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
From April to 15th of November till 6 PM 
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Ypres Tourist Office
Cloth Hall
Grote Markt 34
B - 8900 Ieper
T 057 239 220
F 057 239 275
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Places in Ypres with historical importance

During the Middle Ages Ypres was one of the Flemish cloth centres next to Bruges and Ghent. The impressive Cloth Hall bears witness to this golden age.

During the Middle Ages Ypres was one of the Flemish cloth centres next to Bruges and Ghent. The impressive Cloth Hall bears witness to this golden age.  

 

Saint Martin's cathedral and the splendid ramparts also date back to this period.

 

Saint Martin's cathedral and the splendid Ypres ramparts also date back to this period.

 

The Menin gate is the greatest war monument under which the Last Post is sounded every evening at 8 pm.

 
The Menin gate is the greatest war monument under which the Last Post is sounded every evening at 8 pm.

 

 

The In Flanders Fields Museum tells the story and the memories of WW1 by means of personal testimonies and modern techniques.

 

 

 

Menin Gate Ramparts War Cemetery Ramparts
Ypres in Belgium
Ypres monument Lille Gate Market Square 1
Ypres in Belgium

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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