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Things to do in Ypres (Ieper)
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Sightlore has 22 places to explore in Ypres (Ieper), and 19 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Ypres (Ieper)'s must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Island of Ireland Peace Park
The Island of Ireland Peace Park and its surrounding park, also called the Irish Peace Park or Irish Peace Tower in Messines, near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, is a war memorial to the soldiers of the island of Ireland who died, were wounded or are missing from World War I,…
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Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
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Hill 62 Memorial
The Canadian Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Memorial is a war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in defending the southern stretches of the Ypres Salient between April and August 1916 including actions in battle at the St Eloi Craters, Hill 62, Mount…
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City walls of Ieper
The fortifications that have surrounded Ypres since the early Middle Ages; their present layout is based on the work of the French engineer Vauban.
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Essex Farm Cemetery
Essex Farm Cemetery is a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground within the John McCrae Memorial Site near Ypres, Belgium. There are 1,204 dead commemorated, of which 104 are unidentified.
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Menin Gate
The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown.
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Hooge Crater Cemetery
Hooge Crater Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front.
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Kemmelberg
The Kemmelberg is a hill formation in Flanders, Belgium. It is located less than a kilometre from the village of Kemmel, part of the municipality of Heuvelland in the province of West Flanders.
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Tyne Cot Cemetery
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
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Saint George's Memorial Church
Saint George's Memorial Church, Ypres (Ieper), Belgium, was built to commemorate over 500,000 British and Commonwealth troops, who had died in the three battles fought for the Ypres Salient, during World War I. It was completed in 1929. The church was built following an…
Discovery routes in Ypres (Ieper)
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Ypres: the Menin Gate and the Cloth Hall
From St. George's Memorial Church to St. Martin's Cathedral, the Cloth Hall and the In Flanders Fields Museum, then the Menin Gate and along the ramparts to the Ramparts Cemetery.
The Ypres Salient: First World War sites
From Essex Farm to the Langemark German cemetery, Tyne Cot and the Passchendaele Museum, Hooge Crater and Sanctuary Wood to the Canadian memorial on Hill 62, then the Pool of Peace, the Island of Ireland Peace Park, Mount Kemmel, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery and Talbot House.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Cloth Hall, Ypres
The Cloth Hall is a large cloth hall, a medieval commercial building, in Ypres, Belgium. The original structure was erected mainly between 1200 and 1304, in the Gothic style.
City walls of Ieper
The fortifications that have surrounded Ypres since the early Middle Ages; their present layout is based on the work of the French engineer Vauban.
Ramparts (Lille Gate) Cemetery
Ramparts Cemetery (Lille Gate) is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
Essex Farm Cemetery
Essex Farm Cemetery is a World War I, Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground within the John McCrae Memorial Site near Ypres, Belgium. There are 1,204 dead commemorated, of which 104 are unidentified.
Langemark German war cemetery
The German war cemetery of Langemark (formerly spelt 'Langemarck') is near the village of Langemark, part of the municipality of Langemark-Poelkapelle, in the Belgian province of West Flanders. More than 44,000 soldiers are buried here.
Tyne Cot Cemetery
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
Hooge Crater Cemetery
Hooge Crater Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front.
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
Artillery Wood Cemetery
Artillery Wood Cemetery, near Boezinge, Belgium, is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery from the First World War.
Museums
In Flanders Fields Museum
The In Flanders Fields Museum is a museum in Ypres (Ieper), Belgium, dedicated to the study of the First World War. It occupies the second floor of the Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle) on the market square in the city centre.
Passchendaele Museum
The Passchendaele Museum (formerly the Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917) is a military museum located in the chateau grounds of Zonnebeke, Belgium. It is dedicated to the First World War and in particular to the Battle of Passchendaele.
Sanctuary Wood Hill 62
The Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62, 3 km (1.9 mi) east of Ypres, Belgium is a private museum located in the neighborhood of the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.
Talbot House
Toc H is a registered charity and an international Christian movement.
Places of worship
Saint George's Memorial Church
Saint George's Memorial Church, Ypres (Ieper), Belgium, was built to commemorate over 500,000 British and Commonwealth troops, who had died in the three battles fought for the Ypres Salient, during World War I. It was completed in 1929. The church was built following an…
Saint Martin's Cathedral
St Martin's Church, also called St Martin's Cathedral, is a church and former cathedral in the Belgian city of Ypres.
Sint-Vedastuskerk
The St. Vedast Church is a church in Vlamertinge, Belgium.
Monuments
Menin Gate
The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown.
Hill 62 Memorial
The Canadian Hill 62 (Sanctuary Wood) Memorial is a war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in defending the southern stretches of the Ypres Salient between April and August 1916 including actions in battle at the St Eloi Craters, Hill 62, Mount…
Pool of Peace
Mine crater in the village of Wijtschate, created in 1917 during the Battle of Messines; also known as the Pool of Peace.
Island of Ireland Peace Park
The Island of Ireland Peace Park and its surrounding park, also called the Irish Peace Park or Irish Peace Tower in Messines, near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, is a war memorial to the soldiers of the island of Ireland who died, were wounded or are missing from World War I,…
Nature
Kemmelberg
The Kemmelberg is a hill formation in Flanders, Belgium. It is located less than a kilometre from the village of Kemmel, part of the municipality of Heuvelland in the province of West Flanders.
Other
Bellewaerde
Bellewaerde is a theme park in the West Flemish countryside at Zonnebeke near Ypres, Belgium. It was established in 1954, on the grounds of the World War I Battle of Bellewaarde.
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