...... here Salient the cemetery. you can still see the million II~es. The surrounaing park is "I, Address rnncrete-bunlters 1n.wh1ch a dres\ing dedicated-to all Wl'ISh people involved Brug~eweg ,J; Address :l· Address . i•'Website station was houSed. It was in one of in.the Great War. both soldiers and Langemark- Poelkapell e Klerkenstraat 64 ...,lll Poeielstraat. Boetinge www.stgl'Orge1memmialchur(h~p1es mm these pr1mit1Ye 'dug-outs' that the civilians Poelkapelle Canadian military aoctor John Mccrae V: wrote his world-famous poem Address In Flanders-Fields' at the beginning Boeiingestraat 158 of May 1915 Langemark- Poe IIr.ape Ill'
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-~ Ypres. 5alient. T~ree Entry Poin_ts:along. BEDPORD HOUSE HOOGE'CRATER PRIVAT& CEMETERY MUSEUM . '/ ' the Ypres Salient Inform you,abolJL lhf! Zillebe~e ev~rns along the ypres Sal!ent Today"s landscape-ls.shown,as a witness cif This cemetery. Just outside Ypres. Is the past 100 years.ago. In a historical one of the largest British cemeteries I filni. thr"ee Waltlng_1outes. ~ dlgltati in•the westhoek Amongst others. it · appllca~n.-arxfa-cycling route.that' hold!. 20 Indian graves Bedford House L_,,, YORKSHIRE TRENCH connects lhe'three,point5. In Enl[Y Cemetery stands in what was once Point·NOl'th a number of Portraits · the park of Rosendai!I Castle. which Authentic restoi"ed trenches ju St GUYNE!MIR·PAVIUON ~ of war poets are presented il5·the the British troops renamed ·sedford behind·Entry Point North. ·In thE!.firSt IOPENS IN MARCH 2.0181 canaclian doctor John·Mccrae-a11d House· during WWI The castle-served day's·of the Third-Battle of Ypres. the Irishman Francis Ledwldge as a headquarters and as a meclical The Hoage crater Museum owes its 30th-Welsh Division played a'large ~art The Guynemer Pai.rilion provides a • Iii the east the Entry Point is loCated at aid post. SeV€ral-small cemeteries were name to a pair of historical events that in the sector. unique and fascir,atiflg opportunity -Hoage Craler.Musei.Jm,along the Menin_ started in the castle grounds The took. place during the Great War. Until to discover the'wa(ln,the•air during · 1:i'oacl·opposlte'l-looge Crater ,Cemetery. magnificent garden arch tecture makes the start of WWI, the 't Hooghe castle /1:: Addr9~s ,the.First world'War, There.ls a:special •This Eilti"y Point Illustrates lhe.creatlo~: Bedford House-Cemetery a unique stood on top of the ·t Hooghe hill in Bargil!straat focus·on the·exiraordinary life of_the. ofthe:front In th_e·centre of t~e Sil.lient WWI site Zillebeke During the war. the cast Ir Ypres outstanding Frepch·pilcit .Georges n·ear Bel!e'Naerde Ridge. Besldes·the that served as,the Br1t1sh HQ was Guynemer, ~ho Was invol~ud in more hlstoncal film the emj:lhasls here_ 1s·o!I A.ddress totally destroyed. In 1915. the British thafl,600 aerial combats.'surviYed ihi- b!'.iutllul castle parks thiit _studded R1jselseweg. Yprc>s blew up a number of tunnels. which WELSH CEMETERY ,~. being shot doWn se~en times. and the landscape around Yp(es before the ueated a large uater to the nor.th of achieved 53 vli::t~rfes -on Monday · destructive war. The ~outh has two the castle. During the 19205. a chapel Up_to the ThirdlBattle of Ypres the' 11 september 1917. sadly.·he crashed remarkable sites at the Entry Point was bull\ nearby in memory of those ·cemetery;lay in no man·s land,betWeer between the.BritiSh and.German lines. TheJ!:)tfY: Polnf itself l_s.located-iri_ the COHMONWEALlll WAR GRAVES·COMMISSION ~ killed m WWI. Following_renovauon ttie tV,,o·li11es:'As there· ~ere no trOopS iwar the·Poe!kap!'lle cemetery. The provlhclal cfomain'De Pallngbe!lt-at the l'&,i,f/;P works. it was sold-to a private indIvid· here. it v,ras,iless sh;lled which-made· exhibitIon-also.looks·more:generally historical sile .The Bluff Th.ere you ~~n There are many other ceme~erles and which hold a permanent place on ual who amassed a valuable collection it icieal for a cemetery once the battle at aviation d.u,ring the First World Start your exploratloris,on:a recently memorials In The Ypres S.lllent. tile sttes·of tM CWGC. you WilHind of weapons. uniforms and equipmMt h_.id pas~d,over it. The·Site is also War and'its considerable slBnlflca.nce. 1nstaIIed walking path/platform th"rough After the WM. the British government the,individual graves of soldiers from from the four different armies that k_nown;as Caesar"s·Nose as there was a Teltt and images Wrll'expertly tell the the former-NO man·s land. ·aIong.vartous decided,not to repatriate the British the four corners of the former British took part In WWI. Among lhe mosl rnrly shape,in the German fronUine story. from-the·use cif aviation-for craters. The historical·f1lm sho'N5- dead. but to have them buried on Empire - British. NeW Zealand!!rs striking items on display are,the .Th~ 38th (Welsh) Di~iSIOl'I bur!ed"23 reconnaissance tq its use for-bombing _how the-Underground war bi.Jilt up Belgian wll The impressive-cemeterie~ Australians. Canadians. South•Africans life-sized tahleaux that show what soldiers:here. ·It.was·used·unt11 t~e enemy pos/tiqns. The:Pavilion's Iii the southern Vpres Salient where of the Commonwealth War Graves an(!·a!so troops from lnd1a and the daily,life during the war was like folloWlnS:November.The cemetery Showpiece will b_f' a replica c:if the nJ'merous,mines exploded AIOnfiihe Commission· (CWGCl are characterised Caribbean Today. in,the former local schoolhouse coritainS 68'Flrst world war buria_l~ ,f'!orane_-saU11'1ier Type .L cParasol). eKl~~siy~ Wa1,.;hg circujl.. you,Will by long rows ofwhite:memorial The CWGC celebrated it~ 100th there is a thPmed cafe.wncre you can reach}he second i.lte. HIii 60. v"ou·will · ·~"' "''cu stones embedtled in the landscape. In :birthday iri 2017. admire a collection of decorated shell ~CAddreu /i. 'Address have' stunnlng panoram!c·v1~· 0r:the 'I.. C. the shadow of the Cross of Sacrifice . casings nrench artl Moortelweg · BrugseWE!g 126 ceritre of, '!'pres there and reach the C. and the Stone of Re,membrance. Boezlnge Poelkapelle !arge.cat.erpi!lar Crater. From 3_0 March > 3/AddreS!I 2018 ~U 11 November 2018 you c;an vlslt > I More information about other cemeteries on www.cwgc.org Hoage Crater Museum Openlna.hoUrs the land art lnttallatlon corning.World · HILL6:Z Meenseweg 467. Wed'tO Sat 10 am c 6 30,pm ·_Remerpbtr Me at De Palln'gbffk "'cu Zil!ebeke 8902 An im-pressive memo~ial to limited Sundays lcheC:k wetisae, - ·commem~rati!,the-cariadlari trir(es /i)Address - Contact •-mall ·- Entry Po1rit East: ""' CWGC YPAES·INF.ORMATION·CENTRE who served'ln the Vpres·saI1ent ."Maple ir 32 10)57 46,84 46 Avenue· - the road that no'N I_E!ads info@guyne!f1erpaviljoen"be Hoage crater museum·view·p.14', to this memorfal - once formed part The Commonweiilth War Graves Com Website of the Canadian front·Une. After the Website· Entry·Polnt NOrth: mission has opened an·information www hoogecrater.com war; the avenue was planted with www.guyne!f1efPaviljoen be/en ·Kli!lne_ Poe·zelstraat. 8904;~iinge Centre·in Ypres close to the CWGC · maple:trees as a mark of respect for Ypres tMen!n Gate) Memorial. Opening hours Entry Point South: the canadlan sacnflce. The memorial ENTRY POINTS YPRES SALIENT The cer,tre wil1 ()ffer a wid~ range of Tuesday-Satllrday 10 am-6 pm stands on top of the hill. surrounded Pallngbeekstraat•. 8902 ZUlebeke services and information. including an Sunday 10 am-9 pm by a park. lt_ was the scene of fierce From October 1914 to OCtober 191B. viewp..30 overview of the CWGCs work: details ·, Address fightiJ)g In June 1916. but now offers the battlefield-Of the-First World War of their cemeteries and monuments in Menenstraat 33. 8900 Ypres peacE'ful views of the spires of Vpres Was.located a fflile·or two froin t_he Opening tioun Flanders. and beyond: and access to centre of Ypres. The trenches desciibed Wed'to sat_to aril • 630pin their database to look up the details of Openlng_hours ,,, Addresi a curve from north to·south around Li!'lited Sundays !check website> 1ost relatives and friends Wed·Sun: 2.30 am - 9 pm ,Moorielweg Ypres. No fewer.than fifty bloody Boezinge battles were fought in that,notorious
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PASSSCHl!NDAELE .I MEMORIAL PARK ~~;; - _--:------:,,-_;: The historic grounds of the zonnebeke .:_...... ,.-~_:. villa are the ideal departure point for an ,~ploratory route through the l>,ll!lef1elds of 1917_ The well-known Polygon Wood and Tyne Cot Cemetery. me largest Commonwealth cemetery in the world. are located less than two miles/three kilometres away. You can MESSINES relax completely in the grounds. stroll by the lalte. or take a moment to stop and U1ink about the history of WWI 1n tile ·poppy Gardens·. themed gardens dedicated to the-various-nations that fought in the Battle of Pa!.schendaele
ISLAND OF·IRELAND ,Ml!HORlALS TO THE 1'1'tt THE PEACE CARILLON PEACE PARK IRISH DIVISION AND TO THI! 16TH ULSlliR·DIVISION
The Peace Park with its traditional The carillon in the samt Nicolas PASSCHENDAELE SCOTTISH MEMORIAL NEW·BRITISH CEMETERY BLACK WATCH MEMORIAL FREZENBERG Irish round tower pays tribute to These memorials in the form of two church tower has S9 bells The firs\ all Irish soldiers who fell during the stones are ~tone of each side of bell of peace !weighing more than 280 war. regardless of their background the road. They ar{' IO(ated roughly pounds) was-inaugurated on 17th May The cemetery was created after the ThlS memorial 1s the only one on the The nine talking stones tell their tale whe1e the two Divisions joined in their 198S m Ypres by Pope John Paul II The Armistice when graves were brought in former Western Front dedicated to all through poetry. prayer and diarjes successful•attack to take Wytschaete carillon can be heard every lS·m,nutes from the bdtt!efields of Passchendaele Srnts and-all those of S<;omsh descent while the Pran.' Plrdge calls on ringing out hymns from the nations and Langemark. Ttie structure of the who fought In France and Flanders Nat1onalists and Loyal1S1', to forgive ,1 'Address that took part In World-War I front of this cemetery is "somewhat during WWI It is now the main site of each other Registers in the base of Armenuerssteenweg unusual. with almost a barred:window remC!mbrance acliv111es for all Srog the 1ower·IIst thaw ,ommemorated a, appearance such as a prison might TM memorial also r~members those_ The park was officially opened on 11 "' have Almost all the sraves date from men of the South.African·Brigade November 1998 by Queen Elisabeth II C the autumn of 1917. aml thus from the who_ throughout the war. fought with and the Irish Pr{',idenl Mary McAleese · TOURIST INFORMATION·POINT lltE NEW ZEALAND SOLDIER Third Battle of Ypres. There are 2.101 the Scots as pan of the 9th !Scottishl -~ burials here . .1.600 of which lmore than Di~is1on ,I-' AddreH a, three-quartersl are unidentified Armentierssteenweg The exh1b1t1on in the visitor centre The statue In the centre of town. is a ::t: ._I· Addren situated in the former town.hall gives memorial,to all soldiers of the New . i ·Address leperstraat you a detailed overview of what Zealand-Division that fought in the ..... s Graventafelmaat Zonnel>eke MESSINES RIDGE BRmSH ~ happened during the First World War battle of Messines Riddge lonnebeke This statue of a Black Watch soldier. CEMETERY I MEMORIAL tn Messines ltl unveiled in May 2014. at the south- .... west edge of the·Polygon wood. is PASSCHENDAELE CHURCH I' Addreu v:· located-al almost exactly'the same In all. 1503 soldiers are buried here 985 Markt 22. Messmes place that made history as the ·s1ac1t British. 322 Australian. ns·New ZealanCI E-mail Watch Corner· on 10/11 November 1914 Passchendaele church was totally and 56 South African soldiers Only toer1sme@mesen.be when a.German advance was halted· It de1troyed by shellfire in 191/ However. S-49 bodies could-be identified In this opening hours: constitutes a permanent lfibute to the it has since been reconstructed and cemetery you will also fi'ld a Memorial Daily 8 30 am - 5.30 pm steadfastness of the legendary Black now dominates the village square to the Missing_ thal commemorates Guided tours for groups (min 15 Watch Regiment and honours nearly W!lhin the ct,urch are memorial OY!'r 840 New- Zealand Expeditionary person$! (an ;il~o hP ..rr;ingPd out 9.000 omce,s and sol0iers (illed ;ind windows in honour or the 66th Force soldiers who were killed in of office hours Please contact the more than 20.000 injured dtmng WWI 0ivis1on of the British Expeditionary Messmes in 1917-1918 and who have no tourist offflce Force known grave Prices :i'AddreH Free access Oude Kortrijkmaat _ii Address Web$!te Zonnebeke NIeuwk.erkestraa1 www rnesen.be/website-en/
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GRAVE Of MAIOR WILl:.IAM REDMOND HP ,,,.·· Considering hi> age. Irishman. Major William Red!f!ond·MP. wasn't even,sul)posed 10 be oii the battlefle!9.difrmg the BatUe of Mess!nes. After he was shot twice~he was carried off the.battlefleld·by /0hn,Meel.e. a.Loy°alist soldier They reached the Casualty Clearing;Stalion at the-Catholic H~pice at-Loker where Redmond dli-d of his wounds He was buried HEUVELLAND/ in the grounds of t~e,Cil.thol1c convenh1t Loker and. at the reqllest of his widOW. his body remairml there. The s,te is now malntam~d-by the Commonwealth-War Graves Comm1ss1on . /_,,... WIJTSCHATE Addren Godschalkmaat. Heuvelland
WYTSCHAETE MILITARY CEMETERY ~ SPANBROEICMOLEN BRITISH CEMETERY I'll COMMONWEALTH ..c HEUVELLAND VISITOR CENTRE u The cemetery comprising SB burials was almost e~clus1vely A post-war concentration cemetery where ovt!r two thirds :i This newly refurbisried. family friendly used for burying some of those who fell on the first day of the 1002,l}uried or commemorated are un1der.tif1Pd ::, Visitor Centre houses a number of of the Battle of Messines. 7 June, 1917 lthree graves are There are three sets of special memorial stones set tJehind permanent WW1 Ellh1b1t1ons with a from 8 JUne! All except one grave are-those of men of the the Stone of Remembrance to the right of the cemetery. ~ particular focus on the centenary of 36th Ulster Division !the Royal lri,;h Rifles and the Royal rnmmemoratmg soldiers originally buried in other lhe Battle of Messines· or the Battle of lnniskill1ng Fus1hersl This cemetery was·actually lost in later cemeteries but whose graves were destroyed the Mines· as it is also known. looking fighting and on y 'ed1scol'ered·after the Armistice 'O at the impacts on the landscape and _l-' Addre1s C the archaeology of the area }i?Address Wljtschatestraat. HeUveltand - Wljtschatestraat Heu11elland I'll I· Address Sint;Laurentiusplein 1 8950 Heuvelland BAVEANWAlD cl,_ THE POOL OF'PEACE KIMMEL HILL AMERICAN MONUMENT 1 contact FRENCH OSSUAAY LONE TREE CEMETERY Kemme! ::J toerisme@heuvelland be Kemmel• a, The once impregnable German The Pool o' Peace lSpanbrOEkmolenk.rater) Website ::I: trenches on the Kemrnel HIii played was the largest of the mines that were www toerismeheuvelland be an Important role in the Battle of blown at the start of the assault on Opening hours A·hea~y rectangular block on a wide The os.suary contains S.294 bodies The cemetery contains 88 graves Me.sinfi. The·French named the area Messines Ridge Before it was blown 1 April to 15 November rectangular platform honours the of fallen soldiers. of which only 57 {six of which are of unknown Ill Bayemwald the mine was 88 feet (27ml deep and Mon - Sat-930 am -12 pm/1 pm•S pm 27th and 30\1'1 American divisions have Ileen identified. Most of thes.e individual;,)_ Nearly a!l!the sra\lE'S ar(' a, contained 91.000 lbs of ammonal Sundays.and Public Holidays The monument was built in 1'12'1 French soldiers were killed on the hill tho!oe of--.old1er,; of the Royal Irish -.... Addr11H Once It was· blown. the crater wa~ 10 am• 4pm by the American Battle Monuments during the second battle fo1 Kemmel Rifles who fell on 7 1une. the first cay Voormetele~traat. Wljt~cho.te 250 feet 175ml wille lwilh a 90 feet 16 November - 31 March commission and was created after a HIii A column stands at the centre of or the Battle of Mes sines some of them "J: (27ml wide rim) and 40 feet 02ml deep Mon·Sat design made by George Howe from the cemetery and IS 1opped with the were actually llilled by the explosion of 9.30 am - 11 pm/ l pm - ,i:pm Philadelphia traditional French mascot. a cockerel the Spanbroekmolen mine (which was 0 i'Addreu Closed Sundays and·Publ1c Holidays blown around 15 seconds later than KruiswaaL. Wljtschate e1tCept Easter ,i Address planned) as they advanced Vierstraat. Mount Kemmel _f'Addren Kruisstraat. Heuvt!lland
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During the Great war the courtyard of Poperinge Town Hall was used as an e~ecutlon site. Several British soldiers .. faced the firing squad here. Today:this ■ Is a symboli~ Site for reflection and remembrance. Visitor~ 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 The most Wf'll-known soldiers' club of the Great War comprises a-garden and prisoners various rooms. including the chapel. the kilehen. and the hall. A tablet applIcatIon guides the visitor through the museum and the house. Besides a museum. Talbot ·Ii A4drass house is still the "Every Man·s Club· it has always been Visitors can enjoy a cup of Toumm·Poperinge .Poperinge tea in the canteen or book a room and spend U1e night. Small-scale exhibitions Grote Markl I are regularly organisecno complement the permanent presentation 0970 Poperinge
t' Address Price Contact CII Talbot Housr Adults tcB 00 +32 (Ol57 34 66 76 1:10 Gasthuisstraat 43 Children: £5.00 [email protected] :0 C 8970 Poperinge Groups· £6 00 C !advance bookings onlyl Website "i: ,'i' Addreu Contact Schools: £ 5.00 wwwtoerismepoperinge.be 'i: CII LiJssenthoek Cemetery Tel +32 (Ol57 33'32 20 Trade: £6.00 a, C. Visitor Centre lnfo@talbothouse DE Tour guides opening hDllrs C. Boescheepseweg 3SA There are no guided tours. but for Daily 6 am· 8 pm e. 8970 Poperinge Website grou~ a general introduction to e. wwwtalbothouse.be Talbot House can be provided on Price ...... Contact Opening hours request (advance notice required) Free access ..... +32,(0157 34 66 76 Tuesday-S!Jnday Tour guides· Book a.guide-at the ;: [email protected] 10 am - s·Jo.pm tourist office Monday C"lol.l:'d u,sseNTHOIK MILITARY CEMETERY·• VISITOR CENTI':E O ~ ~ !! ~-""' website V: www.lijssenthoek be From 1915 to 1920-the hamlet of French and German scildlers too NINI! ELNS·BRITISH CEMl!TiRY IN POPERINGE Lljssenthoek (8oescheep!.£'wegl was It also.holds the-grave of the only Opening haun ~ the site of the largest evacuation woman to be buried in a CWGC O~n all year hospital along the Ypres Salient cemetery ,o 8elg1um. the Brilish nurse. Daily: 9 am - 6 pm The cemetery contains 1.556 Commonwealth burials and 37 German war graves arid is now Lhe second largest Nellie Spindler There are also 24 Secona world War burials in lhe cemetery. all dating from.the commonwealth cemetery in Belgium The Visitor Centre. situated next to the Price Allied rrtreat to Dunkirk in 1940 Among the 270 New Zealanders buried heie is Today. Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery cemetery. offers information on thil Free access Dave Gallaher. He was a New Zealand rugby union player and was the captain bears witness to more than four years unique site. including dela1ls about Tour guides of the·original All Blacks He wa;·killed during the.Passchendaele offensive on 4 of warfa:e. with the graves of 10.784 daily life in the hospital and·the Book a guide at the Tourist Office October 1917. soldiers mainly British but also some creation of the cemetery Fully accessible to visitors with disabilities .. ,_ Helleketelweg. Poperinge
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The museum focuses on.the Belgian-German military confrontation during WWI as well as-on Fle'mish emancipation. It emphasises the message of peace with the slogan What·rema1ns of our I1ves·rwhauemams of the country?" From the panorama hall on·the·rooftop terrace. 273 ft (83m)·above Flanders Fields. you have a unique view over the entire area from Nieuwpoort at the coa~t to Ypres and Ploegsteert
Address Opening hours- l- Price VLADStO·GEAMAN MILITARY CEMElERY .cl. IJZ!lrdljk 49 1,April · 30 SeptembN Adults €8.00 8600 Diksmuide 9 am·6 pm llast entry 5.30 pml Ages 7-17. €2 50 1 October · 31 March under 7_ free Known as Vladslo. m Pr aelbos forest Created by Kiithe Kollw1tz. a maim Cont.act 9 am • s pm llast l'ntry 4:30 pml GROUPS (mm. 2m this Gern1an ce,netery is t!1e final German expressionist artlst.-out of •32 (0)51 50 02 86 Weekends and Public Holidays open Adults: €6.00 resting place of some 25.638 German personal grief and love for her 18-year fi info@aandeijzer be from 10 am Ages7-17'€2SD soldiers. On display al the cemetery old son Peter who was killed in lhe war Closed 24. 25. 26 & 31 December under 7: free · is a moving s -~ 5 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Received by NSEJ/F ARA Registration· Unit 12/08/2017 4': 18:45 PM KlTHE-KOLLWITZ MUSEUM Koekelare <§ ,11 Address Kiithe Kollwitz-Tower >1nL-Maartensplein 15. · The Grieving:p~;ents by Kathe· Kollwitz.·al the Gerffia~.M;litary,Cem~t.ery-in Koekela_'.tS®O Vladslo. ls a ytorldafamous work of art that·symb◊liSES the-terrible siifferln!! that War lilfllcted... More of her work can be:seen 111-t~e.neaitiy K.it!le Kqllwltz Tower coatact inJCoekelare. which houses-seven !)f her:sraphic works Her art ls·~haracterised, + 32:(0)51 ~l 04 94 by a deep cornpassion,for a!I Victims of poverty_ E!ploltatlon ancl-oppresslon. Her paclflSf!l•and abhorrence ofwar can be cfearly felt throughout·her works. A Website· I museum guide'is•available" · www.koekel.ire.be THREE-CANALS · IDRIE GRACHTEN) ln 1914 and 1915: t1i1s·,brldge was:a,n-' imJiort.in_t out~S,ffor the-Belgian irn,1 . Jaier·French t'rOClps. A·memOrial Plaque. on the wall commemorates the FrenCh . iouaves. In November 1914. F_rern;h / 1ouaves attacked strong German ~ positions. The·Germa.ns laun"ched'lheir / ildvance by_ making.,.captured· Zo_ua-.ie5 :' walk ahead•of them.into ·no man·s "/ BELGIAN MIUTARY CEMETERY land" Suddenly one'of the Zouaves· / Houthu!st I cried out. 'Shoot us. for God's ~ke. it'~ the u·erm~[lSr The·a~tackec!_ fq)led · Thi! rriost WE!ll-knO~n Belglan·•wa( De Boot. an eco!ogical-canat boat. 1s Nie,uwpoort, a, cemetery. wiJh 1.855 graves-arranged inoored at the,Three.canals j In the form Of a sh(•point.s_tar. Th, I' :2· victims reu mainly during the liberation 1'.i A~dress , ::J offensive of•1918. It is located in the Three canals .; Drle,Grachtensteenweg,. ' heart of.H6uthulstJ0rest .ind.also VISITOR CENTRE WESTFRONT NtEUWPOOAT c§. l)qlds 81·1talianiSoldlers 86SO Merkem ·! c;~dreu_ opening hours West front Nieuwpoort tells the full A modern and interactive v1s,tor centre b Poelkapellistr'aat_~. 8650 Houthulst' From dusk to dawn ' story of the flooding of the plains. was built underneath the monument bringing the German invasion to a halt A h1ghl1ght of the visit IS cte:rm1te1y Entrance at the outskirts of tf1e city It is the the proiection of the 3TTft· 1115ml Free access story of the power of·the sea and the long and 49ft 115ml high animated LANGE.MAX MUSEUM ~ "' Koekelare smart handling of the water locks. The Yser-Panorama painting. Last bul'not 0 -~ perfect place to tell the story of the least. do not forget to visit the top of 0 r;:, flooding 1s the K,ng Albert I monument the•monument itself and enjoy the The Lange Ma,c Museum IS production of army goods. It also on the edge of the lock comple~ "The panoramic view over the coast and the Cl. situated on the German side of the features the little Bakehouse. which ---...... Ganiepoot· IGoose Footl hinte11and ~ We>tern Front. with a farmyard ·at still shows signs of German-preserice. ::J the heart A long lane lair.es you from and has now tieen converted into a Other montM wed · Sun 2 pm· 6 pm _r, Address ;,!opening hours I· Price the fc1rmyard to the remains of me multimedia room Contact for Group Bookings outside Kustwegl Dilily 70 am - 5 pm Adults E:700 .!!! ar1I11,ry platform of former German of thesr limes 8620 N1et1wpoon rlosed· every Monday 0-6 years free z cannon "Lange Mai(. Adress Cafe is open from 11 am (except on bilnk holiday'i> 1 • 25 years· £ S.00 Thi'> museum tells the story of one of Clevens1raat 2. 8680 Koekelare Contact 25 December S. 1 ianuari GroupHmin· 201-- ...... the largl'st cannon of its time. which Pric111 +3] !01S8 23 07 :B Adults: £ 5.50 was de .~ ~ Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Received by NSD/F ARA Registratjon Unit ·12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Other interesting . Other interesting · sites in Flanders Fields sites in ·Flanders and Brussels --- - Th1fae'\mlts,fought in the vicinity at ihe HIPPO.WAR.WAREGEM YRIJ VADERLAND 'r!.. l· THE-TOWER OF . AMERICAN·HONUMENT FLANDERS FIELDS Oudenaarde eiid.C{the,firsi.-world War and were AHERICAN·CEMETERY ',-l(aregem IFREE·FATHERLAND) THE'UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AND MEMORIAL Veurne Leuven attached to th'e _Flanders.Army Grciup a VISITOR CENTRE A monument of golden·yellow commanded by Albeit I. King of the Waregem limestone. bearing the shi!'!ld o(the Belgians · •. T.he E11perlence centre In the-historic United States·nanked by,t"wo stone toWn· Or Veurne~uses o,n the last eagles: stands at the.end·of a small .'i Address remaining semon of Belg/um that pork. malntainf'.cl'by the.American G1meraal Pershingstraat'l 1f }/It_:' was not occup1ed•by the Ger~aris-:-the BatUe MonUmeiits Comlllission.dt. 'oudenaardl! · f!'t . 'ti 'lj___ so-called Belgian sector. From·here. honours the 37th and 91st US dlvlsiOns . _:); (~' lting Albert I succeeded in res!sting . j,: . : the German occupying forces Veurne The Waregem visitor centre dedicated and the surroundmg·regionwere - • r •: • • ~ -' ,• ,-.: ' to World War I opene . 2:8' 2'i' Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM - Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit-_ 12/08/20f7 4: )8'45 PM TIU. MARCH 2018 EVENTS & COMM:EMORATIONS 2018 I ATTENDANCE AT WORKSHOPS I---- . /i~ Opening hours /f~dresset Since the end of World War l: relatives have,been coming sculPtureS Ot the comlngWorldRemefflberNe land art -Tuesday to saturday Kazemal s tO Flanders to honour t11!!1r family members. M_illtary lnstaHatil;m Mew p,30),or take pa.it in'the wabltfront 130 pm.to-6 pm . Bolllngstraat c--~·, .. ceremoniE'S -re'gtilarJy.pay_ tribute to fallen cbmrades. , performance !see p:301 ·· Individuals and small (lroups 8990-Vpres ~ There are several ways.toJOin in a commemoration: · (< 10 partlcipants!_car attend C - Upon,request. the Last Post Assocliitlon allows . without booking in advance Site Bommenvrij CP • -Attend an-official comfflllmoraitlon organised•by individua~ or sroups to take: part.In an e)(tended Workshops,n.s hours) for, Broups Schoolstraat 48 . >/-· foreign embassies 9r-Belgian local authorities. Please_ ver;lon·of the ceremony at the Menln,Gate. allowinB or more,than lO;participants on 86JO·Nieuwpoort u~:' chE!d,the events calendar on the website to see if you partlcipants.to·lay a wreath !which they mus~ provide request. ; have tO book in:advance. However.. please bear.in mind themselvesHo·commemorate.the fallen. Bands. choirs: Contact• that !n·view of the 13,r~t'interest. it might' be difficuit etc. who-wlsh·to perform as1part Of the ceremony Aclmlsslon +32· COMINGWORLDREMEMBERME: ··.-_F:R011-30· 1•,AROiJifil NOVEM_ij~ 201$'. LANDART INSTALLATION VISfflNCUHE LAND ART INSTALLATION ~ From 2014 to 2018. by moulding 600.000 sculptures·out of In March W18 tne 600.000 figure; of C.om1ngWorld 'Admission j/car park The part of the route where you. Access wwwcwrmbe Tne walk runs through the provincial twrm@viwkunst hr ; .. '· - ...... , ,,:,~, ~-. •·. 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J~•-'Jffl>;_;'",;c,~,,.--.i"· .;o/?. ,:._ ,cl_ ,r,:!//-· t':· ,- . 1 -. !"- ft -;,_. ;,, :,/:__ -.!f--:..o-_.,<- _, 31; ~f;/f}-J-'iJ}:~?£11£,f;~;:;<::;_::~/!_c;;.(/~.f)f::_i\t;;f;~-:-;ft;t ~: £ ~.. t;:·· f;, ": ".~ ;c•••. ;; ,_"'- · /Received by NSD/FARA Registration un· 4:11\:'45,PM '81, CALENDAR EVENTS /' AND CEREMONIES'2018 ' _/ ''1 30 AUG 2014·>· 31 DEC 2019 . JAN .- Ruf'!lbe~e Castle 201, ALBERT I AND THE GREAT WAR l!XHIBITION KING ALBERT I <::GREAT WAR --- . FIGHTING ro11 PEACE In the heart of the beo.uti'ul provincial Sterrebos domain. ooe of the oldest Renaissance caslles of the country can be found. lhus providing the perfect location for-the "Albert I and the Great war" elChibition This aud1011isual exhibition features rare pictures. videos and audio mater,al highlighting the Belgian story during WWI. taking you on a journey through the fascinating life and reign of the famous Belgian ~ing Albert I. illustrating thal a ruler could be more than merely a national symt:ol. Throughout his life. Albert remained stubbornly faithful to his subjects and proved·that he wa> al,o a tJ master diplomaL From U1e end of Oc:tober 2016 an additional segment will C be open. focusing.on diplomacy during WWI. as a rworldl war is not only APA i/ Villa Zonnedaele. Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917. Passchendaele p.16 2tAc~A.:20J8.,_ lliNOl,I 2018 / decided on the battlefle,d Matters such as diplomacy and economy played :Z011 HIPPO WAR. Waregem p 28 a big part in-the evolutmns of the decade. The occupied Brave Little Belgium Heuvelland Visitor Centre p.20 l, stood its ground .among the superpowers and even went on to c"11m an important role Visitor groups can choose from a number o• awactive·all•in EXHIBITION: THE FINAL OFFENSM IN Ft ANDERS formulas. A guided visit C.an. for nampte. be 'ollowed by a brunch. dessert plale or a nocturne with a drink in the ca.st.le. ~ Ttlis [email protected] in•three parts. in:three different 1ocat1ons, which are ,f Addnlu Opening hou~ connected in a tourist route It tells the story of the last year of the First Rumbeke Castle 10 a.m. • 6 p.m World War and of the Liberauon m which Belgian and US troops played 8800 Roeselare Closed on ~onday, and public holidays an important role Website Entrance The main focus in the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917 is the wwwalbert14·18.be Adults ~6 liberation of Zonnebek.e and Passchendae1e riy Belgian troops The role Discount pr,ce· €4 of King Albert I during this offens,ve will·1:1e.h1ghl1ghted / HIPPO.WAR pays-special attention to the liberation of Waregem.and to ·, 17 ~EB-2018 > 26 AUG 2018 FEB / 1n Flanders Fields Museum. Ypres p.10 the offen<,1ve between the Lys and !he Scheidt during the last days of 2011 TRACES OF WAR: WWI AACHAEOLOGY the First World War By the end of the First World War. the frorithne landscape h.ad been Heuvella'1cl V1s1tor Centre focuses on the fig'1t1ng around Moun: Kerr>mel turned into a huge-wilderness. When people returned after the confkt. Since 191S. the hill had been used by the British as an observation post they were faced with the-tremendous challenge of reconstructing the Knowing mat tne Americans would soon arrive in force. 1n April 1918 region and making it habitable The traces·of war were dissape.ared and the Germans launched-a last desperate o'fensive of their own. in the became part of the an:haecilogirnl srnl arch1..-e hope of turning the war 1n their favour. They captured Mount Kemmel but with the help of the French Army any further breakthrough was Scarcely a foot (30 cm) deep and invisible to the naked eye. the prevented a)' the ern:l·of August. the hill was back in Allied hands. archaeologkal remains of the war l1e-do1mant in the <,011 all over the thanks in part to the efforts of·the American<, in one of their fim maJor Weslhoek region. Th+s·e~hibition-shows for the fim time the findings acuons'in Flanders of over ten year<, of archaeological investigations and contains many impressive artefans. It looks at day·to·day l1f1: 1n the trenches tne ;f Admission free material relics of trench warfare .ind the story of '>OfJ1e of the fallen www.passchendaele.be soldiers who;.e bodtes were recovered Th.inks co a variety of scientific www.hippowar.l:!e techniques. the traces of war can emerge into the light of day again www.heuvelland.tJe Opening hours open daily rrom·10 JO.am to 5 30 pm · 1· wwwlnflandeisf1elds.rie _3i 33 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: I 8:45 PM ; / / p.21 ___ Z]_llcP_RIL_201§ ____ _, ) . ' . 21 A.PR 2018 > 21 AUG 2018 Prov1n~1a1·courthouse Bruges HeuVElland· F'rencn cemetery and ossuary. ~ount Kemmel WWI, THE·BATTLE OF THE NORTH SEA ', OFFICIAL COMMEMORATION.Of THE BATTLE Of" MOUNT Ii.EMMEL IIE;iiall,; Tne Battle of "1ount KemmeI,reacned its terr Ible clIma-. between 25 and 29 April 1918. -:ne frencn arrived to clme the breach in the front lme This exhibltJornens the story of lhe war at sea. Hist?rkal objects· but at a cost of rnore·tharr10.000 dead some regiments c1lmost cea¾'d on,d1splay_for the fir5Mlme will-transport you to this.dark, but also to exist About half of these vk:tlms were later.Interred in ttie French 0 hopeful!per!Cld. Winston Churchill•ohce said• 7"/le'only thing that•ever. ossuary and·thls is where-their memory will now be,honoured in the really frightened me diJrlng,the war was-the:' U-boat-per1I." The Gi!rman pre!.l'nce of international national and local dlgn1tarIe5. Especially for submarines sank_no fe"!er than 2.554 Allied ships and brought the the occasion. a name will be transported from the Arc du Triomphe urilt.ed Kingdom to the,brlnk or surrender.· But on St. George·s-Day 123 in Paris The national anthems will be sung by school children from April ,1918). -t~E' Royat Na'ly 5truck-llaCk. A fleet of 136 ships s!mi.i!taneously Heuvelland and the French village of Sa1nt·lans-Cappel. just across the ·attacked the occupied porls of Zeebrugge and OSt.end: nearby border. The ceremony is open to the general public I f i-, www.Vliz.be/baltfl.',for-the,north-sea/en, 1: wwwheuvellandbe Address. Markt 3. Bru8es q:,_ntact [email protected] L~:~A(;!Q]li_·i., i~-~it2cii~ _ / :i - Centrum Ronde van Vlaanderen C -- . CYCLING DURING THE GREAT WAR Bultes New British Cernetery."L?hne_beke p.17 25 APRIL 2018, 6·am l, ANZACDAY ~ DAWN SERVICE Bikes. precursors to the jeep and the plane. were P~\,l>n\lal vehicles during Every year. ANZAC Day pays tribute to the Australian and New Zealand The Grea.t"War as they provided• reliable. fast. transportation that could soldiers who fought durn1g WWI ANZAC Day comll\emorations begin in ;! be dep!oyed everywhere on.the ground. Sikes were more effIcIen1 !han zonnebeke bright and early at 6 am with the traditional Dawn service hOr$ES as horses had to be fed and hidden. This exhibition will answer at Buttn New British cemetery at Polygon Wood. where many soldiers quesuonS"a!.: Where and how were biKes-useQ during the war? Were there from Australia and New Zealand were laid to rest The ceremony is still·cycling races ,n BelgiIIm during the occupation? Which-cyclists gaVE followed by a break.fast in 'O[ ·t Zonnerad': reservations for breakfast their lives on the front lines and which ones survived·the war' (t' 5l can tie made via the website Information .'I' Addrns \~ Markt 43. Oudenaarde contact ,l>' www.passchendaele.be Openlng,hour1 + 32'55/33 99 33 info@pc1sschendaele. tie ,_ Everyoay from 10am·6pm [email protected] Prices Website 10 euro. reducuons www.crvv.be -_2_s:~PR!Li91B. p-~. - )/ New Zealand Memorial. Messines p.19 ' _n ~~noia_. / ANZACDAY ~,, Flanders Field American Cemetery. waregem p28 :i MEMORfAl DAV C Annual tribute to all the Australiari and New Zealand soldiers who fought m WWI ~mce the First World War the government of the United States·installed Memorial Day as a day.to honor all soldiers killed in war The day ~ i-' Address of these ceremonies was- 30 May and in 1919 the first Memorial Day . ,. .. .;:, ceremonies were.held.on different cemeteries and imlau•d:graves on Nieuw Zeelandersstraat. 8957 Messines '··:r1~, "'~v} -~ _,(_-,.. ,~_,._. the Wfitern Front. In France and Belgium On Sunday 30 May 1920 the flm offlrial Memor!al Day ceremony was held-at f"landers Field Ameman ::is APR_1~ 20:1s 11 A..M. ·. , , · Menin GatP. Ypres p,11 Cemetery in Waregem. Almost a century later lhls annual ceremony has ANZAC DAY I stayed royal to its traditions Memorial Day is held each year al Flanders Field American Cemetery In Waregem on the Sunday before 01 on 30 Annual trllune \O all the Aumalian and New Zealano soldiers who . -_ .;~tll .. mJ fought in WWI. "'' ;, :t~<:(·' . ' ·~7 .l' www abmc gov J·' www.v1,iLypres.be :\.., c-:-1,~ ~ ~· Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM :;; .,.,0.. "00 .;,; t"- 0 "i2 .. -.,,"' n ~ n. 0 ~ •0 ~ e ~ " ~ 0 0 ~ ~! l i"'. t ·§ §; ~ o 0 ~ •• I I ... ; -~ifgl!! al, I ~ ~ 21 • ' "• ' -• ' ~i!: ~ ' ' Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit l2/08/2017 4:18:45--PM ----~--~"------~--- ~8 _SEPJE"'!BEA 201~ NOV p.17 _/ 10 NOVEMBER 2018 6 PM , -' Pas;chendaele village and Houthulst Belgian Military Cemetery 2011 Crest Farm Memorial. Passchendaele'C'.hurch COMMEMoaATk>N OF THE l;INAL OFFENSIVE PASSCHENDAELE·SERVICE The-Liberation or Final Offensive_ over the wee~s leading up to 11 \0 November 1917 marks the day thal Canadian troops ·ende~ the November. began on 28 September 1918 in the woods lthe VriJbml at Batlle or Passchendaele by capturing the-ruins of ttie.y1liage. The Houthulst. On that date. under the orders of King Albert I. Lhe IJrljbos Passchendaele Ceremony commemoratPS the end of Uie.balUe,and II was· retat.en from the Germans There were many deaths on both all casualties. communities. and·countries involved The ceremOny sides. as the Belgian milit;,ry cemetery reminds us today. A maior starts with a-subdued reflenion at the·Cre>t rarm Canadian ·Memorial, I commemorative ceremony in the morning will recall the battle followed by a torchligllt parade along the-Canadalaan The par~de follows the pall, of the last hundreo·rnetres of the attack and ends in Also the villilge; of Zonnebe~e and Passchendaele were liberated on PassChendaele. After the ceremony. all pamcipants,w11l be· invited to an• 28 September by the Belgian troops Passchendaele had become a sad open-air reception. followed by a concert in the church • symbol of total war in Flanders Many Belgian soldiers were we1ghe~ down by a profound sense of melancholy when they set eyes on the f, www passchendaele be devastated village info@passchendaele be At 2 pm commernorotion-services will be held to pay tribute to the fallen . ltt!OVEMSE~-2018. soldiers on both sides After the-service. the Belgian PasschendaeIe I·· Menin Gate. Ypres p.11 Memorial Garden will be inaugurated in the chateau grounds In ARMISTICE REMEMBRANCE IN YPJU:S, BRUSSELS AND OTHER PLACES Zonnebeke l ,-, , I Information about the (eremonIn will be known at the beginning of ""~__, ,-~~~ ~ • 1' ;I' www pass~hendaele.be 2018 Please check the website )%;;·_-,r. -f'i,f ' , I,,, [email protected] ✓ l ,,,~; i _-1, wwwllalldersflelOs1418 com 1,t I ;, ,• -'!I;- I ?J ~3_{) Sf.l~T~M~l_f Chateau grounds. Zonnebeke p.16 """ I!/ fl /"'- Weekend on the theme ofTl'le,Flnal Offensive During this themed weekend. me Memorial Museum Passchemlael~ 1917 ·--:, focuses on the different aspects of the final offensive in 1918 Over the '"' course of the weekerid. many e11Ents and anivi1ies will take place with a ti ti particular focus on the Uvmg History evem. Re•enactors from all O\ler the C C world will create a,sen\e of \tepping back in lime for visitors. As well as presenting encampments. weapons. and niuoric Objects. the re-enactor5 ~ ~ will also give demonstrations u• , i' admission free www.passchendaele.be info@paso;chendaele be Yt ~ ' ' ~ ''~[', , ' <3EI ~ 'I ;:E, O.:.! ~'! 001 ":"":: "q"i II\ 0 ...I w u.. -w ~ ...I .::;) t--, / I-: i <( -- --- ~· Organised battlefield tours WESTERN FRONT GUIDI! ~ FRONTUNE TOURS --Several ·opE!filtOfs offer small-group or private tours ta~ing Possible-tours .ire· The Anzacs from Ffomelles to Visits to Ypres. the Yser river. and Poperinge. Tours·in Dutch. a standard or customised route in Flanders Fields. It is also Passchendaele. Canada 1917' The Birth of a Nation in Europe. English. French. and German Themed tour: ·In the footsteps possible to visit irnnic places in France My Relative on the Front of Hitler and Churchill" Also tailor-made tours :I Mall. number of parti(ipanb: 7 _i!Ma11:. number of particlpanb: 19 Dt.lr;itlon of tour: Half day/full day Ouro1tlonoftour: 2 hours/4 hours Departure: Ypres · Departure: Ypres.or your accommodation in the Ypres· Price: half day €35 pp. full day €55 pp Poperinge region 2XPLOAI! FLANDERS FIElbS BIKING BOX CYCLETOURS Website: www.westernfromguide com Price: 2 hours. E:25 pp. 4 hours: €40 pp Booking: info@wester,nfrontguide com Wllibsite: www.frontline-tours.com Standard or customised tours Guided bicycle tours Possib1l1ty of bus transport to or+ 32 4971915 57 Bocikln1: infol@fronthne-tours com or departure and from arrival. bicycle rental service +32 474 36 76 08 - T+32 57 BS 99 35 _1 Hu. number of participants: Standard:.8 (road bicycles. electric b•~es. tandemsl Larger groups possible Duratlon of tour: Half day/:ull day _FMn. number of particlpanU: No limit Departure: Ypres or other place as agreed Duration oftO\.lr: Price: from €3S·to €80 pp depending on the tour Half day/full day/several-day cycling holidays THE WESTEAN'FAONT REVISITED CYCLI= THE WESTERN.FRONT Website: www.2xplore.be Departure: Ypres Booking: info@2xplore be or +32 475 519828 Price: Pr,ces-range from €12 ~o €28 p.p .. lunch and bike rental-not included Tailor made tours in minivan with a license(! tour guide Gu1ded·b1Cycle tours along the Western front in Flanders Website: wwwrentaguide.be 1n Flanders Fields, AI\O VISlt ofthr Sommr 01eppr. D·day Field; and France !Vimy A.idgr. Beaumont-Hamel. Compiegne Booking: info@rentaguide be or +32 488 40 74 40 Baslogne and Waterloo possible Re1ms. Verdun) Spe(ial two weeli armistice bike ride from N1euwpoort to Verdun ,n 2018 v,ew webmc f Ha11:. number of participants: 8 Duration oflour: full day/several-day tours QUASIMODO TOURS RENT A GUIDi! Departure: Ypres. Lille Europe_ airport Brussels or Pam ;/Max. number of participants: 15 Price: Prices range from E: 75 to E: 95 pp Duration of tour: full day/seyeral·day cycling tours Standard tour· Visits to Tyne Cot Cemetery. Passchendaele Ypres. Sal1Ent Tour. Yser Front Tour. Mmes of Messines tour Website: www the -we stem-front -re~1s1led.fr Departure: Ypres. Lille Europe, airport Brussels or Paris Hill 60 preserved battlefield: a German cemetery. bun~ers Passchendaele tour. thE last 100 days of the Newfoundland Booking: earl ooghe@gma1I com or •32475810608 Price: ~ 75 pp and craters. restored trenches. Hoage crater Museum. Essex Regiment tour m the footsteps of a relative. tours to the Weblilte: www.cycllngthewesternfront co uk Farm cemetery and dressing station !John Mccrae s,tel. the somme/Vimy/Fromelles IFrancel and more Booking: earl ooghe@gma,1 com or +32475810608 town of Ypres and the Mernn Gate. and various memorials to the Br,t,sh Forces hncludms ANZAC and Canadian) '.II Hax. number of participants: 7 Duration of tour: t+alf day/full day ) Max. m.1mber of participants: 28 Departure: Ypres or your accommodation Duration oflour: full day Price: Half day € 150/group. full day€ 350·400/ group Departure: Bruges llunch an!l adm1ss1on fees not included) Price: ~69 50 rncl 11ght lunch. exrl drinh Website: www.rentaguide he Website: www quasimodo.be Booking: info@rernagu1de be 01 •32 488 40 74 40 Booltlng: info@quasimodo be or +32 SO 370 470 ; ...... _•· -,· ~..a.J,:\¼•' "'"~~,~ . 42 ·." ,/ ~;.~•.:..c:~•\,; .;~~i;~~t,¥1~jt' Receivi_"' ,y'Nstil&kk~'=fiii\ti The commemoration of the·Great war Our accessibitity'informat.ion is <1lwc1ys All events-featuring the IEB, Centenary continues to amacl'tens based on obJ~ctive and independent label have taken at least•ba"i;i"(-• 1 of thousands of:lntemallonal visitor~ on•site lns"pections. which means thai measures to accommodate all of.all ages. some of whom will require. not jl!'loca.t1ons claiming to provide v1s;1ors For more specific details on 1918.flUlNDERS PIEL.DS • 'The Brooomg Soldier memorial to the Canadian assistance.in terrm of access. easy ac,ess have bem 1ncluded:1n our all disability-related facilities. please THE.SPRING OFFENSIVE AND FINAL OFFENSIVES !st D1v1sion during the first gas·atti!d in 1915 b;ochure Plea-.e note that accessibilty contact E11enlng Of THE·GREAT WAR To this end. VlSITFLANDERS:has . / also depend> on the vi>itor in question p1eter. remmerie@inler vlaanderen M~sines • Wytschaete • Passchendaele - Kemmel • Ypres. - Menin Gate and Last Post. Ypres developed the ·rhe.Great War ,. as each d1sabil1ty or·limitatiqn differs waregem • Koekelare - Oiksmuide - Houthulst Centenary_: acCessible to everyo~e•' We therefore recommend contacting All weelchair accessible :D~Y_2; / projecl.,Which strives to ens1;1re locations beforehand in case of accommodations are indicated by the I -~AY_1__..,/ MOrnins acc_ess for all visitors and•pro~tdes spec1fir acce~sib1lity concP.rns. label Horning - Tyne-Cot cemetery.' where 1.011 Cani!dians are buried information on ii.II as~Cls of an - Kemme! Hill French Ossuary - Memorial Museum Pa~schendaele 1917 Zonnebeke accesslble stay: lnforrrlation on The following symbol !c§.] is used to (f) tbasically a~cessiblel or - American Monument kemmel Afternoon welcome.. a<:eomJ110clat1on. restawrants indicate wheelchair-accessible options - Visitor Centre. Heuvelland (Ellhibition. Tne final Offensive • Crest Farm Canadian Memorial. Zonnebeke cafes. site5, tr,an'sportatmn. parking. in this trade brochure (!) lindependemly acces1blel in Flander!>) - 85th Canadian Memorial. Zonnebeke ass\s~ance,and care. etc Afternoon - ~ancti.Jary Wood Cemetery and Hill 61 Canadian Memorial Whereas certain locations.provide Al,o useful in terms o~ wheelchair - The Pool of Peace. Wytschaete Alteral;ons are oft!!n requ1red·to easy accns othPr~ may require a little accHsible locations is the - Wytsctiaete Military Cemetery 1i 'Did you know that V1my IFrance) is only one nour from Ypres? ens~re.easy access for people with more effort or third-party assistance l\ccesSEllble app. which can be - In Flanders Fields Museum. Ypres /reduced mob1hty. Most of the Fore more detailed information on downlo.ided via Google Play. the App - Menin Gate and the Last Post Ypres information in our brochure "Great wheelchair-accessible locations. please Store or"the Windows-Phone-Store 3 war centenary - accessible for air is consult our "Great War centenary - '.~DAv_-2'._:_; therefore primarily intended for those Accessible for all" brochure www.vlsitflancten.cam/acc:eniblllty Homing THE NEW ZEALANDERS IN FLANDERS FIELDS with,mobihty issues However. we 1cceHlble8vis1tnande~.aim - Mess1nes Ridge British Cemetery Messlnes - Zonnebei:'.e - Ypres also report on additional facilities for The museums and/or,siLes that - Mes~ines Information Point people with visual. hearing, learning oFfer additional facilities for visually , l' I/ISITRANDER5 - Island o~ Ireland Peace Park. Messines ·. D~Y.J or other disabil1te-; For visually 1mpa1red visitors are indir:ated via Afbamoon Momint impaired v1s1tors. we have developed the following symbol· (~J For more Addreu - Memorial Museum Passchendaele IEllhib1tion The Final -Tourist·lnformation Point. Messines an addll1onal brochure !"Great War Cletailed information-regarding these Grasmarkt 61. 1000 Brussels. Offensiore). zonnebeke • New Zealand soldier statue, Messines Centenary - tips for visually impairrd facilities. please consult our "Great War Belgium - Tyne Cot Cemetery and Visitor Centre. Zonnebeke - New Zealand Memorial. Messines visitors"! in which we provide-an Centenary - Tips for vii.ually impaired Contact - Messmes Ridge British Cemetery overview of the museums. events and visitors· brochure Itel.) +32·10)2 S04'03.40 );~f:(:_:_. Afternoon other places of interest that offer lfalll +32 IOll-S04 04 OS Horning - In Flanders Fields Museum. Ypres elltra'facilities for people with a visual Brochure - Waregem Visitor Centre E\rening impairment wwW.vis1t na nders com/en/ - Flanders Field American Cemetery. Waregem • Men1n Gate and Last Po~t. Ypres accessibility/brochures/ - Lange Max Museum. Koekelare order-brochures.jsp Afbarnoon . _DA't2 __; - Kiithe Kollw1tz Museum. Koekelare Momin1 • Vladlso German War, Cemetery - Nine Elms British Cemetery in Poperinge Explore WWI outside the classroom - Trench of Death. Diksmu1de where 170 New Zealanders are buried - Houthulst Belgian·M1litary Cemetery including the All BlacKs captain Dave Gallaher - /'lemorial Museum Passctlendaele Afternoon The-guide "Ellplore WWI outside the classroom in Flanders sculpture project ·comingWorldRememberMe· 2 • Polygon Wood. Zonnebel:e Fields·. produce(! byVISITFLANDERS in collaboration with This guide also provides d01ens of suggestions on how to - New Zealand Memorial. Zonnebeke the Province of West Flanders. aims to assist towr operat.ors enhanr.e :he eJtperlence for students You will find the most THE CANADIANS"IN FLANDERS FIELDS and teachers with the organisation of f1fild trips to WWI famous WWI memorials on'Flanders· Western Frorit listed on Ypres - Zonnebeke -: Zillebeke . I.• Did you-know that Longueval and Le Quesnoy is only sites for English-language primary and secondary school these pages. as well as many other locations in and around l'nour and·JO'minutes from Ypres7 pupils Fi.:indcrs Fields thal tell thP. ~tnry nf ncrup1P-d Belgium. . DAY. 1 II goes without saying that. in addition to lhe more famous Morning The.guide contains tips on v1s1ting a memorial. teaching sites. there are many smaller places whorty of a visit • In Flanders Fields Museum. Ypres resources in preparation for a trip. interesling websites Afternoon accommodation suggestions. alternat1ve_transport options. ,i. Brochure - Essell Farm. where lohn Mccrae wrote advice on how to organise a longer trip. and information • www.visitt1anders com/en/passchern:laele/press·and·tr ade/ his world-famous poem on the cultural programme GoneWest 1ncluiding-the unique ,:44' 45' Received byNSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registratio it 12/08/2017 4,18'45 PM Europe, Flanders, lFl.ANDERS Fla~d_eI's_Fields . .. FIELDS. ··_Poperi~.-~e . _- ··. :_;r.,p· aS_schendB.ele ~ 1.. , ~,, · fo1:mebeke . Vpre57 ,~-•- :- NORTHSEA •' 4 •' OStend • T1iE AUSTRALIANS: IN FLANDERS FIELDS Dlillliil>' ,-:' ) Ypres · zonnebeke --Ploegsleert el _D_AY.:L / MOf'nlng • In FlandN5 Fields Museum C- Afternoon - Hill 50 and Caterpillar Crater ····""'·"· .7- • Toronto Avenue Cemetery. Ploegsteert .~~· Evening The Australians --4 ,:~m::.,,)"-.. ~'i • Menin Gate and Last post in Flanders Fields J~AY,2 _ ... ,1' O Ghent Morning . The Welsh )'"•· • Memorial Museum Pass[hendaele ----· 5 i ,,.._ in Flanders Fields Afternoon - Polygon Wood ' - Tyne Cot Cemetery l). '~-"- --6 Classic tour ·~""' in Flanders Fields ''" _I· Did you tnow that Fromelles is only a ha.If an hour ilf'ld 0 Roeselare ~ ... Villers-Bretonneux 1 hour and 45 minutes from Ypres? L.angemark• ,, Poefca.~lle ( ~\ J>operlnge n _:? l>asscheh ----· 3 The,New Zealanders in Flanders Fields ~ ~ , Receiv~d _by NSI>/F A½_ Registration l}nit I 2/Q8/20I7_ 4:18:4.~1'.~-· Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45"PM $ ' PMl<1ng , ,~/ Bike ren\al 7 9 0 YPRES SALIENT TOUA OFF THE-BEATEN TRACK TOUR: lf / Bilr 'T(?1 / ~ntauran\ Ypres - Langemark ,NORTHERN FLANDERS FIELDS Hotels Veurne - N1euwpoort - Diksmuide - Koekelare Bas,c access for v;sitors ·Jt. ~w·rrming pool DA"'J cl,/ with a 1!ilabil1ty :..--:-I Momins D~Y.1... Aselection.of hotels In Flanders Field> or.in ,I,/ l~de~nd,nt nccess for ,-~, w,n • In Flanders Fields Museum. Ypres Morning nearby cities (such as Roeseiare or Kortrljkl·with w, v;1,tors with ii dl1nb1li\y - Menin Gate. Ypres Free Motherland Veurne: the-sLOry of Lhe radiologist Ma1ie Curie twenty or more rooms Afternoon Westfront Visitor Centre. N!euwpoort - John Mc Crae site Ypres Afternoon - Entry Ypres point North. Boezinge IYpresl Take a cruise between Nieuwpoort and Ypres. passing Hotel Pax / oH • Yorkshire Trench. Boezinge !Vpresl through the battlefields and past the war memorials. the • Artillery W6od Cemetery. aoezinge (Ypres) Yser Tower. and the·Death Trenches (summer only) Hotel Pax has luxury rooms with all Heilig hanplein J • Guynemer Pavilion, Langemark mod cons One of these rooms has 8600 DIksmuide " ~Av)_:~ __ j been-speci.illy equipped for guests d2S1500034 _DAv_z:_· Morning with dIsabIlit1es There are facilities for Info@pax-hotel be Morrifng - Trench of Death. Diksmuide the org.in1sation·of conferences or ·www.pax-hotel.be - Entry poml East, Z1llebeke (Ypre>) - Museum on the Yser. o,tsmuide meetings Bicycle shed avail.ible - Hooge Crater Museum. Zillebeke IYpresl - Hill 62. Z1llebeke IYpresl Afternoon Total (apacily 36 rooms - 100 people B&B Afternoon - German military cemetery. Vladslo Slngle I €80 · €95 P-P - H,11 60.and Caterpill~r Crater. Zille~eke (Ypres) - Kiithe Kallwitz Museum. Koekelare - Emry·point South•. Zillebeke (Ypres> - Long Ma~ Mu'.>eum. Koekelare l'f 1ta1tfflhoeve Viconla / ... ----· 7 Ypres Salient tour ), 8 HiM.oric chateau. situated ~ery peacefully Kasieelhoevestra;:ii i. -./ f --a The Irish amidst of a nature reserve Large ga1df'n 8600 stulvekenskerke (Diksmuidel ~ w., __ ·1,f \ \, in Flanders Fields THE·IRISH IN FLANDERS FIELDS With terrace Fine cuisine. cosy +3.2 S1 SS 52 30 Ypres -.Poperinge - Heuvelland -·Messines __ , atmosphere mro@~icon1a.be is I Off the beaten track tour: i ·· :}'0x;r., Northern Flanders Fields wwwviconia'.be DA)'·1_ i"fiQ/~,JJ.-:~ilI ~.,}~~· ~·· . l·' Total caparny. l3 rooms - 47 people '...':i,fi I ;-1f'7•'iJHiii=,,.,-.,.,.....,,,-,"°'' ,,)rt~_. - t ,,, Homing B&B Half board ·· · .i /'f:~~f(0!1nr ,~ri'.r,\?y: - In Flanders Fields Museum. Ypres :_-J· '>1,;-'Cjl[it.. 11 Ii,, , ]ll,.;'[i:F: ITT Sa 101 D"-'f_2 __ / Alblon:hotel t - Homing - Kemmel VtsItor Centrr Quiet. yet centrally located. close to Sint-Iacobsstraat 28 • 8ayernwald. Heuvelland·(Wytschaetel the !"enin Gate Tnis:family run hotel 8900 Ypres • Pool·ofPeace. Heuvelland (Wytschaete) excellent facilities with an intimate bar +32 SI JO OJ 20 Afternoon and providfi packed lunches [email protected] • Island of Ireland Peace Park & Tower. Messines www.albionhotel.be - Messines t0urist information point Total capacity: 32 rooms - 67 people - Tne grave of Major Willialll Redmond. Lo~<:r !Heuvellandl B&B ~=~· Single i t:87- €132 pp Classic 1· € 52.50 - € 91.50.p,p -~'"•·. R ,/,.',::::"'"· ITT Sa Z double/ - ,.....:r~Zl1k:!~- twin Please consult the Vl1lt Flanders Website for other [,:,__ Aeduction for groups. 1u11•1tlons for tour1: http://www.'llllttffandan.com/ enfthemes/ftand1rs..Jlelds/hlghllghts-ln-411--hounf minimum 5 rooms :l!:!euveUa. "'. ~mel 0 , :-~Me· 48 "4/il' 1 :g~_~iye!l by -· · 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM ·-'Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Ariane Hotel r- Flanden_Lodge / ... f'riendly. ramlly-run•hotel with·pl~~sant Slachthuiss1raat 58 Restaurant with regional dishes Albert Oehemlaan 19 reslaurant. Dine In si}'.le.b(candlellght B?PO Ypres and local beers. Terrace with winter 890o'Ypres or in-I.he orangery, lo6'king out onto +32 'il 21-8218 garden for v1s1tors E~cellent base +32 57 21 70·00 the-terrace. gardiin. and pond The [email protected] of operations for bicycle !Ours.from [email protected] ;~~~j;~'J:}J rOoms 'anc1--{('Jaxal!on facilities are , ,.. .. / www.ariane be the Westhoek•to the sea. the border wwwbeslweslern.be e.11cellent. Peaceful location 5 m1ns region with France. and the historic ,,..,..frOfTI the Grote Marilt battlefields-of WWI B&B Half board iL . .. ,:---ynfr. iGJ!ir~'r·· ... -~. Single I £85- €122- 8&8 Half board "°".. , •.-. ,r. ! \ --. ,"/ Total capacity 62 moms - 724 people Tolal capacity· 40 rooms - 90 people .... ·-""'":•·.'•· :,,,,'·I, l ! +:149 pP. £186 p.p Single i £54 - '£74' - I Double i €52.50 - , €89.50 _- I €511 p.p . I H8pp ~ a;;. !01 K.asteelhof 't Hooghe / ... Ho1tellerie Jtemmelberg / -- Peacefully-located in a rqmantic and Meenseweg 4111 hi';l.Oric setting on "Hooghe· Stylish 8900 Ypres Siluated al the highest point in Kemmelbergweg 34 rooms with all mod rnns. private car +32 S7 46117117 Flanders.·the terrace·has views over 8956.Kemmel. park. garden. forest. un1_que inner [email protected] the Belglan·and French border ll has +32 57 45 2160 I . ·• garden terrace htlp://www.hotelkasteelhoft - received ~veral awards from·Book1ng 1nfo@k.,mmelt>er!!,be J~' ·~' hooghe.be/ com and Trip Advisor. www.kemmelberg.be j Total capacity 27 rooms -·S4 people TotalTapacity 23 rooms - 60 people ,:.:-,[') ;'. ' i. 8&8 Half board ,;·."1 ·" ' . ~' Ha!f board IJ ~ a;,; !01 ? Single ~99 - E 139 - J;.p, Single '~6S-'" £93 - ,£214pp E:254 pp fl",, ; vs p.p £l03p.p H S. !o1 ? · NovoteUeper centrum / oe• Hotel callecane1 / ... Novmel leper Centrum is situated in Slnt-Jacobsmaat 15 set in the countryside. this hotel has ca.111cannesweg 12 the-historical centre of Ypres. close 11900 Ypres comfortable rooms_ pool and fitness 8978 Watou (Poper1ngel to the Market Square. the ln:Flanders +32 S7 42 96 00 centre with fme cuisine. Choose.from +32 57 38 88 08 Fields Museum. and the Menin Gate [email protected] the restaurant bar or coffee shop www hotel-calle(anes.be w~w.novo1el com/leper lnfo-reservatii!@hotel-callecane~ be Total capacity: 122 rooms - 438:p;ople Total (apa(1ty· 37 rooms - 74 people 8&8 8&8 single !£100-~20\pp Single E99-El19pp Dou~le ~£~0-~~BSpp ~ a;;. !01 ? OolJblP. €60-£9Spp E ~ Toi, ? r:b 21st room free of Charge - Ji """ r:b --5.0 51 Received by NSD/FARA Registration,U11it_ 1_2/08/2011 4J!1:45PM Received by NSD/l'ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4, 18'45 PM Hotel Damier / -- Hotel Mea1eyne / .... A charming 4 st.ar hotel with a classified Grote,Markt 41 Hotel Messeyne is located in the C.roeningestraat 17 facade from 1769. situated'ln the city 8500 Kortrljk historically interesting Groeningestraat 8500 Kortrij~ '""~~ cent.er of Kortrijk. This lu11:ury hotel +32 56 22 15 47 in the centre. In the pleasant bistro +32:56 212166 "" 17,, '~ cha.rms gue<.ls for over hunderds or years [email protected] one can enjoy excellent cuisine. while [email protected] n, , with-Its st.ylish and elegant rooms. The www.hoteldamier.be the historical garden offers a beautiful www.me~seynecom . f/1 ,-'j vivid atmosphere-invites.you to enjoy place·to.relax. Gym facilitiei.. sauna .' o, ·n the iconfc building The hotel houses a and'hammam B&B ' .._ fJ B&B restaurant rated,13/20 m Gault&' Millau Single ' € 125 - 180 pp . IP, ' :~~~- j €85 - €180 pp Total capacity- 28 rooms - 56,people ·Do~bi~ i£7o -110 p_p Total capacity· 65 rooms - 126 people Double € lOS - € 250 p.p i" ill/Ji M S Toi "e' """ •'! h:JJOI ~ $ TOI '? "'1, I I>-hotel / -- Parkhotel / -- d'hotel is a unique marriage between Abdljmo!enweg 1 Comfortable 4-star hotel·located a few Stavonsplem 2 a historic site and a new futuristic 8510 Marli:e steps away from the centre of Kortrijk B500.Kortrijk design It has an authentic. pro· +32,56 2121 00 French cuisine at very attraruve prices +32 56 22 03 03 tected windmill from 1841 as well ·as info@d-hotel be Trendy JUies bar for cocktails .. local info [email protected] a protected inner farmhouse square wwwd·hotel.be drinks and wines The new Wellnfis www.parkhotel.be The concrete structure of the-hotel is center offers a place to retreat combined with large surfaces of glass B&B B&B w;ndows These simple materials make Single t. 103 - t. 169 pp Total capacity: 155 rooms - 260 people Single , from€ 105 p.p. you feel rela:"-ed and provide a sense of openness D-hotel offers a luxurious Double f:60-€90pp 'Double from€ 60 pp spa centre and an outdoor swimming ~S!ol?J poci (open from 1 July to 31 August) a tosy lounge bar and a wonderful bistro Center hotel / ... Total capacity. 44 rooms - 90 people The Center Hotel is a full-facility hotel Graanmarkt 6 In the heart of Kortrijk_ betWeen,the esoo·Kortrijk station and the Grote Markt. PerfeCL +32 56 21 97 21 ~ lf as; ---? _i[ for business people or tourists visiting lnfo@centerhotel be Kortrijk wwW.cenlefhotel be Square Hotel / ._ Total capacity. 56 rooms - 91 persons B&B sm_gIe __ €87 t:127 p.p This hotel has a superb location. just Groeningestraat 39 a short walk from the mark.et square 8500-Kortrijk Double €55·€80pp • ~ ?' Hotel Square has 26 lovely bedrooms +32 56 28 89 50 with all the comforl and ameniLiesyou [email protected] may expect from a three-star hotel wWw.squarehotel be Hotel lbi ■ Style ltortrijk Bzpo / ... Total capacity. 26 rooms - 52 people B&B St.anclard rooms with·excellent President 1 • Single €90-100.pp bathrooms with shower. superior 8500'Kortrijk . - --- .. - - rooms and junior suites +32 56 20 06 87 ~ ? Double € SO - 60.p.p [email protected] II Total capacity: 80 rooms - 160 people www.ibis com B&B ~$!019 Single : €92 - 245 pp Double: €57.50- 122.50 p.p _g ~ Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12108/2017 4,18,45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM / Hotel Cosmopollte / ... Youth Accommodation Fully refurbished hotel close to-the Albert I laan 141 This Is a selection of youth hostels In sea Two resuurants and bar. Special 8620 Nieuwpoort Flanders.-Fields and Kortrljlcthat offer winter weekend packages. Free u!o(> of +32 5823'33-66 '·" catering services. i sauna and heated indoor swimming [email protected] . ! pool at the Hotel Carlton www.cosmopolite.be " Totarcapacity- 129,rooms - 350 people ,., Single t:1s-·10s p.p ___ --~- De Lork .If .,,; To1 "s' )ituated near the Henin Gate. this is Kauwekijnstraal 1 De Vijfwegen / ... a great location for visitors wishing-to 8900 vpres explore.the war past or the city of Vpres +32·57 21·20-01 800 metres from the E403. the Hoogstraat 190 The old'house has a very authentic [email protected] perfect base of operations fo_r trips 8800 Rumbe~e-(Roeselarel "" .... character. For groups of 30 to 52 www.meningate.com to·Bruges·Vpres-lCortrijk The hotel is ♦ ]2 S1 24 34 72 attractively furnished. You can enJoy lnfo@hotElvijfwegen be Number of beds 52 !6 rooms 1-4 p 8&B Half board' Full board a delicious meal or an aperitif on·the www hoteMJfwegen.be 5 rooms 5-8 pl no.so pp :u2.1spp 1£48.sopp. I terrace at Bistro Frogs ,., -otal capacity· 71 rooms - 22 people !l' '?' ~in~le -~~s_-89_~£_ __ Dolible t: 102 - 105 pp ~ ~ '?' The salient The Sal .-_54 -5? 1 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Peace Village Hostel The Popple1 112 -~-_, The hostel is '>el in the countryside of the NieuWkerkestraat 9a Home sweet home'for groups of up Gustilve de Stul!rsstraat 6 Mess mes Ridge. As a former battlefield 8957 Mesen to 129 and a minimum of 25 in the 8900 Vpres the view from the terraces is dott.ed with +32 57 22 60 40 h1storical,center of Ypres Located next to +32 57 21 20 01 cemeteries ilnd memorials The spa<1ous _, -F:i:t(ilf\::i~-,~::: 1nfo@pe_acevillage.be the mc.rket square of Ypres. The [email protected] duplell studios are all en·so1le and haoie www peacevillage.be Poppies 1 & 2 is the Ideal accommodation www.thepoppies be cosy & <□ ntamed set-up·aeSides several \.Ft-~jj_>.,.bf'i~ for history tours Your stay in these met!ling and conference rooms_ there B&B Half board Full board authentic. classic. old School Hotel is alw an own 1n·h □ use restaurant and :.::;·,,.•/:--:- .. I 8&8 Half•boi!.rd Full boa.rd €28 - €34 - ; €46 - , u.. . , - -.-· '·.,~ rnmbined with its unique location will bar n,e facilities iriclude a large parking -\/.-~;..>....__, ·1 t:30.50 pp t:42.25 p,p t:48.50 p,p Olpp _ _O7p_p_ i t:49p.p make your trip to the Ypres Sal1em· laundiy_ lockers bicycle storage bonfires I Coach drivers get free B&B unforgettable honesty bar & sports cupboard for each Free prospi-ct1on stays ~-j,..:;,~, ' ,_> group and many sport facilities incll.'Cling Number of beds· 734 !17 rooms 1-4 p two football-pilches. ba<;ketball ruurt. 12 rooms 5-8 p ,ap 1 room>> ·ping-pong. large chess game. etc. They alw provide assistance with t.ailoringyour itinerary and organised activities such as 11 ~ torch-lit evening walks on the Great War. beer t.ast1ng<, and pub games Delap Number of beds· 165 01 rooms 2 p 24 rooms 1-4 p. 8:rooms 6 pl De lep is just 25 minutes on foot from Poperingseweg 34 the centre of Ypres. This accorninodation 8900 Vpres 11 ;£ '?' <±, Is very popular_ with schools. The good •3257208811 price-quality ratio and the flexibility with [email protected] ~~~d-·~=-~~j regards-to meals are a plus A good place wwwde1epbe to rest after a busy day The friendly and -.:',, - .{~Li' oudeAbdU di!dicated staff ensures a ~uccessful stily -,~~ .·- ,.Jtll~ JI 8&B Half board full-board • le • ~~,r.._,._-~. . Host.el Groenlnghe This· hostel opened in .2015 and offers a Passion,stenlaan· la re!olaur,mt on-site. a bar. and two meeting asoo Kortrijk rooms The hostel is within walking +32 56 98 06 92 d1stan~e of the station-and historical [email protected] centre With Kortri;k close to the French www.jeugdherbergen:be/kortri;k border. this is an ideal city from which to e1tplore the north of France too B&B Half board Full board t:23.70- I € ~140- I t:43.40 - Number of beds: 123 !29 rooms 1-4p €48,40 . {56.l()pp jH8.10pp 9 rooms 5-8p.l _ Vou 56 -57.,' )leceived 1,y NSD/F:ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Units .. 12/08/201-7 4:1'8:45 PM· Trade & Press information I 7 DMC!llncomlng 2014-18 Flanders ITALV I [ QJ!e!'atQ!'S !'ieldfJ_11le Great TRADE Mayra Camppo" mayra.caroppo@v1s1tfianders com ! 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Please check opening.elates and times before travellinB- • · tra •[email protected] <~ Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/201] 4:.18:45 PM Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM /··~ /// ,.,,.~.....-:~-'-., 2014ml8• Flanders Fields I .1 ,ql··· -tllil, VISIT Fl.ANDERSFIELbS1418.C:OM IiFLANDERS ------5PM ~ 5 ~tlMISH MASTERS 20.18~2020 \ : ~\".. , Flanders (\: \statl:!.Qfthe Art \ t""' _.. ~,-~ s••,J . E:X PERI, ..r -. T ...Alt:: T THE------·-··------FLEM------•- - _..L-s_. ' ------MAST._.. ______~ '_ ·-~------ Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM I • • , • , • , • f, . ',.. - . .. THE FLEMISH MASTERS 2018-2020 AT THE PINNAG_E OF ARTISTIC INVENTION FROM TH.E MIDDLE AGES ONWARDS, FLANDERS WAS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE FAMOUS ART MOVEMENTS OF THE TIME: PRIMITIVE, RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE. FOR A PERIOD OF SOME 250 YEARS, IT WAS THE PLACE TO MEET AND EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE MOST ADMIRED ARTISTS IN WESTERN EUROPE. THREE PRACTITION.E.R_S I_N PARTI_CUl.j\R, VAN EYCK, BRU.EGEt A.ND RUBENS ROSE TO PROMINENCE DURING THIS TIME AND CEMENTED THEIR PLACE IN THE PANTHEON OF ALL-TIME GREATEST MASTERS. 3 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit · 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM FLANDERS WAS THEN A MELTING POT OF ART AND -CREATIVITY. SCIENCE AND INVENTION. AND STILL TODAY IS A REGION THAT BUSTLES WITH VITALITY AND INNOVATION. The "Flemish Masters· project has THE i=(E'141SH MASTERS: been established for the inquisitive PROJECT_ 20)8-2020 . . traveller who enjoys learning about others as much as about him or The Flemish Masters project focuses Significant infrastructure herself. It is intended for those on the life and legacies of van Eyck. investments in tourism and culture who. like the Flemish Masters in Bruegel and Rubens active during are being made throughout their time, are lookins: to immerse the 15u,, 16th and 1r-h centuries, as well Flanders in order to-deliver a_n themselves in new cultures and new as inany other notable artists of the optimal visitor experience. In insights. ti_me. addition. a programme of high quality events and exhibitions From 2018 through to 2020, Many of the works by these original with international appeal will be VISITFLANDERS is hosting an Flemish Masters can be admired all organised throughout 2018, 2019 a_bundance of activities and events over the world but there is no doubt and 2020. that will entice visitors from all over that the experience is truer and the world to come and explore the more powerful when they are seen in THERE ARE THREE MUST-SEE Flemish Masters and their works Flanders, where the art works were HIGHLIGHTS: and will leave them inspired and created. On a vi.sit to Flanders visitors enriched by the experience. can walk through the actual house . 1. In 2018 the city of Antwerp will where Rubens lived and worked. see celebrate its baroque cultur- the landscapes that inspired Pieter al heritage and the baroque Bruegel the Elder, and discover an lifestyle that is undeniably part original painting by van Eyck in , of the city's DNA. 'Antwerp the exact location depicted in the Baroque 2018. Rubens as an painted scene. inspiration • will connect Rubens 4 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM The N~therlarids / ' Germany Franc.- with his baroque heritage in 2. In 2019 there will be numerous the southern Netherlands several cultural disciplines and events in Brussels, Antwerp 1525-1585'. a series of events and exhibi and all over Flanders. marking tions. culminating in the open the 450th anniversary of 3. After its painstaking restora ing of the R.ubens Experience Bruegel's .death in 1569 .. tion the magnificenf Ghent Center and the reaopening of Altarpiece wil.1 return to the the Royal Museum of Fine In spring 2019, Bruegel will St Bavo's Cathedral in 2020. Arts Antwerp in 2019. be omnipresent in Brussels, Merely the latest in a long line as the city will honour its of_restorations, the last one was The museum is .not only a forme'r inhabitant with several carried out in the early 1950s. true Rubens· treasure trove. exquisite exhibitions and a this one is certainly the most but it also houses some of the city-wide programme of events. remarkable and impressive of finest Flemish Primitive·s art Autumn 2019 will bring Bruegel them all. including Jan van Eyck's Saint to Antwerp, where the newly Barbara and Madonna at the refurbished museum of Fine Fountain and Rogier van der Arts Antwerp opens with a Weyden's Seven Sacraments must-see exhibition: 'BRUEGE~S Altarpiece. CENTURY. Art in Antwerp and 5 Received byNSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received byNSD/FARA Registra,tion Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM FLEMISH MASTERS PROGRAMME 2018 - 2020 2018-19 TRAVEL WITH RUBENS TO HIS HOMETOWN ANTWERP p. 8 2019 EXPERIENCE THE WORLD OF BRUEGEL p. 26 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM 2020 THE GHENT ALTARPIECE IS COMING HOME p. 40 r l, ·.· "'i-.i:, --- t, :,_i)~_i,;ti ';~ -~:::-.-" 2018-20 BRUGES, HOMETOWN OF THE FLEMISH PRIMITIVES p. 47 DISCOVER THE FLEMISH MASTERS OFF THE BEATEN TRACK p. 53 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 · 4: 18:45 PM \ ' : :1 . ·'IJ .. "·,I TRAVEL WITH RUBENS'.: . i ! TO HIS HOMETOWN ANTWERP . : PETER PAUL RUBENS IS MOSTLY KNOWN AS A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST, BUT HE WAS ALSO AN ESTEEMEO DIPLOMAT, POLYGL~T ANO COLI.ECTOR. HE IS ONE OFTHE MOST FAMOUS INHABITANTS OF ANTWERP. HIS BRI.LLIANCE LIVES ON ANO HE IS STILL VERY MUCH PART OF THE CITY, AND NOT ONLY IN ITS BAROQUE PAINTINGS ANO ARCHITICTURE. RUBENS 15 A GREAT INSPIRATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS ANO THE A-TYPICAL WAY OF LIFE OFTHE CITY ANO ITS INHABITANTS. 9 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM and Jacob Jordaens. The studio produced hundreds of Rubens was born in 1577 creations and paintings, many . in Siegen !in present-day specifically to order. Germany!, but soon moved to Antwerp with his mother after his father died when ADIPlOMATIC GAREER he was young. It was there that he learnt to paint, taking A favourite of Archduchess in_struction from artists such Isabella. Rubens became as Tobias Verhaecht, Adam increasingly involved in van Noort and Otto van Veen. diplomatic missions on her behalf. It was he who In 1600. he travelled to finally brokered a peace Rome and Venice in Italy. deal between Spain and and then later to Spain. It England, a move that would was clear even then that he eventually lead to a cessation was no ordinary talent as of hostilities between the he soon began to receive Spanish and the Dutch. close Royal commissions from both allies of the English. courts. Rubens was a highly esteemed court guest all over Europe with many contemporaries considering him as skilled a diplomat In 1608, he returned to as he was painter. He was Antwerp as the official court by then almost universally painter to the Low Countries, revered as an artist without a title bestowed on him by rival. A.rchduke A.1.bert of Austria and Isabella of Spain. It was During his travels he at this time that he bought secured many high-profile a house and land on wapper assignments. including square - right in the centre c_ommission·s such as the of today's Antwerp - and creation of 24 paintings set about redesigning it celebrating the life of Maria completely. de Medici for the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris. Inspired by the architecture of Roman Antiquity and the Renaissance. Rubens drew up the pla_ns for the renovati.on himself. and turned an In 1630, Rubens returned ordinary Flemish house into to Flande.rs for good a.nd a 'palazzo·. He extended the bought Elewijt castle outside home considerably adding a Brussels. There he painted studio, a garden pavilion and his largest commission to a domed sculpture museum. date, namely 112 works to There was _also a magnificent decorate the Royal Hunting portico offering a beautiful Lodge in Madrid, the Torre de view of the courtyard garden . la Parada. These were finally and the garden pavilion. The finished in 1638 only and were result was magnificent. From duly dispatched to Spain. then on. his studio would become a hive of activity Rubens· health was beginning with many employees and to deteriorate, and he died i.n students, some of who went 1640 aged 62, at his home on to be famous in their own Antwerp's Wapper Square. right, like Anthony van Dyck Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM i I '«i?_ ~ ANTWERP BAROQUE 2018. RUBENS AS AN INSPIRATION Antwerp is the only city in the world to be so permeated in every respect by Peter Paul Rubens and his baroque legacy. "Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rube_ris as a_n i_nspiratlon" is an opportunity to experience Rubens and baroque in many intense and unique ways. 11 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Rece1vecfby NSDlFAM Registrcttion Unit I2/08/201 T 4: 18:45 PM ...... THANKS TO ANTWERP'S! AN ANTWERP STATE'. CULTURAL IDENTITY: -OFMIND• RUBENS. THE Rubens· house - today one of the The tradition for new and eccentric CONTEMPORARY city's major museums - is a baroque architecture continues and baroque classic, and there are sti II many like buildings are being added BAROQUE SPIRIT stylish churches in the city from this to Antwerp's skyline all the time, era. Indeed, many of Antwerp's great including Richard Rogers' Court OF ANTWERP contemporary artists continue to House and zaha Hadid's Port LIVES ON. -. be inspired by Rubens' extravagant House - both well'worth the visit in baroque tradition, creating an themselves. authentic and distinctive joie de vivre in the city. the word Baroque is derived from the Portuguese word 'barocco· meaning. 'irregular pearl or stone·. .. This is perhaps the perfect metaphor for Antwerp as it evokes something mysterious. multifaceted and difficult to pin down. while remaining classic and amazingly contemporary at the same time. 12 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM -~---- .(. ------::-' - I. j .. { L l J ' ANTWERP BAROQUE 2018. RUBENS AS AN INSPIRATION In 2018, the City of Antwerp will pay tribute to Peter Paul _Rubens and his baroque, cultural legacy. Rubens is often Identified with the Baroque an.d is an icon for Antwerp. Even today Rubens is an important source of inspiration for contemporary artists and_ the atypical lifestyle of the city and its inhabitants. In his wake, Antwerp artists have continued to innovate, culminating in a certainjoie de vivre that is typical of our city. T.he Baroque festival establishes a dialogue between Rubens's historic Baroque with the work of contemporary Baroque masters, including Jan Fabre, Luc Tuymans and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. This will lead to promising exhibitions, performances and events, with several new artistic creations, some of which will be permanently installed in the city. The opening ceremony for the new Rubens Experience Center in 2019 marks the close of the Baroque festival. SUMMER 2018 o o AUTUMN 2018 OPENING WEEKEND EXPERIENCE TRAPS CLOSER TO BAROQUE CELEBRATION BAROQUE LIFE IN MIDDELHEIM MUSEUM MUSEUM AAN DE ITROOM (MAIi THE CITY PAUL KOOIKER COK.E.RYE.N I PHOTO, FILM, FOOD MICHAEUNA~ • PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM OF ROCKOX AND SNYDERS HOUSE RUBENS HOUSE1,j ANTWERP IFOMUI MONUMENTAL CHURCHES SANGUINE. LUC TUYMANS ON'. L MONUMENTAL CHURCHES BAROQUE. i' BAROQUE BOOK DESIGN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY.- f MUSEUM PLANTIN-MORETUS 2018 ART (M HKAlf; i '1.-,: ,______.\ --.,, l;!ERMANENT OFFER )}.ji.. ,Bf~ERFORMING.~RTS · I·.'- .::-:z::~.:.:.:: .._ .,,,-,,.>:::-, -:::·-- :,,t· >,: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 01 14 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: I 8:45 PM 1 \ MAS 2 \ GROENPLAATS 3 \ ROCK.OX HOUSE 4 \ MUSEUM PLANTIN•HORETUS 5 \ GARDEN AT RUBENS HOUSE 6 \ LUC TUYMANS AUTUMN 2019 OPENING OF RUBENS EXPERIENCE CENTER OPENING EXHIBITION 2019 DESIGNED BY RUBENS PERMANENT OFFER & PERFORMING ARTS - ~~.-...... i.'..: . ..._ ,, ~ ~ : ...-- 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 01 15 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS 2018. hibition of the work of this Baroque SUMMER 2018 artist · -OPENING WEEKEND: PRACTICAL INFORMATION ------· ' ' RUBENS, THE A BAROQUE CELEBRATION OF LIFE www tubenshuis be BAROQUE The Opening Weekend will trans RUBENS HOUSE AND ITS form the city into a stage for three Wapper 9 - 11, Antwerp CONTEMPORARY whole days. The program, entirely INFLUENCES in the Bamque style, marks not only OPENING HOURS the ol)ening of three major exhibi FROM 1 JUNE TO 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 WILL BE tions, but also includes fiamboyant Tue - Fri: 10 am - 5 pm CENTRAL TO location theater, music, dance, and of !last tickets sold at 4 pml EVENTS IN THE course. fireworks! Sat - Sun: 10 am - 5 pm CITY FOR THE !last tickets sold at 4 pml ENTIRE YEAR PRACTICAL INFORMATION Oosed: Mondays 2018. Various locations in the city TICKETS From 1 to 3 june 2018 Individual: 10 EURO Concessions, trade and groups of 12 TICKETS or more:: 8 EURO • Free Under 12 years, Festival card: free MICHAELINA 1 •SANGUINE.: 'LUC TUYMANS 0111 The exhibition devoted to Michaelina ,l'A~0Ql.JE! . ·-· - - wautier 0617?-1689! will demon strate the exceptional talent of an The Antwerp-based artist Luc artist who grew up at a time when Tuyman_s will contra.st works from female artists were a rarity. Wautier historical baroque and contemporary was not afraid to produce large masters at the Museum of Contem scale history paintings~ a challenge porary Art, Antwerp. A selection of that many male painters shied away baroque pieces has been selected from. The 26 known works by her from the collection at the Royal hand are remarkable for their daring Museum of Fine Arts with contempo subject matter and superior pictorial rary work chosen by Luc Tuymans. technique. From Rubens to Wim Delvoye. From caravaggio to Ed Kienholz. The exhibition devoted to Michaelina Wautier is the first retrospective ex- 16 , Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM PRACTICAL INFORMATION MIDDELHEIM MUSEUM Middelheimlaan 61. Antwerp www.muhka.be + va_riOus locations in the city M HKA Leuvensestraat 32. Antwerp OPENING HOURS FROM 1 JUNE TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2018 . OPENING HOURS IUNE - JULY: Tue- Su.n: 10 am - 9 pm FROM 1 JUNE TO 16 SEPTEMBER 2018 AUGUST Tue - Sun: 10 am - 8 pm Tue - Sun: 11 am - 6 pm SEPTEMBER: tue - Suri: 10 am - 7 pm ,ART SHOWS, DANCE AND Thu: 11 am - 9 pm . 11-1IJSIC IN 11-l<;)t-l.l,J~~NTAL . TICKETS TICKETS Free 'CH!JRCHES Individual: 10 EURO Antwerp has five monumental Concessions. trade and groups of 12 or more: 8 EU RO churches where Baroque and the Under 12 year;, Festival card: free Rubens· living environment come to .PAUL KOC>IKERi life 'in situ·. The majestic cathedral of Our Lady. St. Paul's Church. St. At FOMU. the Rubenesque is laid Aild.rew·s. carolus Borfomeus Church bare. and contextu.alised with work and the recently restored St. James· EXPERIENCE rRAPS by Dutch artist Paul Kooiker. Church. These churches belonged to the most enthusiastic commissioners The Middelheim Museum is high PRACTICAL INFORMATION of new work from Rubens and his lighting the contemporary legacy contemporaries. In 2018 this perma of the Baroque. by emphasizing the nent display is being brought even tension between the natural and the closer to the visitor Rubens· master artificial. FOMU !Museum of Photography> pieces in the cathedral. the Baroque Waalsekaai 47. Antwerp master at work as an architect.in The grotto, the ma_ze. t_he tableau Carolus Borromeus. his burial chapel vivant the folly, the fountain, the OPENING HOURS in St. James· Church. Nowhere else trompe l'oeil - each ofthese baroque FROM 29 JUNE TO 07 OCTOBER 2018 can you get so close to this rich past. motifs inspires international contem Tuesday - Sunday. 10 am - 6 pm porary artists to create new works. But there's more. Antwerp Baroque . at the crOSSroad_s between architec TICKETS 2018 is building bridges with the ture. sculpture and installation. spe' Individual: 8 EURO. Groups: 6 EURO present bY way of contemporary cifically for the Middelheim Museum Trade: s EURO. interventions, from· visual art to and public spaces in the city. that Under 26 years: 3 EURO dance and music which always will beguile. surprise, impress the Free: Under 18 years. Festival card found inspiration in Rubens· work. St. public. Andrew's concentrates on contem porary designs of chasubles. research PRACTICAL INFORMATION is being carried out in Rubens· burial chapel in the hope of making Ruben's www middelheimmuseum be biography even more complete. St. 17 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM carolus Borromeus Church is the Trade & concession 4 EURO backdrop for dance creations by the Free !festival cardl renowned choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. A walk around these churches immerses the visitor in a wonderful wo~d of fine arts, inspira Sint Andriesstraat 7/4, Antwerp !entrance through Waaistraatl tion and wonder. Lange Nieuwstraat 73-75, Antwerp OPENING HOURS PRACTICAL INFORMATION OPENING HOURS FROM 1 JUNE TO 31 DECEMBER 2018 1 JUNE TO 31 OCTOBER 2018 Mo - Sun: 9 am - 12 am & 2 am - 5 Mon - Sun: 2. pm - 5 pm pm Closed: Sat: 9 am - 10 pm; Sun:9 am New altarpieces by Jan Fabre in the 1 NOVEMBER TO 31 DECEMBER 2018 to 12 pm historic St. Augustine Church Sat - sun: 2 pm - s pm TICKETS ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH TICKETS Free Kammenstraat 81. Antwerp Individual: 3 EURO Trade and concession: 2 EURO MUSIC & DANCE IN OPENING HOURS under 12 years: Festival Cilrd: free Inauguration: 15 AUGUST 2018 RUBENS' ARCHITECTURE Open to public openingdays tbc CHARLES ll()RRQMEUS-~ -~HURCH TICKETS tbc: free !festival cardl Hendrik Conscienceplein 12, Ant werp Sint Paulusstraat 22. Antwerp !entrance through Veemarkt 141 OPENING HOURS FROM 1 JUNE TO 31 DECEMBER 2018 OPENING HOURS Handschoenmarkt, Antwerp Mon - Sat: 10 am - 1.30 pm 1 JUNE TO 31 OCTOBER2018 and 2pm - s pm Mon - Sun: 2 pm - 5 pm OPENING HOURS Closed on Sundays and holidays FROM 1 JUNE TO 31 DECEMBER 2018 NOVEMBER DECEMBER 1 TO 31 2018 Music & dance performances: dates Mon - Fri: 10 am - 5 pm Sat - Sun: 2 pm - 5 pm Sat: 10 am-3 pm tbc Sun and holidays: 1 pm - 4 pm TICKETS Free TICKETS Individual 6 EURO 18 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM SD/FARA R~g -, ·_. _· .... . ·_-' -_ I . ' . AUTUMN 2018 'coi 19 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM UNIQUE RUBENS'- ACTIVITIES-- - - - I FOR TOUR GROUPS. FESTIVAL CARCf2018·. GUIDED WALKING TOUR GUIDED EXHIBITION IN RUBENS' FOOTSTEPS.- ,!QlJRS! ---- The Festival card is the best value way of experiencing all of Baroque The Rubens walking Tour begins In Dutch / English / French / Antwerp. The card allows free in the vicinity of the SCheldt. the German. Italian and Spanish on admission to the current exhibitions river that brought Antwerp wealth request. and the cathedral, plus discounts to and enabled its artists to flourish. Depending on the museum. many other events and attractions, The tour takes participants down groups of min. 15 persons to max. and free use of the city's public the neighbouring narrow streets 20 persons transport The card also comes with past stonemasons· houses and - 75 EURO lexcl. booking feel a handy information guide with bankers' residences into the city information on all the must-see centre_. It t.hen passes hip antique More information: baroque locations. a voucher booklet and fashion shops.before reaching wwwvisitantwerpen be/barOQu.e and corres housed i.n a handy pouch. the high point Rubens house itself. Available in Dutch) English / More information: French/ Ge_rman.lta.1.ian / Spanish www.visitantwerpen.be/baroque on request. LAtE.:.NIGHT OPENINGS. - Max. 20 participants -~NC>_S_p_ECl~L RE~l:PTION~i - 85 EURO le_xcL booking feel ANTWERP MUSEUM APP Bookings should _be made at least 3 - Exclusive visits and opening hours weeks in cldvance via: - Visits behind the scenes, including THE BAR9QlJI: EDITION . wwwvisitantwerpen be private organ concerts i.n historic churches Antwerp is a real treat for baroque More information: - Creative workshops in printing, and Rubens lovers. There's a wealth www.visitantwerpen.be engraving, bookbinding of art. history and baroquejoie de wwwvisitantwerpen be/baroque. vivre to discover. Enjoy tours and Please contact walks, but also tips from locals. ········---···-·-···--·-··--·····------baroque©stad.antwerpen.be This app will be the ultimate guide to exploring the baroque wealth BAROQUE tqlJ~s and hidden secrets of the city. BYLOCAL!i; PRACTICAL - Baroque tours. walks and tips A network of enthusiastic fans of INFORMATION available in March 201.8. 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Detailed programme online or from March 2017 at www.visitantwerpen.be/baroque from October 2017: wwwvisitantwe[l)e□ be/baroque QUESTIONS? barqquecastad antwerpen be wwwvisitantwerpen.be/baroque T +32 (0)3 201 15 57 20 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS 2019 OPENING RUBENS EXPERIENCECCENTREI Meet one of the most versatile travelled in his time and shows artists ever: Peter Paul Rubens. how he has remained famous right Explore his palazzo and studio. th rough to the present day. ! pay a visit to his friends and relatives, travel around Europe A visit to the Rubens Experience in the company of this diplomat Centre is the ideal starting point for and discover why his name still a Rubens Experience in Antwerp. The resonates Well into the 21st centre provides direct access to the century. In the brand-new Rubens Rubens House. the Rubenianum and Experience Centre, uncover the Rubens' garden, as well as everything mystery of one of ttie greatest else related to Rubens in the city. artists ever. right in his hometown of Antwerp. PRACTICAL INFORMATION Meet Peter Paul Rubens the man, www.visitantwerpen.be/baroque artist. Antwerper, businessman and diplomat. And Rubens himself ;RUBENS EXPERIENCE CENTRE guides and hosts visitors in a virtual ·Hopland, Antwerp world dedicated to the Master's Neighbourhood of the Rubens life and work. Drawing together, as House it does, special effects, innovative interactive features and full-scale TRADE CONTACT evocations, the Rubens Experience [email protected] Centre extends over three T +32 IOl3 20115 57 interactive galleries and includes multiple different experiences. In OPENING HOURS the first gallery is Rubens at work in Autumn 2019 Music, theatre, his studio or busy at home talking opera and other with his friends and family. In the TICKETS art forms will second gallery Rubens shows off hi_s Admission included in ticket for beloved city: Antwerp. A sensational Rubens House be performed at virtual walk through the city takes Individual: 8 EURO Antwerp's leading visitors past the places that are Concession ·and trade: 6 EU RO important in Rubens' life and art. Under 12 years, Antwerp City Card: venues by The route includes the Cathedral free companies of of Our Lady, St Charles Borromeo·s Church, St Paul's Church and St global stature. James· Church, as well as the houses From June to of his friends Nicholaas Rockox, Frans Snyders, Christophe Plantin December 2018. and Jacob Jordaens. In the third room, Rubens guides a joutney to Italy and Spain. where he himself 21 Received byNSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/20.17 4:18:45 PM 'Designed by Rubens' focuses on a remarkable PRACTICAL INFORMATION aspect of the oeuv.re of this brilliant artist: Rubens as a designer of exclusive, luxury art www rubens.tlu.it.bt objects in costly materials such as silver, ivory and bronze. It was during his stay in Italy that RU BENS HOU SE Rubens first saw such objects. In his studio Wappet 9 - 11, Antwerp in Antwerp, Rubens embraced this artistic challenge by making designs for such precious TRADE CONTACT showpieces. For their execution, he turned [email protected] to young, talented artist friends, such as the T +32 (Q)~ 20115 57 German sculptor Georg Petel 11601/02-1634), and the Flemish sculptors Artus I Quellinus OPENING HOURS 11609-1668) and Lucas Faydherbe 11617-16971. Autumn 2019 For the first time ever, some thirty designs TICKETS !paintings, oil sketches and drawings! and the tbc objects themselves will be brought together in a fascinating exhibition. TRADE CONTACT [email protected] - T +32 (Ol3 20115 57 MORE INFORMATION FROM OCTOBER 2017 ON www.visitantwerpen.be/barnque 22 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM PERMANENT RUBENS & BAROQUE OFFER. ANYONE WHO SAYS ANTWERP. THINKS RUBENS In no other city in the world will you find as many tangible reminders of Rubens as in Antwerp, for he spent most of his life Hving and working there. It was where he received his training. where he experienced family joys and sorrows. and where he welcomed princes and dignitaries as a diplomat for the Low Countries. It was also the place where he did his painting, becoming by popular acdaim, the greatest painter of his era. His presence is stiil keenly felt in the city. His statue welcomes visitors to the Groen piaats and more than fifty of his works are on display in various museums and churches, often in the setting for which they were created. His home, studio and grave are all located in Antwerp. RUBENS HO_USE_; Peter Paul Rubens 11577-1640) according to his own designs. Fourment. He was 53 years old personally welcomed many a visitor to include a garden screen and at the time. Rubens's self-portrait to the Rubens House. The Master pavilion. a sculpture museum and will undergo some much-needed lived here for many years with his a studio. The garden screen and restoration. The masterpiece will family, and painted with colleagues pavilion are currently in need of return to public during the 'Antwerp and assistants in the studio that restoration. owing to pollution and Baroque year 2018' urban cultural he designed himself. Much of his water seepage. Renovation work is festival. _Restored to his original extensive oeuvre originated in this scheduled for 2017-2019. Until work splendor. Rubens will be the event's house. in the heart of Antwerp. begins. a wooden construction is magnificent host. supporting the scallop-shell motif Here. Rubens shows who he really of the garden screen. The on-site PRACTICAL INFORMATION was: painter. art collector. father. restoration work can be observed friend, architect and teacher. His first-hand. www rubeoshuis be most famous and without a doubt his most talented collaborator was RESTAURATION RUBENS HOUSE Anthony van Dyck 11599-16411. He RUBEN_S' SE_LF-PORTRAIT Wapper 9•11. Antwerp was an extraordinary artist whose qualities Rubens quickly spotted. The Rubens House is utterly TRADE CONTACT And in truth, he was Rubens' first unique. home to a collection of Visit Antwerp serious rival. Later. while working in masterpieces by Rubens himself, tickets@visitantwerpeo be Italy and London,_Van Dyck emerged · as well as his colleagues and T +32 1013 232 01 03 as a virtuoso portraitist van Dyck's contemporaries. One such is portraits in the Rubens House Rubens's self-portrait. The artist TICKETS illustrate his unfailing sensitivity and paiiited himself surprisingly ra.rely. Individual: 8 EURO brilliant technique. and when he did so, he always Conces_sions. trade and groups of 12 represented himself as a confident or more: 6 EU RO GARDEN PAVILION and distinguished gentleman. never as a painter. The portrait is Peter Paul Rubens purchased his traditionally dated to 1630, the year house in 1610. He had it extended. in which Rubens married Helena 23 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM '.ROYAi,. MU~EU~j OF FINE ARTS "ANT~RPF Currently closed for renovation, it will reopen autumn 2019. It will be worth the wait as it houses one of the finest Rubens collections in Belgium. PRACTICAL INFORMATION ROYAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ANTWERP Leopold de waelplaats 2, Antwerp TRADE CONTACT Birgit Pluvier bi[[email protected] T +32(013 224 95 67 The former residence of the Antv,,erp ma yor at the time, Nicolaas Rockox, and a friend and patron of Rubens is a treasure trove of baroque art. PRACTICAL INFORMATION www.roclcoxhuis.be ROCKOX HOUSE Keizerstraat 10-12, Antwerp TRADE CONT ACT Patrick Wuytack [email protected] T +32 1013 201 92 50 MUSEUM---- -·---- Pi.ANTfN.:MoREfus'- •-· UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE The house of Rubens· good friend, door Baltha.sar Moretus, grandson of Christop he Plantin, and the place where many of his engravings were printed. PRACTICAL INFORMATION MUSEUM PLANTIN-MORETUS Vrijdagsmarkt 2, Antwerp TRADE CONTACT [email protected] T +32 10)3 232 01 03 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM OPENING HOURS TRADE CONTACT Tue - Sun: 10 am - 5 pm Elisabeth Michiels ·st--cHARLES" B6RRoME6i Closed Mondays. 1 January. 1 May, e michiels@dekathedraal be AND ST. PAUL'S CHURCHES Ascention Day. 1 November. 25 T +32 !013 213 99 51 December Rubens· talents as an ecclesiastical Exceptionally open on Easter Mon OPENING HOURS baroque architect are clearly visible day and Whit Monday Mon - Fri: 10 am - 5 pm in these two churches. Sat10am-3pm TICKETS Sun & bank holidays: 1 pm - 4 pm PRACTICAL INFORMATION Individual: 8 EURO Concessions. trade and groups of 12 TICKETS MONUMENTAL CHURCHES or more: 6 EU RO Individual: 6 EURO ANTWERP AUDIO GUIDE: Available in Dutch, Trade: 4 EURO French. English. German and www.mkaweb.be Spanish. and can be obtained at reception for 2 EURO ST G.HARLES BORROMEO ST. JAME~'.~~H_LJRC!-1 i Hendrick Conscienceplein 12 1-.------Antwerp This is where the artist was laid .THE cAtHEDRAC oi=: to rest Rubens chose the painting ST PAUL CHURCH OUR LADY ; -- .... for the altar: his own ·our Lady Sint-Paulusstraat 22 ------~ surrounded by the saints: Antwerp Four masterpieces by Rubens are TRADE CONTACT on perma.nent display. Eight a.ltar PRACTICAL INFORMATION Marieke D'Hooghe pieces from the collection of the marieke d'[email protected] be Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp MONUMENTAL CHURCHES are the highlights of the exhibition ANTWERP Reunion. www.mkaweb.be From Quinten Metsijs to Peter Paul Rubens. Until end of 2018. ST JAMES CHURCH Lange Nieuwstraat 73 PRACTICAL INFORMATION Antwerp CATHEDRAL OF OUR LADY TRADE CONTACT Groenplaats 21. Antwerp Marieke D'Hooghe marieke.d'[email protected] be 25 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM I· .. ' EXPERIENCE THE WORLD OF BRUEGEL 2019 ' WHILE VERY UTllJ/ IS KNOWN ABOUT THE LIFE OF PIETER BRUEGE~ 'tHE ELDER, HUCH . CAN BE DEDUCED. BY STUllYING.HIS PAINTl"NGS AND BY LOOKING BAO<. AT THE TIMES ' ' ' ' .• ·, • • . • • ; . ' < HE LIVED IN'. HE WAS A l:flG_HLY INVENTIVE ARTIST, WHO PROFOUNDLY INFLUENCED ·. THEJHAG!':'ATIO['!S AND PEl'KEPTIOJ,IS OF SUCCEEDI.NG GENER/\TIO~, ' ' ,.-·-···- -- ·--·•-· ------•---· ·,,,_._, __ ~·-- ---~--~ --·- 27 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit .. lZ/08/2()17.·4:1 ."5 PM'":. :z_:· ":· aa ~ M@~ ~[M~ ~ -· ...... --~ ,..:~i--~·, r .,t·_·, ,, ., . ,.... ~ .- "K- . t l .·. THE EIIIIGM~ OF PIETEif; Giulio Clovio when in Rome. Museum of Fi~e Arts in Brus 1 for three paintings by him sels. while th~ iconic painting 'BRl)EGEL TH~ ELDER - were listed in the latte_(s will The Dune Gri~t' (Mad Meg> can The reality is we know very of 1578. Sadly none of these be viewed in the Mayer van little about his life with works have survived. den Bergh Museum in Ant certainty. and this makes him werp. This m~seum also owns a truly enigmatic figure. He Around 1554 Bruegel returned the 12 hand-painted wooden was obviously fascinated by to Antwerp. probably by plates by Bruegel. each depict nature. humanity and humour. way of the Alps. This jour ing a well-kndwn proverb. and therefore doesn't quite ney resulted in a number of fit the mould as this or that exquisite mountain landscape FAMII.Y I.IFE 'type' of artist. drawings. These sketches. :1N BRl,ISS~LS) Two early sources suggest which formed the basis for that Bruegelwas most likely many of his later paintings. In 1563. Bruegel moved to born between the years of were not records of actual Brussels to b~ closer to the 1525 and 1530 for it is recorded places but "composites· made centre of money. power .and that he became a free mas in order to study the organic potential clients. It was a hub ter in the Guild of St Luke, life of forms in nature. for artists and the new urban Antwerp in 1551. This leads us nobility. In the same year. to conclude that he probably AN ARTIST BY TRADE' he married Mayken Coecke. served his apprenticeship with daughter of Pieter Coecke and the master cr"aftsr'nan and From the mid-16'" century Mayken verh~lst. in Brussels' well-known tapestry designer, onwards. Bruegel began to be Notre-Dame de la Chapelle architect and sculptor. Pieter more professionally active. By Church, and li~ed nearby. This Coecke van Aelst between 1552. he had established his area was a particularly pros 1545 and 1550. It was perhaps first contacts with the print perous neighbourhood in the during this apprenticeship publisher Hieronymus Cock 16th-century and not far from that coecke's wife. Mayken and it is from this epoch that Charles V's main residence Verhulst. might have trained we have his earliest surviving at the Coudenberg Palace at him as a manuscript illumi drawings which can still be Mont des Arts. nator. seen today: the. collection of Bruegel's graphic production Bruegel died in 1569 and is THE GUILD'______which is kept by the Royal buried in the same church in Library of Belgium. ranks as OF SAINT LUKE which he married, the No among the richest world-wide. tre-Dame de la Chapelle. near It is also home to a collection the Sablan in.Brussels. Both Membership of the Guild of about 90 rare high-quality of Saint Luke in Antwerp of Bruegel's sOns. Pieter (the prints as well as three master Younger> and Jan CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BRUEGEL, 1 450 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATij. i 2019 wil.1 be the Y 30 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM ' Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 8:45 PM BRUSSELS REGIO BRUSSELS EXHIBITIONS BRUSSELS OPENING BRUEGEL VISITOR THE WORLD OF BRUEGEL EXHIBITIONS CEN~RE . IN BLACK AND WHITE FEAST OF FOOLS: I 2019 I I ROYAL LIBRARY BRUEGEL A~TWE~P BACK TO BRUEGEL REDISCOVERED EXHIBITIONS. EXPERIENCE THE 16TH GAASBEEK CASTLE BRU EGELS CENTURY. ART IN 1 CENTURY THE WORLD OF ANTWERP AND THE SOUTHERN I ROYAL MUSEUMS OF ART BRUEGEL NETHERLANDS 1525-1585 I AND HISTORY BOKRIIK ROY,AL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BERNARD VAN ORLEY: THE BRUEGEL'S GAZE: ANT;WERP IKMSKAJ ROAD TO BRUEGEL IREICONSTRUCTION OF · THE;W.ORLD UPSIDE DOWN: BOZAR A LANDSCAPE BRU.EGEL'S LAST YEARS IN ST. ANNA PEDE ANtWERP >\i'·• . MUSEUM MAYER VAN DEN BERGH PERMANENT OFFER 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 1 08 09 10 11 12 01 EXPERIENCE BRUEGEL IN BRUSSELS SPRING 2019 ,'rHe·woRip'QF BRi,JEGELi and give their thoughts on the work. TICKETS 1IN .BLACK.AND WHITE1 so that when they leave, Bruegel INDIVIDUAL: 9 EURO ---~--~---"--~---' -~------·- -"'·'----'---'-· __ , ___ "'- . will no longer be the Bruegel of the GROUP (min 6 • max 251: 6 EURO pp. ROYAL LIBRARY OF BELGIUM 'Peasant Wedding' but the Bruegel We strongly recommend you order with that extraordinary imaginative tickets online through a special The AajaJ Library has a ron\pletl! and capacify. website : 31 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Urtit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM .. • ;IjACK TO BRUEGETL. __ Halle/Hallepoort Ravensteinstraat 23, EXPERIENCE THE 16TH. TRAM: 3. 55. 90: alight at Porte de 1000 Brussels CENJIJB:Vf ... - . Halle/Hallepoort BUS: 48, 136. 137, 365 A alight at TRADE CONTACT Porte de Halle/Hallepoort [email protected] HALLE GATE (ROYAL MUSEUMS OF CAR PARKS: parking 'Porte de Hal' T +32 1012/507 83 36 ART AND HISTORY) nearby the museum !paying. 500 places) OPENING HOURS Built in 1381. the mythical Halle SPRING2019 Gate. pan of the second set of Tue • sun: 10 am • 6 pm defensive walls that endosed Thu: 10 am • 9 pm Brussels. will open a virtual door BERNARD into Bruegel's universe. It will be an V.1i"i.f Visiting the Centre for Fine Arts opportunity for visitors to discover . ORLEY:THE RQA'i:>: in a group offers personalised the hot topics of the 16th century TO BRUEGEL; ------~------~ ' •• ,., J information and free catalogues as if they were there: catholicism provided booking is made in versus the Reformation. the BOZAR (CENTRE FOR FINE ARfSl advance (within the context of exploration of the world. war. special offers!, easy terms and peace. cultllre. art ... in a unique Bernard van Orley 11488·1541! reduced price tickets for all events building that this Flemish Maste.r owned one of the largest and guided tours of exhibitions; himself will have seen daily and ateliers of his era and played a passed through while he worked fundamental role in the artistic ATTENTION I and lived in Brussels. life of Brussels in the first hair of The centre for Fine Arts does not the 16'" century. He. is therefore allow outsid~ guides/speakers. Teaser films on big screens will considered an important link I bring Bruegel's paintings to life. between the Flemish Primitives RATES , Visitors will hear and see Mad Meg and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. For one guide: ti· 97 EURO herself and experience many other (weekends and evening visits!: Max characters that the artist captured With this exhibition on Van 15 pers./guioe in his paintings. A virtual tour, Orley, Brussels will host a long I combined with authentic museum anticipated world premiere. PARKING FOR COACHES: rue pieces will bring the artist's world as for both historical and cardinal Mercier/ Kardinaal to life. vis.itors of this yearlong logistical reasons Brussels is Mercierstraat' exhibition will also be able to take the only location where a large a stroll around the ramparts of the retrospective of this Flemish Halle Gate and admire the Brussels' master can be achieved. skyline. In 2019 vario~s organ·isations will As his work is still on display in PRACTICAL INFORMATION offer guided 'walks. musical events. many churches a.nd collections cultural happenings. historical pa- in and around Brussels, visitors . rades around the popular Marolle, www kmkg-mrah.be will be able to follow an itinerary area and all over the city center. connecting the. Brussels' city Halle Gate !Royal Museums highlighting many of the locations centre to the European quarter related to Bruegel and the fasci· of Art and History! and the Brussels Cinquantenaire zuidlaan 150. 1000 Brussels nating period during which he Museum. An illustrated city map lived. It's an excellent opportunity will guide the visitor through t6 come and (reldiscover Bruegel's TRADE CONTACT Brussels and allows them to ·Prema Van den Broecke world and h_\s work in the historic admire the works of the Flemish heart of Brussels. p vandenbroecke@~mkg be masters in their original setting T +32 10l2 545 01 57 PRACTICAU INFORMATION This exhibition will be further OPENING HOURS complemented with a music SPRING2019 VISIT BRUSSELS programme that consists of works www.visitbrussels.be Tue • Fri: 9.30 am - 5 pm dating back to the age of Van Orley. sat - sun and feast-days: This all-encompassing experience TRADE CONTACT 10am-Spm can be rounded off with a visit to Pieter Callebaut Closed Mondays, 1 January. 1 May. 1 the new ·care Victor', which will and n November and 25 December. · offer thematic menus and snacks. p.c:anfllau!@)liillbMsfls.b.e NOTE: ticket-offices close at 4 pm. T +32 1012/549 50 52 Also closed at 2 pm on 24 and 31 PRACTICAL INFORMATION I December I TRAIN: Bruxelles·Midi/Brussel-Zuid www.bozar.be (walking distance! BOZAR !Centre for fine Attsl METRO: 2, 6: Alight at Porte de \ EXPERIENCE BRUEGEL IN THE 'PAJOTTENLAND' (THE COUNTRYSIDE AROUND BRUSSELS) GAASBEEK (ASTLE ' . Gaasbeek castle fies about 8 miles 113km) south west of Brussels and is Flanders most romantic castle. surrounded oy dram?tic park scenery. one of the ~te's croWn jewels is its magliifii:ent Museum Garn en. boasting a dazzling amount of old fruit varieties and forgotten vegetables. · The castle is nested in th·e gently rolling hills of the bucolic Pajottenland. an authentic. idyllic landscape. This is where Bruegel's most beautiful vistas have.survived. It would be very d_iffirnlt to find a _better plac~ for an exhibition on the Master's rediscovery. FEAST -6i= F6oi.f' and the way he glorified landscapes TRADE CONTACT BRUEGEL REDISCOVEREDi and the rural life. Visitors can expect Nancy Verhulst a fascinatingjourney through the Nanc;yverhulstcagsm.vtaanderen.be The exhibition "Feast of Fools" castle's labyrinth interiors, cleverly T +32 (0l2 531 01 44 th e_nhanced by one of Berlin's most celebrat~ a large number of 20 - century artists who rediscovered creative theatre companies, Rimi_ni OPENING HOURS Bruegel and addresses the question Protokoll. FROM 6 APRIL TO 28 JULY 2019 why he became one of Flanders' Mon - Sun: 10 am - 6 pm leading cultural icons. Internationally An added attractfon is a visit to (last visit at s pml renowned artists will also be the castle's brasserie for a glass of Oosed Mondays. interpreting his artistic legacy with authentic artisan geuze, brewed just Open on public holidays. both existing and new works. like it was in Bruegel's time. Audio guides available in English, Visitors will be immersed in a game PRACTICAL INFORMATION Dutch and ,French of changing moods, not only with paintings but also music. literature www.kasteelv=u1ga•sN!l!k.be/en Tours can be booked by email: and film. It's a unique way of bezoek.gaasbeek@vlaanderen be discovering Bruegel's cynical humour. GAASBEEK CASTLE PARKING: 'parking is available for 350 his caricatures and hidden messages, Kasteelstraat 40.. 1750 Gaasbeek cars. 4 busses . I 33 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Domain Bokrijk is much more'than the Open-Air Mus.eum, Its 550 iitres incorporate a multitude of land- ,scapes. This t)eautiful nat,ural area is perfect for a h~lthY walk pr relaxing bike ride, A large part of Bokrijk · i.s wooded, and the ev~r-cha:nging colo~rs and seasons guarantee you an unique experi' ence every visit impressive barns. themselves fine TRADE CONTACT examples of historic craftsmanship, An Toumelle Located just 60 minutes east of Each will bring different aspects An tournelle 34 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM ~,-:.·'.- .:=-~~'!;, ., -__ ·-7-_---_., •,. ·C '. :; ,' _. EXPERIENCE BRUEGEL IN ANTWERP AUTUMN 2019 BRUEGEL'S CENTURY.: and Southern Netherlands from 1525 combine famous masterpieces ART IN ANTWERP --- to 1585 ... This exhibition will give an from museums in Europe and the . - ·- ~, overview of the artistic production United States of America, with new 'AND THE SOUTHERN! in Antwerp and the Southern discoveries-and insights resulting from NETHE8L,AN DS_1525~1_S?Si Netherlands. During this period. years of research. This exhibition is Antwerp lived a 'Golden Age'. It was a a direct sequel to the monographic ROYAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS time when the city grew at breakneck exhibition about Pieter Bruegel ANTWERP IKMSKAI pace to become the most dynamic the Elder to be shown at the ~nd cosmopol_itan co_mme_rcial city in Kunsth_istorisches Mqseum i_n Vienna. The Royal Museum of Fine Arts northern Europe. from October 2018 to lanuary 2019, in Antwerp (KMSKAI wHI open its which the Royal Museum of Fine Arts doors again in 2019. following the With around 120 objects on Antwerp is dosely involved. largest renovation in its history. show. visitors will be able to see Within one building. visitors will ftnd a kaleidoscope of artefacts of PRACTICAL INFORMATION two completely different worlds: the highest level in all genres and the stately old rooms of the old techniques: paintings, sculptures. museum that have been rewrned to drawings and prints: tapestries. their original splendour, and a new manuscripts and printed illustrated. ROYAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS museum that is vertical in shape. The crafts and architecture. The ANTWERP change will give the museum 40% exhibition features work by a variety . Leopold de waelplaats 2. Antwerp more exhibition space for its vast of world-renowned artists who made collection. the 16" cenwry one of the most TRADE CONTACT -,culturally important periods ever. Birgit Pluvier Its first major exhibition will be [email protected] "Bruegel's Century. Art in Antwerp A must see: 'Bruegel's Century· will T +32 (013 224 95 61 35 : Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM 7 :i'iiE WORl,.D ·YPSIDfOOWN: _ _ __ - -_,BRUEGEL'S ______. __ ·-. LAST ----'··'-- YEARS____·_c.,•. IN ____ ANTWERP' ,c __ ; ______~-.--.1 MUSEUM MAYER VAN DEN BERGH MUSEUM MAYER VAN DEN BERGH Lange Gasthuisstraat 19, Antwerp In ''The world upside down", one of Pieter Bruegel's most famous paintings. 'Dulle Gliet' IMad Megl will be shown TRADE CONTACT side. by side with other works of his. that he made just museum m;[email protected] before his move to Brussels in 1563. This collection of T +32 10)3 338 81 88 mortJid and strange paintings clearly shows Bruegel's admiration for Hieronymus Bosch_ and his concern for OPENING HOURS the turbulent period before the religious troubles in the 5 OCTOBER 2019 - 26 JANUARY 2020 Low C.Ountries.. thanks to new research and a thorough Tue -Fri: 10 am - 8 pm restoration of Dulle Griet. this exhibition will further reveal sat -sun: 10 am - a pm hidden secrets about the mystery that sunrounds Bruegel. Closed Mondays, 11 November and 25 December The exhibition is part of the year-round theme celebrating the life and work of Bruegel taking place in .valious TICKETS locations in Antwerp, including Museum Mayer van den All prices and dates are subject to change. Detailed Bergh. Royal Museum of Fine Arts. Rockoxhuis and Frans Programme will be online from September 2017 at: Snyder House. "The Four Winds" and elsewhere in the city. wwwvisitantwerpen be/bruegel PRACTICAL INFORMATION Pre-sale ticketing for trade organisations from September 2017 at: wWW museummii)'et\iandenbergh be www.visitantwerpen.be/bruegel 36 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12J08/2017 4: 18:45 PM PERMANENT BRUEGEL OFFER ·BRlJEGEC will be projected on three walls. eyes. and how they too can feel as •UNSE~N MASffRPIECES] fioor to ceiling with the help of a. though they were walking amongst sophisticated system of projectors one of Bruegel's illustrious creatures. ROYAL MLISELIMS OF FINE ARTS OF and ultra-high resolution images. BELGIUM PRACTICAL INFORMATION In the "Bruegel Box", spectators will be Twelve of Bruegel's masterpieces, able to rub shoulder-to-shoulder with www flne-arts-mUB.Um.be/en to be found in some of the most the villagers of Bruegel's "Proverbs" prestigious museums in the world, 11559), come face-to-face with the ROYAL MUSEUMS OF FINE ARTS OF are presented in high-definition detail palm reader in the Sermon of Saint BRGIUM thanks to technology provided by the John the Baptist 05661 or experience Regentschapsstraat 3. 1000 Brussel Google Cultural Institute. Drawing on The Fall of the Rebel Angels 11562) . a wide. spectrum of virtual and or>-site as if they were there. Following the TRADE CONTACT experiences. this· unique initiative immersive experience in the 'Box'. samir Al-Haddad offers visitors the chance to imrilerse visitors will then be able to admire the samir.al-haddad@fine:arts:museum be themselves in Bruegel's works by original 'Fall of the Rebel Angels' as it T +32 (012 sd8 34 089 honing in on the finer elements of can be seen on the first fioor of the each painting, and accessing expert Old Masters Department of the Royal OPENING HOURS knowiedge, Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Tue - Fri: 10 am - 5 pm Sat - Sun: 11 am - 6 pm By delving deeper into the artist's Experience more: world, the viewer will discover the Nineteen virtual exhibitions exploring Closed Mondays and 1st and 2nd unexpected elements in Bruegel's the painter's maste_rpieces and of January. 1st May and 1st and 11th works that constitute the pinnacle of documenting hi_s l_i_fe, i_nfluen_ces and November and 25.th December. the Flemish maste(s craft. So while legacy are now available for all to the artist and his paintings may be see on g.co/UnseenMasterpieces. TICKETS instantiy recognisable, every painting At the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Adult: 8 EURO/ 13 EURO has a whole host of characteristics of Belgium. 12 of these multimedia Senior (+65 years): 6 EURO / 9 EURO · some familiar, others surprising exhibitions are presented on Youth (6-25 years), teacher. disabled - that are masterpieces wor:thy of i_nteractive terminals. and companion: 2 EURO / 3 EURO exploration in their own right Friend of the Museums. ICOM Using a smartphone to plunge the member, child <- 6 yearsl: FREE viewer into a 360-degree universe, .BRUEGEL, .. ______-- _, ___ c_ eox: __ '-._. __ , the Google cardboard virtual reality TICKET SALES viewer provides another cutting-edge At the Museums ticketing desk or Here an intriguing art experience way to experience The Fall of the onlineticketiogtafine-arts-museum be lets visitors discover the secrets to Rebel Angels. This virtual reality .view be found in Bruegel's most famous is available on the VouTube channel ACTIVITIES AND RESERVATIONS masterpieces. In one of the museum's of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts Guided tours. slow art workshops. etc. rooms, fascinating videos - each of Belgium. Viewers can see how the T. +32 1012 508 33 33 dedicated to a Bruegel painting - painting comes to life in front of their [email protected] 37 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Rec;eived by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM A special Bruegel cycle route · .tias been prepared \aking · you past Gaasbeek ,castle and St-Anna-Pede dlurch,,as·well as the lush green landscape that Bruegel depict¢d in h.is ·. painting5- The start of the .· route is only a.short metro ride :away fron\ Brussels city centre. Bicycles are available for hire: wwwyiUo be. i:r.smus HOsp~ - •BRUEG,EL'S 1'4EW.VISITO,R .CENJltEi · · bike' station. OPENING AUTUMN 2019 To mark the 450th anniversary of Pieter Bruegel's death in 2019. the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium plan to open a Bruegel visitors· centre in an original 16th tentury house in Brussels' city centre. The house in the Hoogstraat is the ideal location to display the history and art of Brussels' from this period, particularly as Emperor Charles !Charles VI had made Brussels his home, making it the powerful centre of his vast empire ·whe.re the sun n.ever set". This house will provide visitors with an authentic 16th century experiente including a painter's atelier. An entire fioor. full of natural light. will be dedicated to Bruegel's working methods. The original environment will be recreated through virtual and augmented reality t!llila=1,,, ·. tools. along with sensorial experiences that make the experience unique . . This beiiutlful 13th century The house is also within easy walking distance of the Fine Arts museum church is depicted on the and its 16th-century art collection (Bruegel the Elder, Bruegel the painting 'the blind leading Younger, Pieter Coecke van Aelst. Frans Floris, Joachim Patenier•. J and the blind. 1n.2019 visitors the Royal Library. are invited to experience the landscape that il)Sl)ited • PRACTICAL INFORMATION Bruegel. ·Bruegel's gaze: !~,···~- I ·-: __ ~] 38 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM FLEMISH MASTERS ON TOUR VISITFLANDERS & KHM cooperation :,:, Beginning in 2017, the Kunsthistorlsches Museum in Vienna will host a series u -> of seminal exhibitions focusing on Flemish art and culture, /,/, /, Visitors can enjoy the pictorial worlds of Rubens and Bruegel in Vienna, ,_ or travel to Flanders to see where thev lived and worked! Flemish // J ;/ masters on tour is a collaboration between the Kunsthistorisches '/ Museum Vienna and VISITFLANDERS, In the second half of 2017, the the Kunsthistorisches Museum tionally high prices - du.ring Kunsthistorisches Museum will collection and numerous inter his lifetinie. Only about 40 honour PmR. PAUL RUBENS. national loans. paintings and 60 prints and the most important of all Flem drawings by him have survived. ish baroque painters, with i! In 2018 art lovers everywhere The 12 panel paintings in the splendid exhibition. The Picture can look forward to a_ very Kunsthistorisches Museum Gallery of th_e Ku·nsthistor special treat: from 2 October represent the world's largest lsches Museum houses around 2018 until 13 Janu_ary 2019, the col,lection of works by Bruegel. 40 paintings by the celebrat- . Kunsthistorisches Museum Vi- and, together with numerous ed artist and his workshop, enna presents the first compre international loans from muse among them masterpieces like hensive monograph exhibition ums and private collections in MThe Fur", "Head of Medusa", of the work of PIETER BRUEGEL Europe a_nd America, they wil_l his late self-portr"ait, and the THE ELDER (1525/30-15631 to form the core of this spectac huge altarpieces commissioned commemorate the 450th anni ular exhibition celebratlng an for the Jesuit church in Ant versa.ry of his de_ath. e_xceptional artist. werp. Focusing on the Master's creativity and his sources of Pieter Bruegel the Elder was inspiration, the spectacular a much sought-after artist - exhibition will bring together whose works fetched excep- , , . - ~ ' - . . .------MORE INF.ORMATION ON THE Kl/~THISTORISC)tES MUSEUM VIENNA: WWW Kf;IM AT ___ . ·------·--·-·----·- --- -·-•---·- --·------· . '' I' ' I ' I KUNST HISTORISCIIES VISITFLANDERS MUSEUM ~~~;~ / ✓,.. ·/%,.,~· WIEN ~ ~,,.'/,!'..:'"/ 39 ~~,' /ii' , ,1 f0;?:i'.%,¥.eceived by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM ' ' {"'.\ :'"i. , . ( ?. '"' ...... -,'; - j,:, " ~. : •' ,9< "· '· • • ','la ·• ,, strati 11/08 4:18:45 PM,' Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM . ' ,.,; ... ' '. 1 ·_2020 ,. . ' THE GHENT ALTARPI.ECE . .... rs COMING HOME · · SINCE ITS COMPlETlON IN 1432, MIUO.NS OF VISITORs' fROl:I ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE .. TRAVEUE6 TO G!iENT TO ADORE T!iE GHEtfT ALTARPIEtE, PA!NTEP BY JAN AND-HUBERT VAN EYCK. GONE HISSING, ABSCONDED IN THE COURSE OF SEVERALWARS, THREATENED. . ' . . . . . · BY FiRE, DISMANTLED, COPIED,.SMUGGLED, CENSORED, ATTACKED BY ICONOCLASTS, HIDDEN, RANsoMED, Re;¢iED ANDSTOLEt;I TIME AND AGAltL NO WORK OF ART HAS BEEN MENACED AND DESIRED AS MUCH AS THE MYSTIC LAMB. . .. ' ., . - .. ' ' - .. ' .. - . . "" . . , ' . -. .._,_ ____ -····-··· ---·---•.-··- .-- --- 41 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM UNMATCHED VIRTUOSITY 11'' April 1934 when two panels WITH ifHE PAINTBRUSH from the work were stolen. one of "John the Baptist" and anoth er of the "Just Judges". A ransom Jan van Eyck was a major figure in Jan's most famous creation is the of a million Belgian Francs was the painting revolution taking place Ghe_nt Altarpiece "Adoration of demanded. and in a show of good in the Low countries during· the the Mystic Lamb", made for Saint faith by the perpetrator. one of early part of the 15" century. With Bavo·s Cathedral in Ghent. It is a the panels, that of "John the Bap his precise observation and natural 12-panel polyptych that he worked tistN, wa_s returned, but no money rendering of reality. his brilliant use on together with his older brother was ever pcl_id. S,o sadly the last of colours and mastery of oils - a Hubert. also a painter. Jan finished piece of the puzzle is still missing. technique he perfected - van Eyck the wmmission in 1432 following took painting to new heights. His em Hubert's death in 1426. It was the At STAM, the Ghent city museum, ployer. the Duke of Burgundy (Philip most famous oil painting of the visit.ors will be able to track the the Good), ensured that he was well epoch. theft of the Ghent Altarpiece side paid and able to paint "whenever panels. and try to.work out where he pleased". He was also asked to Si.nee its first viewing i_n 1432. the the missing panel: "The Just Judg handle a number of diplomatic visits, magnificent altarpiece. measuring es" is to be found. The mystery induding one to Lisbon in 1428 to 4.4m x 3.4m C14'5" x 11'2") is con continues, with the hunt for the arrange the Duke's forthcoming mar sidered one of the world's finest missing panel still very much alive. riage with Isabella of Portugal. art treasures. Unfortunately it has been the victim of 13 crimes and seven thefts since its installation. The latest theft occurred on the 42 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration U~it 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM '' FOR MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED YEARS. WE HAVEN'T THE RESTORATION ACTUALLY BEEN OF THE GHENT VIEWING THE REAL GHENT ALTARPIECE ALTARPIECE. Commissioned by the merchant. world-renowned. ·we discovered small windows in certain areas of financier and politician, Jodo that large parts of the work were the panels. The colours. details, cu·s Vijd, then the equivalent of painted over during a previous. folds and depth that have been the mayor of Ghent. the Ghent 17th century restoration. That was revealed are of remarkable_ quality Altarpiece wa_s designed for the the accepted way of restoring a and perfectly match the style of Vijd chapel in today's Saint Bavo painting at the time. But the good van Eyck. This also explains why Cathedral. It's a work of art that news is that the original layer is experts h_ad previously grouped has thrilled audiences ever since still in good condition and so we details of this piece among some its creation in 1432. can. in principle, remove the top of van Eyck"s lesser work. "Now layer." says Devolder. ·and get to we know that this is because the . ------·------.THE LATEST IN A LONG: the original underneath." work of the real van Eyck has largely been hidden under newer LINE OF RESJ_()RATIONS1 Although in the world of resto layers of paint." suggests Devolder. ration a conscious choice is some Further details. such as a spide(s Since October 2012. Bart Devolder times made to keep the traces of web just above the heads of Joos has coordinated the restoration time. the restorers are convinced Vijd and Elisabeth Borluut. have project at the KIK !Royal Institute that. in th_is case, it is the right a_lso recently been reve_aled during for Cultural Heritage!. a Belgian thing to do to remove the top the restoration. institution whose expertise is layer. ·we have already made 43 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18 :45 PM i . ' . ' . . . . SEE THE RESTORE:~ AT WORK Until t_he end of 201_9. ·when connects t_he three important the restoration of the last · locations: the Museum of panels will be complete and Fine Arts, the C;lermers put t>ac.k in their original klooster Ian old convent> place on display in, St Baves arid'the st·.eaVc;,·s Cathedral. Ciltht;!d_ra.1. vi_sitors· ca_n Visit the Museum of.Fine Arts An ·exh_ibitio_n on· t_he work's IMSK) in Gtient where the rich history. spanning almost Ghent Altarpiece is being six centuries; can be. viewed restored. · · at Gtienfs taermerskloos te.r f UNMISSABLE VAN EYCK EXPERIENCES UNIQUE JAN VAN EYCK AND THE BRUGUNOIAN COURT EXHIBITION IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS IN GHENT OPEN FROM 1 FEBRUARY 2020 TO 10 MAY 2020. Organised by the Museum of Fine brought to life through paintings, PRACTICAL INFORMATION Arts, Ghent. "Jan van Eyck and the sculptures. drawings. tapestries Burgundian Court" is a large-scale and miniatures. Each is a_n exam www mskgent be exhibition dedicated to the life ple of the extraordinarily inven [email protected] and work of the Flemish master. tive imagination and the refined Jan van Eyc:::k. , aesthet_ic appreciation of the peri MSK - the Museum of Fine Arts od. l_ilteractive technology will be Fernand Scribed reef 1. 9000 Gent The Court of the Duke of Burgun employed within the exhibition to dy. Philip the Good. attracted the strengthen this_ relationship. and OPENING HOURS most talented artists of the day to underscore salient points. FROM 1 FEBRUARY TO 10 MAY.2020 and did a lot to promote cultural Mon - Sun: 9 am - 6.30 pm and artistic endeavours. Jar, van Visitors, you will be witness to the There will also be two late-night Eyck was a particular ·sta( at the most complete van Eyck exhibi time. being very much appreciat tion ever staged: the outer panels openings per week until 10-30 pm. ed both as an artist and design of the Ghent Altarpiece will be er, but also as an adviser and exhibited alongside other master TICKETS diplomat pieces by van Eyck. and those of INDIVIDUAL: 20 EURO his contemporaries. in a once-in GROUP: 17 EURO ;UNIQUE EXPERIENCE: a-lifetime experience. ·------· . ' ------·.' ------·-- ---~ The exhibition aims to create an unique experience in which the sumptuousness of the court is 45 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit I 2/08/20 I 7 4: 18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM OPENING MAY 2020: NEW 'MYSTIC LAMB' VISITORS' CENTRE IN SAINT BAV A combination of original art trea This augmented reality tour sures and modern presentation around the cathedral will be techniques in the new Visitors· The culturally interested tourist offered in nine different languag Centre will be used to highlight will be able to see and appreciate es: the seven languages currently the story behind the centuries· old the latest restoration campaign available on the audio guide, plus Russian and Portuguese, and be polyptych made by the van Eyck and learn about the remarkable customised for each language. brothers, ihe Ghent Altarpiece''. history of the "Mystic L_amb itself". On entering the centre. PRACTICAL INFORMATION The inauguration is scheduled to visitors will receive a set of augmented virtual reality lAVRl take place in May 2020 following glasses which will give them the www.sintbaafskathe.draal be the grand exhibition "Jan van chance to see medieval murals sint-baafskathedraal@kerknet be Eyck and the Burgundian court" and numerous works of art as if to be held in the Museum of Fine they were actually on site h_un ST BAVO'S CATHEDRAL Arts in Ghent and the Visitors' dreds of years ago and done with Sint-Baafsplein Centre will highlight the multiple the help of historical simulations 9000 Gent messages conveyed by the polyp and interactive modules. Visitors tych, including an explanation wHI get to experience the differ OPENING HOURS THE VISITORS' CENTRE OPENS of its religious significance and ent construction periods of the IN MAY 2020 art-historical value. Links will also cathedral as well as the eventful history of the "Mystic Lamb" and Mon - Sun: 9.30 a_m - 5 pm be made to the architectural her its significance in the most con itage and its intimate connection vincing but historically correct TICKETS to the cathedral. manner. INDIVIDUAL: 12 EURO GROUP: 10 EURO 46 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM .t./'i. ·~~ I . 'I ' .. I 47 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM THE GOLDEN AGES OF BRUGES: THE FLOURISHING OF THE FLEMISH PRIMITIVES Bruges is the city of Jan van Eyck: Flemish Mast~rs would follow to to the cultural history of Bruges. the legendary and enigmatic live in Bruges or worked for Bruges' inventor of oil-painting lived and clients and the Flemish Primitives To this day many of their world worked in the city from 1432 made names for themselves. One renowned artworks can be admired until his death in 1441. In the 15th of the admirers was, without in the museums and churches century, Philip the Good, Duke doubt. Hans Memling, who was throughout the city where they can of Burgundy, set up his court greatly influenced by Ian van be experienced in the unique context in Bruges and invited artists to Eyck. Originally born in Germany. of an u NESCO World Heritage city. come and work there. It was the Memling settled in Bruges in 1465 Although they were made more beginning of Bruges' golden age. In and became one of the most than half a millennium ago, these 1432 Ian van Eyck settled as painter successful artists in this prosperous paintings are astonishingly well to the court. All of his known town. The Flemish Primitives . preserved and colorful. and testify paintings were produced here. Jan flourished and left masterpieces to the great craftsmanship of their van Eyck seems to have employed behind for posteriory. Their creators. all his skills to evoke admiration: artworks that form the foundation l_n hi_s wake other prominent of European painting are integral 48 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM T'•~,-~~~eivedby NsyRegtstration~. -~ ' - ·1: ··- PERMANENT COLLECTIONS: A CELEBRATION OF THE FLEMISH MASTERS No art lover visiting Belgium should miss the Btuges Museums: the GroeningeMuseum and the historic Sint-Janshospitaal comprise a reference collection of Primitive paintings, that is unrivalled anywhere in the world, with masterpieces by Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling, Hugo van der Goes and Gerard David. ·-·-GROENfNGEM\.JsEOM------· --·--··· -·------SINT-JANSHOSPITAAL: Jan van Eyck's Portrait of the artist's wife. The Sint-Janshospitaal was established in the kept in the Groeningemuseum. is not only early 12th century and has been preserved one of the earliest female portraits in Euro remarkably well. It is a former pilgrim's pean Art History. but on_e of the few tangible hospital with a chapel, which premises have documents of van Eyck's private life. Her been transformed into a museum. Besides image addresses the viewers by means of a presentation on the history, practice and the inscription on the frame as she seems culture of the clinic, including medical objects to focus her gaze on the beholder. Jan and an intact 17th century pharmacy. its main van Eyck's ast~nishing il,lusionistic ta_lents attraction lies in a wor1d famous ensemble of are even more obVious in the Madonna of works bY one of Bruges' preeminent residents, Canon loris van der Paele. the largest single the Flemish Primitive painter Hans Memling. painting by the artist known to us. Here. the facial of an elderly canon are portrayed with painstaking ingenuity and all the painted OPENING HOURS surfaces are fulrof hidden reflections of the world in- and outside the panel. Tue - Sun: 9.30 am - s pm (Last tickets: 16.30 pml Hugo van der Goes· Death of the Virgin Close_d MondayS is the only significant painting by the painter to remain in Belgium and fascinates Open on Easter and Whit MondayS because of its ingenious display of an Additional closing dates: 25 Dec¢mber unnatural - a devine - light. and 1 January. Special rates for groups of at least 15 persons. 49 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Received br NSD!FA 12/08/2~ 4:18:45 PM t After a 4 year renovation the museum and its rich collection of high quality artefacts will take you on a journey through the hist01)' of Bruges. The exhibits will indude many masterpieces of craftsmanship, such as tapestries. lace. fine silverwork and woodcarving. but also h_igh quality artefacts wjll take visitors on a journey, In this way. history is made truly tangible. But in the crown and perhaps the most intrigu ing piece of Burgundian heritage is the oratory. The private chapel, one of its kind, connected his stately palace with the Choir of the Church of Our Lady and allowed him to attend mass with a privileged view onto the altar. r-fEW IN 161s: R1:.:0PENING c:>F THE GRliUTHUSEHliSEUM · .... Furthermore. a brand new contemporary pavilion will be created between the Gruuthusemuseum and the Onze-Lieve-vrouwekerk. A gem of modern architec The Gruuthusemuseuril is housed in what was once ture in dialogue with two ancient monuments will the city palace of the Burgundian knight Lodewijk transform the courtyard into a new experience. The of Gruuthuse, Lord of Bruges. His family fortune was pavilion will not only function as a reception place for based on the sale of 'gruut'. a mixture of herbs that this museum site, but will also function as a connect was widely used for beer brewing. Lodewijk is the ing point for all the museums offering a multimedia most famous member of this distinguished family and look on the different collections. was an important figure and confidant at the court of the dukes of Burgundy. HIDDENGEMS: FLEMISH PRIMITIVES IN, .THE Cf:1.U_R~l-tE~~D c.H~~~LSC)!=_B_RUGES: ;;;; While one can marvel at some of the world's greatest masterpieces .1/ of the Flemish Primitives in the Bruges museums, it is also ;,:,. worthwhile to discover the many hidden gems that Bruges has to ;:,:; offer. A great variety of paintings are stm preserved In the Churches ~- and chapels of Bruges that they had originally been commissioned / for, offering a extraordinary experience for every art lover. St saviou(s cathedral has amongst finished by his workshop as well its treasures a rood loft wit.h an as Hugo van der Goe.s, where it organ. medieval tombs, Brussels remains one of the highlights of the tapestries and a rich collection of treasury alongside the altarpiece of Flemish paintings (14th-18th centu the Tanners' guild of around 1410, ry), The treasure-chamber displays, arguably one of the earliest surviv amongst others. a triptych begun ing panel painting in Bruges. by Dieric Bouts and posthumously 50 Received byNSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM - - -_---- I Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:i 8:45 PM • i _·\_ The Church of our Lady, perhaps the Legend of Saint Lucy. The pan app to experience heritage trai Is best known for its Madonna by el was painted by an anonymous in Bruges. This one app allows Michelangelo as well as the fu 15th century master who - after you to download themed routes. nerary m_onuments of Charles the this work - was named the Master museum routes and city walks. Bold and Mary of Burgundy also of the Lucy-Legend. most of them in five languages hosts remarkably painted master !Dutch, French, English. German pieces of the.Burgundian times, and Spanish>. including a monumental triptych Next to the St James tour the app of the Crucifixion of 1534 from the :rHE HIDDEN TREASURESi also offers the outdoor walks: Brussels court-painter Barend van 'OF SAINT JAMES': . . - - 'Bruges, anno 1562' and 'Hans Orley. Home to some of the most DIGITAL TOUR,-·· Memling in Burgundian Bruges' and prestigious confraternities in Late an indoor tour that focuses on the Medieval Bruges, the Church of Our Since the centre of Bruges is home unique collection of seven works Lady still contains the Transfigu to many religious institutions. with of Memling at saint John's Hospital ration by Gerard David, the Seven interesting heritage collections, and Groeningemuseum. Sorrows of the Virgin made in 1521 including seven historic churches. by David's collaborator Adriaen the Xplore Bruges app has been wwwxplorebruges.be lsenbrandt as.well as several altar extended to include the The.hid pieces by Pieter Pourbus !1523- den treasures of St James' Church'. 15851. Taking the visitors along 15 art treasures of this church, this is the A few steps away from the busy first free tour offered in a historic heart of the city lies Saint James·. church in Flanders. The tour is This Gothic parish church al.so still available in three languages: Dutch, houses an impressive e_nsemble of ::~~-' :i French and English. ::-:-·-=" 15th and early 16th century paint -~=- .. ' ings. The most important painting Xplore Bruges (Google Play or in Saint James· depicts scenes from Apple Store> is the ultimate city 51 Received byNSD/FARARegistration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM GUIDED VISITS GUIDEDWALl A guided visit to the city's museums during or after GROENINGEMUSEUM the walking tour is also possible. A visit to any of the museums takes at least one hour. If not pre-booked. After having a look around in Jan van Eyck's studio entrance fees should be paid in cash on arrival. For and seen where he painted the famous "Virgin and reservations, contact the tourist office at least one Child with canon van der Paele", you can admire this week ahead of the visit. with details on the exact date wonderful work of art in the Groeningemuseum. and time. number of people and the meeting point OPENING HOURS Tue - Sun: 9.30 am - 5 pm Closed Mondays. Last entrance to the Groeningemuseum using the combined ticket is at 4 pm PRACTICAL INFORMA'l'ION: wwwvisjtbrups be TRADE CONTACT: Saskia Desmidt, saskia desmjdtl!!brugge be. T +32 (0150/ 44 46 38, M +32 (01494 70 20 03 52 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM •-.~ ' " ..· 1 ! ;'-,-: . \ . !·l 1 ',.· -~ 2018 ~- 2020 DISCOVER THE FLEMISH MASTERS OFF THE BEATEN ,__ ::.~;f..J~ -•;. ·<~ TRACK -~- .i .;_·,.,.... ,Il ,:f ·• I .· -1 53 Received by NSD/F ARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM ADRIAEN BROUWER, (1606-1638) The city ofOudenaarde is organising an am_bitious event and exhibition devoted to the painter Adriaen Brouwer (160S/06, Oudenaarde • 1638, Antwerp!. Between the 16th and 18th Brouwer is an integral part of TICKETS centuries. Oudenaarde was one the identity of Oudenaarde INDIVIDUAL: 10 EURO of the most important tapestry and Flanders. and his character GROUP: 8 EURO weaving c.;e_ntres- i_n Fla_nders.and is embedded in local culture GUIDED TOURS 12 hi: 60 EURO it is ge·nerally accepted that and economy: Adriaen Brou TRADE: 7 EURO Brouwer was the son of a tap wer beer, Brouwer pastry. the estry cartoon painter. thus it Adriaen Brouwer beer fes'tival OPENING HOURS is appropriate that the Adriaen and the Adriaen Biouwer paths FROM 15 SEPTEMBER 2018 TO Brouwer exhibition is to be and tracks in the beauty of 16 DECEMBER 2018 staged here. the Flemish Ardehnes. Thus Tue - Sun: 9.30 - 18 pm the Brouwer exhibition and Thu: open until 10 pm He grew to be the bridging programme i_n Oude_naerde Closed Mondays. figure between the 16th century will offer a varied selection of Bruegel-tradition and the land both cultural and gastronomic ACCESSIBILITY scape and genre scenes of the events. Parkihg space for coaches near 17th century. During his lifetime the locatio·n , he was a highly regarded art PRACTICAL INFORMATION ist. very fashionable and well We will provide guided tours and collected by his contemporar www mou-oudenaard.e..be audio guides in five languages ies Rubens and Rembrandt. (Dutch. French, English. German. MOU Spanish) This exhibition will provide MUSEUM OF OUDENAARDE the visitor with a fasc_ini;ting M_ark_t 1. 9700 Ouden_aarde Restaurants and facilities are insight into Brouwer's oeuvre, located around the market which is very acce·ssible and TRADE CONTACT square (300 ml diverse and the fact that toda:y Eva Roers he is less well known than his Eva.roels@oudenaarde be contemporaries. makes him T +3i 10155 317 251 one of the most fasci_nating painters of the Low Countrie_s. 54 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM Received by NSD/F ARA Registr liifflla•~IHIM'l$Nlf.1a-1 There are only a handful of fsth-century triptychs of the quality of the Last Supper by Dieric Bouts that can still be viewed in their original settings. Saint Peter's Church in Leuven features two triptychs by Bouts in their original chapels, as well as the Edelheere Triptych from the same period, (by an unknown artist). Saint Peter's Church is located in the heart of the city. with a_n ent_rance on the Grote Ma_rkt, directly opposite the city hall. The restoration of saint Peter's Church will be completed in 2019. providing an ideal occasion to open the enti_re church L:EUVEN with a new arrangement of all the art treasures saint . Peter's Church possesses. This will include state-of-the-art digital access to the stones of the Flemish Masters near the artworks and the installation. OPENING HOURS THE NEW VISITORS' CENTRE OPENS IN SEPTEMBER 2019 Mon - Sat 10 am - 4.30 pm · Sun and public holidays: 11 am - 4.30 pm Oosed Mondays. 55 1Received byNSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM · eceived by NSD/F ARA R 17 4:18:45 PM I /· ' ! ~---.. Museum M displays the paintings and sculptures of renowned Flemish masters such as Rogier van der Weyden, Constantin Meunier and Quentin Matsys. Starting life as an 18th century cabinet of curiosities, the M collection now has over 52.000 objects of art produced in Leuven and Brabant from the Middle.Ages to the 19th century. PRACTICAL I_NFORMATION TICKETS range of guided tours for groups: INDIVIDUAL: 10 EURO www.mleuven.be/en/visit-m/guided www.mleuven.be Last tickets at 530 pm, on Thursdays tours/index.isp at9.30 pm. MUSEUM M VISITS TO THE TREASURY OF ST Leopold Vanderkelenstraat 28 GUIDED TOURS FOR GROUPS PETER'S ARE INCLUDED WITH 3000 Leuven 70 EURO for the guide ENTRY TICKETS TO MUSEUM M. + 6 EURO per visitor I > 15 people) PLEASE NOTE THAT OPENING TIMES TRADE CONTACT 70 EURO for the guide OF THE TREASURY MAY DIFFER Annik Altruy + 8 EURO per visitor I < 15 people) FROM THOSE OF MUSEUM M. [email protected] T +32 1Dl16 27 22 77 Guided tours must be booked at TICKETS M +32 10)499 670 626 least 2 weeks in advance via INDIVIDUAL: 9 EURO ltbd m@leuven be or +32 10l16 27 29 29. !Take care when you plan your visit OPENING HOURS though. as the opening hours of Mon - Sun: 11 am -18 pm Group costs based on a minimum of the Treasury differ from those of O05ed on Wednesday 10 people. Museum.MJ TICKETS cancell.ations m_ade at least 7 days OPENING HOURS Online booking: in advance will not incur additional Mon - sat 10 am - 4.30 pm leuven.iticketsro.com/m/Bundleslist. costs. Cancellations less than 7 days Sun: 11 am to 4.30 pm ilSjlll will incur the cost for the guide. O05ed on Wednesdays Please note that only printed tickets are valid. Images on smartphones or Oty tours. day trips and weekend PARK.ING FOR COACHES: The new tablets will not be accepted for entry arrangements can be booked via the drop-off point for coaches is located into the museum. Online tickets are Tourism Office: · on Margaretha Square, next to the not refundable or exchangeable. www leuven be/en/tourism church. Coaches can park free of Be sure to look through the extensive charge at the Bodart car park. 56 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit. 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM • Registration Unit. · I -/08/2017 . .. ·.,: \ MECHELEN•· 1i•:\BW1 - From 201_8 onwards. in the Hof van Busleyden in Mechelen. visitors will have the opportunity to experience one of the most creative periods in Flemish and European history: the · ~urgundian Re_naissa~ During life.15th al'ld 16th centiJries. Flanders enjoyed an unprecedented political. economic and culWral tioom with figu,:i!s·such as Jan van Eyck. Hieronymus · Bosch and Pieter Bruege! creating ~ out_ art that st,iH .. r:esonates today. ' · One of the finest extant:dty palaces of the EUroj)Wl Renaissance will provide the setting for this experience, as it will be transformed into a contemporary city palace and thus rega,in itHormer glory. The _beautiful house of the humanist · i'"d an:: collector•. Hi~ronymus van llusleyderi. will offer visitors a user-driven exl)erience based on strong. and visually powerful masterpiE!Ces c,f the ~och and serve as a tiase fqr _the d!sc6very of Burgundian RandersJn all_ its glory. PRACTICAL OPENING.HOURS iNi=ORMAtiON HOF VAN BUSL_EYDEN OPENS IN M.ARCH 2018 . . muse mec:belen,be Mon - Fri:.11 am -is pm HOF VAN BUSLEYDEN Sat - Sun: 10 am - 18 pm Frederik de Merodestraat 65 Oosed on Wednesday . · ~ Mechelen · · · ' . . TICKETS (tbd TRADE CONTACT INDIVIDUAL: 9 EURO Florie Wilberts . , , · . GROUP: 5 EURO florie.wHbertstamechelen be T +32 (0)15.:!9 76 S6 1.:· Brno L~.van , ¢!mo levan@mechelen be ,r +3.21oiis 29 76 59 Received byNSb/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM , 1' ·. I FLEMISH MASTERS IN SITU 2018 T_he Flem_ish Masters in situ project is made up of 60 of Antwerp Baroque City, with other sites opening carefully selected oeuvres away from the well-trodden their doors in 2019. and busy tourist trails. Often to be found in smaller towns and villages across Flanders. they take visitors to In line with this projea. the Centre for Fine Arts in Brus a variety of places !chapels. churches. castles and town - sels will host in 201_8 the first monpgraphic exhibition halls! where they can admire original paintings by the ever on the works of Theodore van Loon. one of the Flemish masters from the (5th. 16th and 17th centuries. in most innovative Flemish Masters of his generation. the their original location. exhibition complements the in situ works of van Loon that are on display at the Basilica of Scherpenheuvel. The stories of each item will' be told using words and the latest digital technology. Touchscreens with PRACTICAL INFORMATION state-of-the-art images _will show the deta_ils of mas-, terpieces, while audio guides will further enhance the wwwflemishmastersinsitu com visitors· experience. TRADE CONTACT Flemish Masters in situ will open in 2018 with some Peter Wouters ten sites in and around Antwerp, in the context peterwoute[S@okv be. T +32 10)92695830 SACRED BOOKS / SECRET LIBRARIES . The project Sacred Books / libraries Secret gives a unique insight into the religious· life in Bruges. Three reli gious sites will be unlocked. preserved and strengthened. The English Convent. the Monastery of the Discalced carmelites and the Major seminary are still inhabitl!d by ~ligious. All three have a unique library or book collec tion and even a panoramic garden. 58 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM ! Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM i .,' 1 \VANLOON, SCHERPENHEUVEL 2 \ BASILICA OF ST MARTIN, HALLE 3\ PARK ABBEY, LEUVEN 4 \ CASTLE MARNIX DE SAINT ALDEGONDE 5 \ GR1;,.-ee·RGEN ABBEY 6 \ ONZE-UEVE-VROUW-TER-POTTERIE. B_RUGES 59 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4: 18:45 PM MODERN DAY FLEMISH MASTERS OF FASHION (/ Fo_r more than three decades Antwerp has been a leading city when it·.comes to fashion, and it has :·; now been confirmed as one of the Top 10 most stylish destinations in the world. With its conceptual ' · and avant-garde taste, world-renowned Fashion Museum (HoHul and constant supply of new talent ,;,·'., from the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy in Antwerp, the city is the centre of modem day ~ Flemish Masters of Fas_h.ion. Antwerp is ch~ctei'"ised by independent fashion houses with a focus on :.;. quality, originality, craftsmanship and innovation. MODE2020 will not just be en joyed within museum walls as, in addition, there is a plethora of 'MODE2020' - in the second half cultural and artistic initiatives, of 2020 - will be a unique fashion events and tours in preparation to ensure that individuals and Antwerp-lives and br:eathes festival in Antwerp with events, · fashion an,;I is, the~efore •. a · exhibitions, shopping experienc groups can enjoy a.nd experience ~ Antwerp to the fullest. It is the sought-after destination for es and utban interventions in perfect opportunity for visitors fashionistas from all over the city. The whole project will the wor,ld. It's a place where specifically highlight the parallels to immerse themselves in the ·couture· not only iives in between cbntempotary Fle.mish world of fashion, and at the same time grasp its vast heritage, rich · museums and boutiques. fashion and the history of the · but ~lso gn the streets. Th.i.s Flemish Masters. gastronomy and vibrant shopping landscape. is. not surprising. as it's merely another contempo, · · Organised in cooperation with More information on M0DE2020 rary illustration of Flemish . the most important museums in (booking information, programme, 'mastery' in the art,s, · Antwerp (such as MoMu, Royal Museum of Fine Arts and FOMUI, prices for trade) will follow in this 'Fashion Year of 2020' will be 2017/2018. one-of-a-kind on the world stage and is aimed explicitly at interna tional visitors. 60 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM - _:) I MOMU; °KMSKA I ORIGINAL i;>~~I_GNER) •f'ASHION M_LJ~l:U}'1_ lf'J_ 1 ROYAL MUSEUM OF FINE! Sl,IO_F>F'ING \ ANTV'{E_l?,P i A_RTS ANTWE_R£1-- - . Antwerp is an easy city to get . I Visitors should be prepared for Together With MoMu, the KMSKA around. Public transport is ex a showcase of many big name academic team is cre~ting a tem cellent and most shopping areas designers as well as u~and-coming porary exhibition with a series of are within walking distance of talent This event will highlight original paintings that examines each other, so wherever visitors many of Antwerp's creators of the the importance and meaning of go in the city, they'll find original future lvia the fashion department textiles. dresses and a'ccessories in fashion outlets ranging from 'high of the Antwerp Academyl. the works of the original Flemish street' to 'avant-garde'. Masters. · The infrastructure of the museum is being significantly extended: three new exhibition spaces, a cus tomised reception, museum cater ing and MICE facilities in the MoMu Fashion Museum will be opened. This way, visitors will enjoy a com plete and unique experience. A new permanent exhib.ition, telling the story of Antwerp and Belgian fashion, will be visually powerful and adapted to a wide audience, complete with the latest .FOMU . All the fiagship stores and top digital technologies to create a dy ·PHOTOGR:APHY MUSEUt•f: boutiques of the main designers, nam_ic and interactive experience OF ANTWERP: -• • -· . •-•· .. plus unique concept stores, quirky for the visitor. ___ ,-- ______----·- - _I pop up shops and vintage outlets. Fashion is a profoundly visu- Unlike in other fashion capitals, al medium, so in collaboration this large selection of shops can with FOMU', an exhib_ition will be be found within a small area, organised on fashion I photogra making shopping in Antwerp a phy, showing off the!interactive genuine pleasure. relationship between! 2-D and 3-D design. ' I I 61 i Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 12/08/2017 4:18:45 PM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 112/08/2017 4:18:45 PM DMC'S. INCOMING OPERATORS. 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