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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.

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Sanctuary Wood Museum

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

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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

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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.

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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

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Menin Gate Memorial

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
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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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Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.
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