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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Ypres

6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Ypres, Belgium

Updated March 3, 2020

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Trenches at Sanctuary Wood.

Ypres, Belgium

Sanctuary Wood Museum

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Collection from the iron harvest in a basement.

Ypres, Belgium

The Yorkshire Trench

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.
Preserved wounded dressing station

Ypres, Belgium

The Birthplace of 'In Flanders Fields'

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.
The museum exterior.

Ypres, Belgium

In Flanders Fields Museum

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.
Soldiers marching through the Menin Gate (before the modern structure) at the start of WWI

Ypres, Belgium

Menin Gate Memorial

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
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Ypres, Belgium

Sanctuary Wood Cemetery

In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.
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Potato vending machine.

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Potato Vending Machine

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.
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