if you have enough patience to wait until 8 pm and other Ieper, Belgium Off The Beaten Path Tips

The Last Post

The Last Post association was found by thankful civilians after the Great war in 1928.
Since then, every day at 8pm no matter how bad the weather may be, clarionplayers blow the Last Post at the Menin Gate to commemorate the fallen and missed and fallen soldiers.

Also the fallen soldiers of the then enemy are recalled during this ceremony.

(The picture and the text is more clear when you enlarge it)

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It's a signposted car route of 82 kilometers, which opens up the region of Ieper, Heuvelland, Zonnebeke and Poperinge with numerous First World War Sites, cemeteries and monuments.

If you are an addict of the Great War, this route is highly recommended.

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We visited the British "Canada Farm cemetery" in Elverdinghe, between Ypres and Poperinge.

It's just one of multiple small army cemeteries in the region. It's not really a special attraction, but once immerged into the "Great War atmosphere", it's a poignant place.

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Website: http://www.silentcities.co.uk/cemeteryc/Canada%20Farm%20Cemetery,%20Elverdinghe,%20West-Vlaanderen.htm

This museum about the Great War and the battle of Passchendaele is new since 2004. The location, in the Normandy- style castle of Zonnebeke is absolutely fabulous. If not going for the museum, go for the park and the castle!
Authentic pictures, dioramas and a large collection of historical objects, remains of the war...

This is very interesting and different from the museum "In Flander's Fields": the reconstruction of a British dug-out in the 6 m deep cellars of the castle, with a communication- and red cross post, head quarters and sleeping-place. Complete with sound, faint discontinuous light, water- pump, mouldy smell etc.

Exact location: in the park of Zonnebeke, a few kilometers east of Ypres. To visit the several "war" spots, is perfectly possible to rent a bike in Ypres.

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