PROGRAM 2024
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A hundred years ago, the landscape of the Westhoek was transformed. Hundreds of cemeteries, monuments and permanent witnesses appeared among the picturesque villages, fields and quiet roads. During the LANDSCAPES | Feel Flanders Fields theme year, Westtoer and Visit Flanders take you to this landscape. This theme year builds on the strong reputation that the Westhoek, and Flanders acquired during the centennial remembrance of WWI from 2014 to 2018. It is already clear: both individual visitors as well as (school) groups from home and abroad will be welcomed with open arms. With a broad program of exhibitions and events, landscape art and AR experiences, numerous cycling, walking and sailing routes, LANDSCAPES | Feel Flanders Fields allows the landscape of the Flanders Fields region to speak for itself from 29 April 2023 to 31 August 2024. The focus will not only be on the region’s rich war history, but LANDSCAPES | Feel Flanders Fields also looks ahead to the future and asks how we will leave the landscape behind. Venture out with family or friends, young and old, wander among the music, history, art and recreation. Experience the Westhoek and… Feel Flanders Fields.
SYMBOLS For a fee. You can find all information on prices and tickets on the organiser’s website.
GRATIS
Free
Children welcome
Accessible for disabled accessible for disabled. You can find all * Partly information on the organiser’s website.
Cycling Route
Walking route
Sailing route
Can be found in the ErfgoedApp
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MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS Passchendaele Museum 06 Poperinge 07 Commonwealth War Graves Commission 08 Talbot House 09 Museum on the Yser 10 Diksmuide 11 Hooge Crater Museum 12
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Echoes of War Forgotten Track Witnesses in the Landscape Talbotousians, in war & peace Traces in the Landscape Liksems (‘Scars’) The Front Eye
DISCOVER THE LANDSCAPE OF REMEMBRANCE 14 UNESCO 17 50.000 flowers for Flanders Fields 19 Poetry Benches
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Regionaal Landschap Westhoek Lo-Reninge Pacific Eiland Koekelare Hooglede
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Invisible Landscape The Landscape bears witness Peace Bridge The Ribbon One Last Greeting
FOR SCHOOLS
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Muziekcentrum Dranouter 22 Modderland (‘Mudland’) in association with Heuvelland Last Post Association 23 The Last Post in the Landscape Up4Running 24 Belgian Front Memorial Trail Passchendaele Museum 25 The Way Back
EXPERIENCE IN THE LANDSCAPE
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EVENTS
In Flanders Fields Museum 33 The Salient Illustrated
CALENDAR
04 DISCOVER MORE WITH THE FARO ERFGOEDAPP Some routes are included in the FARO ErfgoedApp. Thanks to this app, you will be treated to extra information during your tour. The ErfgoedApp is free via a tablet or telephone. An internet connection is required Wandel of fiets langs tal van interessante erfgoedplekken en ontvang extra informatie tocht. (Wi-Fi, 4G) for it tijdens to workje smoothly.
ONTDEK MEER MET DE ERFGOEDAPP ONTDEK MEER MET DE ERFGOEDAPP
Wandel of fiets langs tal van interessante erfgoedplekken en ontvang extra informatie tijdens je tocht. DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD Download thedeErfgoedApp for FREE from Google Download ErfgoedApp.
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Play or the Apple App Store. Android telephones DOWNLOAD require 4.4 or later version. iPhone or iPads MAAK JE KEUZE Download deorErfgoedApp. require iOS 10 later version.
Open de app, klik op het kompassymbool en start de tour van je keuze. MAKE YOUR SELECTION MAAK JE KEUZE Openthe deapp, app,click klik the op compass het kompassymbool Open symbol and en start de tour van je keuze. ONTDEK start the tour you selected. Open de kaart en ga op ontdekking!
CYCLING AND WALKING IN LANDSCAPES Have you spotted one of these icons? New cycling and walking routes have been marked out as part of LANDSCAPES | Feel Flanders Fields. These reveal some exceptional, some even hidden, locations that remind us of the war time. They also pass well-known WWI monuments, cemeteries and museums. Using this QR code, you can get access to all digital walking and cycling maps.
EXPLORE ONTDEK Open and Openthe demap kaart enexplore. ga op ontdekking!
www.landscapes.be
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MUSEUMS & EXHIBITIONS
Passchendaele Museum
Berten Pilstraat 5A - 8980 Zonnebeke - www.passchendaele.be
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01/02/2024 - 17/11/2024
ECHOES OF WAR
In the temporary Echoes of War exhibition at the Passchendaele Museum, the visitor explores the landscape as the last witness of our war history. The history of the memorial landscape, illustrated using soldiers’ personal stories, helps the visitor understand the historic significance of the region. After visiting the museum, go on your own journey of discovery. Choose your walking, bike or car route at the interactive kiosk.
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Witnesses in the Landscape: Polygon Wood Cemetery, Buttes New British Cemetery, Tyne Cot Cemetery & Passchendaele New British Cemetery (p. 8) Theatre walk Passchendaele Museum: The Way Back (p. 25) Invisible Landscape: Works of art by the Stroroute and Broodseinde (p. 27)
Poperinge
Bezoekerscentrum Lijssenthoek, Boescheepseweg 35a - 8970 Poperinge - www.lijssenthoek.be
from 22/06/2024
FORGOTTEN TRACK GRATIS
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NEW EXPERIENCE AT THE LIJSSENTHOEK SITE. During the First World War, the Poperinge landscape was a maze of railway tracks totalling more than 160 kilometres. Forgotten Track brings this train story to life. Via the grassy slope near the visitor centre, you enter a dimly lit room. The first thing you see is a six-metre long historic diorama, the starting point for a filmic train journey by artist Sven Verhaeghe and a haunting soundtrack by David Poltrock.
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in Poperinge?
Expo Talbotousians, in War & Peace from Talbot House (p. 9) Witnesses in the Landscape: Poperinghe New Military Cemetery & Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (p. 8) Invisible Landscape: Works of art in Reningelst at Reningelstplein and in Roesbrugge at Bergenstraat 2 (p. 27)
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Menenstraat 46 - 8900 Ieper + 22 cemeteries in Flanders Fields - www.cwgc.org
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until 31/08/2024
WITNESSES IN THE LANDSCAPE GRATIS
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s military cemeteries are spread throughout the Westhoek. They are witnesses of the ‘Great War’. Each site is unique and reveals the story of the victims buried there and the violence of war suffered at that location. In the info centre at the Menin Gate, you can discover the global organisation behind these exceptional locations. Venture out and visit one of these locations: Artillery Wood Cemetery, Poezelstraat, 8900 Ieper Bedford House Cemetery, Rijselseweg, 8902 Zillebeke Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood and Polygon Wood Cemetery, Lange Dreve, 8980 Zonnebeke Cement House Cemetery, Boezingestraat, 8920 Langemark-Poelkapelle Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, Diksmuidseweg, 8900 Ieper Essex Farm Cemetery, Diksmuidseweg, 8900 Ieper Hooge Crater Cemetery, Meenseweg, 8902 Zillebeke Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Boescheepseweg, 8970 Poperinge
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Maple Copse Cemetery, Schachtweidestraat 45, 8900 Ieper Messines Ridge British Cemetery and (N.Z.) Memorial, N314, 8957 Mesen New Irish Farm Cemetery, Briekestraat, 8900 Sint-Jan Passchendaele New British Cemetery, ‘s Graventafelstraat, 8980 Zonnebeke Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Maaldestedestraat, 8900 Ieper Poelcappelle British Cemetery, Brugseweg, 8920 Langemark-Poelkapelle Poperinghe New Military Cemetery, Deken de Bolaan 127, 8970 Poperinge Prowse Point Military Cemetery, Huttebergweg, 7784 Komen-Waasten Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Komenseweg, 8902 Zillebeke Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Rijselpoort, 8900 Ieper Sanctuary Wood Cemetery, Canadalaan 25/21, 8902 Zillebeke Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial, Vijfwegestraat, 8980 Passendale Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Haiglaan, 8900 Ieper Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension, Zonnebeekseweg 14, 8900 Ieper
Talbot House
Gasthuisstraat 43 - 8970 Poperinge - www.talbothouse.be
until 11/12/2024
TALBOTOUSIANS, IN WAR & PEACE
* Over half a million Talbotousians, as founder Tubby Clayton liked to call his loyal visitors, frequented Talbot House during the First World War. Human need remained high after the war. With his pilgrims and their families, Tubby visited the graves of deceased comrades for years. Furthermore, they established the global Toc H organisation together, which helped veterans and their families rebuild their lives. In this temporary exhibition, you discover the anecdotes behind the pilgrimages and the stories of the more than 1.000 Toc H clubs. If desired, you can venture into the landscape after the exhibition: you can explore the Westhoek following in the footsteps of Tubby via a new pilgrim cycle route.
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in Poperinge?
Expo Forgotten Track New experience at the Lijssenthoek site (p. 7) Witnesses in the Landscape: Poperinghe New Military Cemetery & Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (p. 8) Invisible Landscape: Works of art in Reningelst at Reningelstplein and in Roesbrugge at Bergenstraat 2 (p. 27)
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Museum on the Yser
IJzerdijk 49, 8600 Diksmuide - www.museumaandeijzer.be
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until the end of 2024
TRACES IN THE LANDSCAPE
The crypt and the ruins of the first Yser Tower remained underexposed for a long time. This exhibition changes that. In the panoramic room of the tower, you experience the transformation of the landscape: you relive the construction of the first tower and the flooding during WWI. A digital dimension shows you traces that preciously remained invisible. This expo can also be visited by families.
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in Diksmuide?
Liksems (‘Scars’) exhibition and routes (p. 11)
Diksmuide
Verhalenschat, Grote Markt 6 - 8600 Diksmuide - www.bezoekdiksmuide.be
until 31/08/2024
LIKSEMS (‘SCARS’) GRATIS
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The Scars exhibitions shows how the landscape of the front evolved into a peaceful commemorative landscape. The storytellers are artistic characters. They refer to the injuries, the scars (or ‘liksems’ in West Flemish) that we can still recognise today. The characters from the exhibition take you in the landscape to explore it. Three cycling routes and two walking routes take you past a variety of Belgian, French and German relics and stories. You take in the landscape by exploring and experiencing it. That’s why, on request, a guide could take you in tow past numerous relics and stories of the First World War.
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in Diksmuide?
Traces in the Landscape exhibition from Museum on the Yser (p. 10))
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Hooge Crater Museum
Meenseweg 467 - 8902 Zillebeke - www.hoogecrater.com
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until the end of 2024
THE FRONT EYE
The platform ‘The Front Eye’ in the Hooge Crater Museum allows you to look out over Hill 62, Hill 60, the Hooge Crater Cemetery and the Kemmelberg. Here, the minimal height differences determined how the war progressed. Now, you can really see that for the first time.
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in Zillebeke?
Witnesses in the landscape Hooge Crater Cemetery, Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Sanctuary Wood Cemetery & Maple Copse Cemetery (p. 8)
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DISCOVER THE LANDSCAPE OF REMEMBERANCE
UNESCO SITES IN FLAND
ALVERINGEM • BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY OEREN
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DIKSMUIDE • GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY VLADSLO • CRYPT OF THE (FIRST) YSER TOWER HEUVELLAND • FRENCH OSSUARY • SPANBROEKMOLEN BRITISH CEMETERY • LONE TREE CEMETERY
WESTKUST
Veurne
WESTHOEK
HOUTHULST • BELGIAN MILITARY CEMETERY YPRES • BUFFS ROAD CEMETERY • TRACK X CEMETERY • NO MAN’S COT CEMETERY • WELSH CEMETERY (CAESAR’S NOSE) • ESSEX FARM CEMETERY • MENIN GATE • NECROPOLE NATIONALE FRANÇAISE ST. CHARLES DE POTYZE • BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY • HEDGE ROW TRENCH CEMETERY • LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY • WOODS CEMETERY • FIRST D.C.L.I CEMETERY, THE BLUFF
Poperinge
On 20 September 2023, 27 cemeteries and monuments lying around and near the WW I frontline in Flanders Fields were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The recognition of these sites as World Heritage Sites creates a strong image worldwide and underlines the global importance of this heritage in the region. In addition, 112 WW I sites in Wallonia and France were also recognised.
FLANDERS FIELDS
LANGEMARK-POELKAPELLE • GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY • CANADIAN MEMORIAL ‘THE BROODING SOLDIER’ Diksmuide
MESEN • IRISH PEACE PARK NIEUWPOORT • NIEUPORT MEMORIAL Houthulst
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POPERINGE • LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
Ypres
Heuvelland
Zonnebeke
ZONNEBEKE • TYNE COT CEMETERY • POLYGON WOOD CEMETERY • BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
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50.000 FLOWERS FOR FLANDERS FIELDS At various famous and lesser-known WWI sites, residents and visitors went to work to transform Flanders Fields into a thriving region of peace: from Tyne Cot Cemetery to Langemark’s German Military Cemetery, from the Ossuaire in Kemmel to the Yser Memorial in Nieuwpoort. As many as 50.000 Alliums (flowers), spread across 31 sites, were planted in this impressive and unifying peace project. Together, we care for the future of our memorial landscape
COME AND SEE OUR PURPLE SEA OF FLOWERS FROM MAY ONWARDS!
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ALLIUM FIELDS ALVERINGEM Maquette Militair Hospitaal IJzerstraat/Lindestraat
KOKSIJDE War memorial near Witte Burg Leopold II laan 85
DE PANNE WOI – WOII memorial Heldenweg (± across no.10)
KORTEMARK Artwork Invisible Landscape Swerling rebirth Cemetery Edewallestraat between no. 44 and 46, Handzame
DIKSMUIDE Artwork Invisible Landscape Gefallene Landschaftsmarkierung Steenstraat (between Roeselarestr. 126 en Steenstr. 4), Esen
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LANGEMARK-POELKAPELLE Peace monument at the German Military Cemetery Klerkenstraat 86a
Pax Poort – Museum on the Yser IJzerdijk 49, Diksmuide
LO-RENINGE Former Belgian Military Cemetery Hoflandstraat across no.3, Reninge
Path of Silence Oude dorpsstraat, Kaaskerke
MESEN Artwork Invisible Landscape Tommy Daalstraat
Streekhuis Esenkasteel Woumenweg 100, Diksmuide German Military Cemetery Vladslo Houtlandstraat 3, Diksmuide HEUVELLAND Heuvelland, French Ossuary Kemmelbergweg 32A Artwork Invisible Landscape La Courbe des Émotions Vierstraat (close to no.33), Heuvelland - Wijtschate HOOGLEDE Artwork Invisible Landscape La Passerelle Hogestraat (close to no.170) German Military Cemetery Hooglede Beverenstraat 79-81 HOUTHULST Artwork Invisible Landscape L’équilibre perturbé Picnic area at the corner of Groenebosdreef and Bosdreef IEPER French National Necropolis St. Charles de Potyze Zonnebeekseweg Hooge Crater Museum Meenseweg 467 Kanaalberm Essex Farm Cemetery Diksmuidseweg Pacific Eiland Restaurant Eiland 2 KOEKELARE Oosthofpark Het Oosthof
NIEUWPOORT Yser Memorial Sluizen (at the junction with Brugse Steenweg) POPERINGE Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Boescheepseweg 35A Artwork Invisible Landscape Fallen Poppies Bergenstraat (via the path next to no.2), Roesbrugge STADEN Artwork Invisible Landscape Skywood Kampstraat (near no.15) / Ontmijnerstraat VEURNE Artwork Invisible Landscape Chemin de fer Sikkelstraat near no.8, Vinkem VLETEREN OC De Sceure Veurnestraat 4 WERVIK Artwork Invisible Landscape Himmel! Corner Magerheidsstraat and Kampstraat, Terhand, Geluwe ZONNEBEKE Tyne Cot Cemetery Vijfwegestraat Kasteeldomein Berten Pilstraat 5a
Diksmuide
Poetry Benches at various locations in Flanders Fields contain historical texts from WWI.
Discover all the poetic picnic sites here:
Discover the twenty compelling testimonials by contemporary eyewitnesses.
ALVERINGEM Fortem, between cycling nodes 44 & 94
POETRY BENCHES DE PANNE Beach, between cycling nodes 50 & 76 DIKSMUIDE (KAASKERKE) Path of Silence, between cycling nodes 82 & 52 HEUVELLAND (KEMMEL) Kemmelberg, between cycling nodes 7 & 16 HOOGLEDE (GITS) ‘t Chringhene, between cycling nodes 29 & 49 HOUTHULST (KLERKEN) Vredesmolen, between cycling nodes 10 & 68
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IEPER Leopold III-laan, at the pedestrian bridge KOEKELARE Park De Mote, between cycling nodes 29 & 65 KOKSIJDE Hoge Blekker, between cycling nodes 62 & 58 KORTEMARK Krekebeek, between cycling nodes 43 & 44 LANGEMARK-POELKAPELLE at the German Military Cemetery, between cycling nodes 22 & 42 LO-RENINGE at former Belgian Military Cemetery (Hoflandstraat),
Koekelare
between cycling nodes 91 & 4
iksmuide
MESEN ’t Koeputje (Daalstraat) NIEUWPOORT Havengeul, at cycling node 64 POPERINGE Vakwerkhuisje, at cycling node 85 STADEN Vrijbosfietsroute, between cycling nodes 72 & 73
Kortemark Hooglede
VEURNE in the Vaubanpark VLETEREN at the back of OC De Sceure (Veurnestraat 4)
Houthulst
WERVIK De Balokken, between cycling nodes 61 & 12 ZONNEBEKE Stroroute, between cycling nodes 36 & 84 Staden
LangemarkPoelkapelle
Zonnebeke
Wervik
The Flanders Fields map shows all the museums and visitor centres, monuments, landscape sites, car and bike routes relating to the First World War in the Westhoek.
Mesen
GET THE FREE MAP FROM THE TOURIST INFORMATION SERVICES IN FLANDERS FIELDS.
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Twenty Poetry Benches connect historical literature, design and the landscape. 20
Born in Ypres and celebrated author Roderik Six selected 20 historical texts from the First World War and linked them to a place in the landscape of Flanders Fields. A very diverse group of historical eyewitnesses - from an anonymous Sikh to the well-known writer Stefan Zweig - aptly convey the madness of war in a few lines. The students Industrial Product Design (Howest Kortrijk) set to work on this. The serene and durable design by final-year students Febe Verhaege and Fauve Hanssens adorns 20 picnic benches. Immerse yourself in the peaceful beauty of Flanders Fields and let yourself be moved by the gripping memories of the First World War. Take time to reflect.
toerismewesthoek.be/en/landscapes/poetry-benches
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EVENTS
© Emma Dehaene
Muziekcentrum Dranouter in association with Heuvelland Dikkebusstraat 234 - 8950 Dranouter - www.muziekcentrumdranouter.be
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from 09/05 until 11/11/2024
MODDERLAND (‘MUDLAND’)
Cycling festival When WWI ended on November 11, 1918, Flanders Fields had been recreated into a moonscape. Millions of people felt the impact of 4 years of war. Yet almost exclusively men were speaking out. Women’s role in the Great War often remains underexposed. Therefore Modderland selected 4 female artists. They connect the scars of war in Heuvelland with 1 musical thread. Modderland includes 2 parts: the Cycling Festival, organised during the weekend of 9-11 May 2024: experienced guide will accompany you to WWI sites in the region of Heuvelland. On every spot, one female artist will give a mini-concert with songs she composed for the occasion. After the festival, you can explore the songs and locations on your own with the ErfgoedApp.
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in Heuvelland?
Witnesses in the Landscape: Messines Ridge British Cemetery (p. 8) Invisible Landscape: the work of art at Wijtschate (Vierstraat) and Mesen (p. 27)
Last Post Association 08/06 Caterpillar Krater, Zwarteleenstraat 75 - 8902 Zillebeke & 18/08 Tyne Cot Cemetery, Vijfwegestraat - 8980 Passendale - www.lastpost.be
THE LAST POST IN THE LANDSCAPE
08/06 20h30 & 18/08 15h GRATIS
During the ‘Last Post in the Landscape’, the buglers of the Last Post Association venture into the memorial landscape. During haunting evocations, we hear one or more personal stories from the first world war which are linked to music and words.
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Up4Running Start: Peace Village, Nieuwkerkestraat 9A, 8957 Mesen
Finish: Loodswezen, Paul Orbanpromenade 1, 8620 Nieuwpoort - www.belgianfrontmemorialtrail.be
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BELGIAN FRONT MEMORIAL TRAIL
18/05/2024
MEMORIAL TRIAL The Belgian Front Memorial Trail is a race from Mesen to Nieuwpoort. Choose your own personal challenge or run the trail with a group in which each of you covers part of the total distance. During the Belgian Front Memorial Trail, you discover the beautiful countryside and pass the many cemeteries and monuments which bear witness to the First World War. Is a friend or partner doing the trail? You can track them live with GPS tracking and cheer them on at the various supply points. Then you will be part of their achievement too!
This event is also a fundraiser for research into MND. An endless journey in the spirit of a hopeless battle is a fitting metaphor for this relentless disease. Let’s make a difference in the future by supporting research today!
© CWGC
Passchendaele Museum
Berten Pilstraat 5A - 8980 Zonnebeke - www.passchendaele.be
24/05/2024 - 26/05/2024
THE WAY BACK
* At the end of the war, only destruction remained. Not only had villages been destroyed, but also families. The death of a father, son, brother or friend activated the grieving survivors. In the 1920s, thousands of them visited the Westhoek, looking for the burial place of their loved one or the battlefield where they had fought and died. The Passchendaele Museum and the University of Kent are jointly organising the walk, ‘The Way Back’. The castle grounds of Zonnebeke forms the backdrop for a unique experience. A combination of projections, video mapping, music and the spoken word bring back to life the Zonnebeke as it was around 1920. The scars of the war are still visible. British pilgrims, German visitors and the local population meet each other, while the ghosts of the war still haunt the landscape.
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in Zonnebeke?
Expo Passchendaele Museum: Echoes of War (p. 6) Witnesses in the Landscape: Polygon Wood Cemetery, Buttes New British Cemetery, Tyne Cot Cemetery & Passchendaele New British Cemetery (p. 8) Invisible Landscape: Works of art by the Stroroute and Broodseinde (p. 27)
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EXPERIENCE IN THE LANDSCAPE
© Studio KTO
Regionaal Landschap Westhoek
Various locations - www.onzichtbaarlandschap.be
until 31/08/2024
INVISIBLE LANDSCAPE GRATIS
Various works or art bring vanished traces of WWI to life. They are places where the fallen were buried, where the wounded were cared for or tram tracks that carried supplies to the soldiers.
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During two cycling tours, ‘Route Walter Stelzer’ (Zonnebeke, Langemark-Poelkapelle, Wervik) and ‘Route Elisa Vaneeckhoutte’ (Ypres, Heuvelland, Mesen, Poperinge) you can discover the landscape art that makes this story even more palpable.
Heuvelland (Wijtschate): Vierstraat, near house number 33 ›› Ypres (Zillebeke): Caterpillar, Zwarteleenstraat ›› Langemark-Poelkapelle (Poelkapelle): Wallemolenstraat, near house number 26 ›› Mesen: Daalstraat, at the end of the walking path near the picnic area›› Poperinge (Reningelst): Reningelstplein ›› Wervik (Terhand): at the corner of Magerheidstraat x Kampstraat ›› Zonnebeke (Beselare): lawn at OC De Leege Platse, Geluwestraat,near house number 10 ›› Zonnebeke (Broodseinde): at the corner of Beselarestraat x Roeselarestraat ›› Zonnebeke (Passendale): along Stroroute, near KP 36
you can find the cycling maps on www.landscapes.be
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Lo-Reninge
Hoflandstraat 2 - 8647 Lo-Reninge - www.lo-reninge.be/visit
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from summer 2024
THE LANDSCAPE BEARS WITNESS GRATIS
A Belgian Cemetery cemetery appeared on this location during WWI. It was excavated in 1968 and the soldiers were moved to Hoogstade, Westvleteren and Adegem. With respect for the history, the place is completely redeveloped to a new place for silence and gathering.
More
in Lo-Reninge?
Invisible Landscape: Work of art on this site (p. 27)
Pacific Eiland
Eiland 2 - 8900 Ieper - www.pacificeiland.be
Permanent
PEACE BRIDGE GRATIS
The fortifications of Ypres, the City of Peace, have their own Peace Bridge: a harmonious combination of art, monument and architecture. It is a memorial that inspires reflection. The Peace Bridge is constructed of weathering steel. The guard rail is artistically embellished with the word ‘peace’ in 86 languages. The Peace Bridge is always accessible and forms a new powerful, artistic and multilingual focal point in the city: a statement of universal tolerance reinforcing Ypres’s message for peace.
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in Ieper?
Witnesses in the Landscape: Menenstraat 46, Ypres Town Cemetery Extension, Ypres Reservoir Cemetery, Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate (p. 8) In Flanders Fields Museum: The Salient Illustrated (p. 33)
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Koekelare
De Brouwerij – Sint-Maartensplein 15b 8680 Koekelare - www.toerismekoekelare.be
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until 31/08/2024
THE RIBBON GRATIS
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‘The ribbon’ connects ten locations in and around Koekelare: from the German Military Cemetery in Vladslo with ‘The Grieving Parents’ Sculpture tot the Lange Max Museum. As a sign of peace, hundreds of yellow ribbons mark out this walking, cycling or car tour.
EXPO 10 YEARS KÄTHE KOLLWITZ MUSEUM: DAS ENDE DER MYTHEN From 18 May, you can also visit the exhibition 10 years Käthe Kollwitz Museum: Das Ende der Mythen. Feldstudie Verdun. An exhibition featuring 5 German artists about the traces of war in the landscape of Verdun. The exhibition was organised to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War and is now coming to Koekelare. A collaboration between Thomas Hadelich (graphic design), Friederike Nottrott (ceramic and glass design), Bernd Papke (painting), Katrin Ruhnau (objects and collages) and Chris Wohlfeld (photography).
Hooglede
German Military Cemetery - Beverenstraat - 8830 Hooglede - www.visithooglede.be
Permanent
ONE LAST GREETING GRATIS
Nurse Ida talks about the first world war Nurse Ida guides you around the German Military Cemetery at Hooglede. Thanks to a specially developed app with Augmented Reality you relive what she, a German nurse, experienced: an unique opportunity. Nurses were often the last ones to greet wounded or soldiers before they died. You too are invited to pay your last respects to those buried here.
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FOR SCHOOLS
In Flanders Fields Museum
Grote Markt 34 - 8900 Ieper - www.inflandersfields.be
Permanent
THE SALIENT ILLUSTRATED *
UPPER PRIMARY TO SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS ‘The Salient Illustrated’ is the latest educational day trip organised by the In Flanders Fields Museum. The students explore the restored Yorkshire Trench & Dugout site, the only authentically restored British trench in its original location in the northern stretch of the Ypres Salient. A tablet with a detailed interactive drawing helps the students better understand this unique site. A workshop with historical photos, eyewitness accounts and archaeological finds in the reconstructed Klein Zwaanhof farmstead and a visit to the Colne Valley Cemetery, brings them closer to the historical reality.
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Date
Organizer
Adress location
Title project
29/04/2023 - 31/08/2024
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Menenstraat 46, 8900 Ypres
Witnesses in the Landscape
30/04/2023 - 11/12/2024
Talbot House
Gasthuisstraat 43, 8970 Poperinge
Talbotousians, in War & Peace
09/05/2023 till the end of 2024
Hooge Crater Museum
Meenseweg 467, 8902 Zillebeke
The Front Eye
14/05/2023 tot 31/08/2024
Koekelare
De Brouwerij, Sint-Maartensplein 15b,
The Ribbon
+ 22 cemeteries in Flanders Fields
18/05/2023 tot 31/08/2024 Diksmuide Verhalenschat, Grote Markt 6, 8600 Diksmuide
Liksems (‘Scars’)
04/06/2023 - 31/08/2024
Regionaal Landschap Westhoek vzw
Various locations
Invisible Landscape
29/06/2023 till autumn 2024
Museum on the Yser
IJzerdijk 49, 8600 Diksmuide
Traces in the Landscape
01/02 - 17/11/2024
Passchendaele Museum
Berten Pilstraat 5a, 8980 Zonnebeke
Echoes Of War
09/05 - 11/11/2024
Muziekcentrum Dranouter & Heuvelland
Start: Music Centre Dranouter, ,
Modderland (‘Mudland’)
18/05/2024
Up4Running
Along the historic front line
Belgian Front Memorial Trail
24/05/2024 & 26/05/2024
Passchendaele Museum
Berten Pilstraat 5a, 8980 Zonnebeke
The Way Back
08/06/2024 & 18/08/2024
Last Post Association
Various locations
The Last Post in the Landscape
Dikkebusstraat 234, 8950 Dranouter
From 22/06/2024 Poperinge Visitor centre Lijssenthoek, Boescheepseweg 35a, 8970 Poperinge
Forgotten Track
From summer 2024 Lo-Reninge Hoflandstraat 2, 8647 Lo-Reninge (former military cemetery)
The Landscape Bears Witness
Permanent Hooglede German Military Cemetery, Beverenstraat, 8830 Hooglede
One last greeting
Permanent
Peace Bridge
Pacific Eiland
Eiland 2, 8900 Ypres
For Schools Permanent In Flanders Fields Museum Hoeve Klein Zwaanhof Kleine Poezelstraat 6, 8904 Ieper Discover all projects on www.landscapes.be
The Salient Illustrated
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Responsible publisher Westtoer, Koning Albert I laan 120, 8200 Sint-Michiels (Brugge) Coordination Eline Adam & Johanna D’haene Text and composition: Westtoer i.c.w. project partners Translation: Wilkens c.s. Lay-out: Laurie Vansteelant (Westtoer), Made by Flint Print: Drukkerij Jacobs, Brugge Photos: Westtoer, Ateljee D Legal depot number: WD/3029/2024/07
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