World War I
Interesting Links
- overthetoptours-ypres.be - The original, overthetoptours-ypres
- overthetoptours.be - Battle field tours
- tommiesguides.co.uk - Military bookspecialist
- salientpoints.com - Battlefield touring resource site for WW1 & WW2
- www.wo1.be - Site of reference for WW1
- www.ieper.be
- www.ieperdigitaal.be
- www.battlefields.be - visit the battlefield in a helicopter!
Museums
- In Flanders fields museum, Ypres
- Ramparts Museum, Ypres
- Museum Hooghe Crater, Zillebeke
- Museum Hill 62 – Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke
- Talbot House Museum, Poperinge
- Memorial museum Passchendaele, Zonnebeke
In Flanders fields museum, Ypres
The biggest, most popular and most impressive museum about World War I.
Opening hours:
April to November 15: 10:00 to 18:00.
November 16 to March: 10:00 to 17:00.
Ticket sales stop 1 hour before closing time. Closed on Mondays, Christmas day, New Year's Day and the first 3 weeks after Christmas Holidays.
Lakenhalle - Grote Markt 34 - +32 (0)57 239 220
http://www.inflandersfields.be
Price: 7.5 euro
Ramparts Museum, Ypres
You walk on "duckboards" through a reconstruction of trenches, tunnels and dug-outs.
You see, hear and feel the real horror and madness of the first world war!
Open from 10:30 to 20:00. Closed on Wednesday.
Rijselsestraat 208 - 8900 Ieper - T - F: +32 (0)57 200 236
Price: 3 euro
Museum Hooghe Crater, Zillebeke
Besides the traditional pictures, weapons and equipment, this new museum shows reconstructions of war scenes with life-size horses and soldiers in the uniforms of the involved nations.
A stained glass window represents the fire of the Belfry Tower on 22 November 1914.
Meenseweg 467, B-8902 Zillebeke-Ieper, Belgium, Tel: +32 (0)57 46 84 46, Fax +32 (0)57 46 87 12
http://www.hoogecrater.com - hoogecrater@skynet.be
Price: 3 euro
Museum Hill 62 – Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke
This small part of the wood was preserved as it was found at the end of the war, and it is now the only really authentic sector of trenches remaining. There is also a small indoor museum.
Open daily from 10:00 to 18:00.
Canadalaan 26, 8902 Zillebeke - T +32 (0)57 466 373
Price: 7.5 euro
Talbot House Museum, Poperinge
During World War I, Talbot House was a good place to stay for British soldiers. It allowed them to forget their misery for a moment. It was far enough from the front to have a feeling of safety. The interior is still as it was then.
Open from 15 February until 15 November.
Talbot House Gasthuisstraat 43/Pottestraat B-8970 Poperinge
Tel. +32 (0)57 33 32 28 Fax. +32 (0)57 33 21 83
http://www.talbothouse.be - info@talbothouse.be
Price: 8 euro
Memorial museum Passchendaele, Zonnebeke
‘Passchendaele 1917’ became a nickname in the history of the First World War, a word that was used to symbolise violence in its most brutal and senseless form. During the Third Battle of Ypres, in one hundred days only a few miles of frontline were gained at the cost of more than 400,000 casualties.
On ANZAC Day 2004, 90 years after the beginning of the Great War, the community of Zonnebeke opened a brand-new museum in the grounds of the Zonnebeke Chateau ... the successor of the well-known Streekmuseum and choise for a classical presentation.
Visitors are given an overview of the five battles of Ypres by means of authentic photographic material, a wide selection of historical artefacts and several life-like dioramas.
At the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, the visitor will get the opportunity to walk through a German trench and descend into a unique 20 feet deep British dugout with communication and dressing posts, headquarters and accommodation. The museum is an ideal starting point for a visit to the area, an absolute must for tourists and specialists.
From Monday to Friday: 10:00 - 18:00. On Saterday and Sunday: 14:00 - 18:00.
Tourist Office Zonnebeke – Ieperstraat 5 – 8980 Zonnebeke
tel. +32 (0)51 77 04 41 – Fax +32 (0)51 78 07 50
toerisme@zonnebeke.be
Price: 5 euro
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