Visit Ypres with the official tourist site with information concerning the most important Great War and medieval sites
Opening Hours
Mon - Fri    9 AM - 5 PM
Sat - Sun  10 AM - 5 PM
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Ypres Tourist Office
Cloth Hall
Grote Markt 34
B - 8900 Ieper
T 057 239 220
F 057 239 275
toerisme@ieper.be

Ypres : a city to experience, discover and enjoy

You have decided to come to spend some time in Ypres and Flanders Fields? 
Good choice.  We will surprise you and make your trip an unforgettable experience!

No other European city will give you the opportunity to fully experience what the Great War was really like, no other city has such interesting medieval story to tell and no other city has combined its past elements better into a modern place bubbling with enthusiasm for the future.

Visit our brand new Visitor's Centre!

Ypres and the Great War

The Last Post is played every night at 8pm at the Menin gate.Explore Flanders Fields and visit the remains of the Great War in order to never forget what happened.....
In Flanders Fields Museum, the battlefields, the war cemeteries, all reveal the truth about the Great War fought in Ypres.
Be touched by the Last Post, played every night at 8pm in memory of the soldiers of the British Empire and Allied Forced who fell in Ypres Salient during the First World War.
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Explore Ypres

Dive into Ypres' medieval past in the town centre and pay a visit to the Cloth Hall on one of the most beautiful market squares of Belgium or go for a walk around the 17th Century Vauban ramparts.
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Ypres has one of the most beautiful market squares in Belgium  Take a walk along the 17th Century Vauban Ramparts  The impressive town hall of Ypres

 

Ypres todayEvery three years the cats festival is the highlight of the year for the people of Ypres

Ypres and its surroundings is an exciting area to discover : delicious food, Belgian chocolate, quality shopping streets,  overwhelming walking and cycling tours, touring by car in Flanders Fields, the famous cats festival, ...
Let us surprise you....

 

Trips in Ypres

The Ypres Tourist Office can suggest you a broad range of guided tours and ideas for trips in Ypres and its surroundings for both groups and individual visitors.
Don't hesitate to pop in or contact us for more information.

Sleeping in Ypres

Looking for a nice way to spend the night in Ypres?  The city offers you a broad range of accommodation facilities suiting for both groups and individuals.
Check our new accommodation wizard to find your favourite place to stay.

 

 

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If your interested in the Ypres Flanders Fields or the Menin Gate find here the latest news and information. Don't forget to visit the Great War Battlefields

tourist movie

Tourist movie

hear the Last Post at the Menin Gate. Remember World War 1 victims of the Ypres battlefields in the Salient.

audio walk

Although the theme of the In Flanders Fields Museum in ypres is universal, it is also rooted in time and space. The permanent exhibition explains the run-up to world war 1, the devastation of the war years and the post-war period.

audio walk