Cycling in a war landscape
Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Cycling route: 3891087
Provided by: Tourist Info
46.9 km
826 kcal
80 m
Description
48 kilometres of cycling around Ypres. That means you end up in the setting of the First World War. There are numerous memorial sites throughout the landscape: cemeteries, monuments and still visible traces in the area.
You start on the Grote Markt in Ypres and after a few minutes of pedaling you pass a first war site along the Ieperleekanaal: Essex Farm Cemetery. The bunker complex and cemetery where John McCrae wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields”. Further on your tour you cycle through the northern Ypres Salient and pass the largest French cemetery, St. Charles de Potyse, where some 4800 soldiers are buried.
Then it goes towards Bellewaerde Ridge, a gentle slope in the landscape where you can still find an authentic landscape of the First World War in the Crater Forest. The bomb craters are still clearly recognizable!
Further along your route you will also cycle through traces of the war: Hill 60 and 62, the German trenches of Bayernwald are also worth a visit.
Your bike ride ends between the Flemish fields and via the 17th century fortifications you make a detour around Ypres to then end at the Menin Gate. Here a salute is given daily at 8 pm to all the deceased of the First World War. A ceremony that grabs you by the throat.
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Below you will find various suggestions for breaks that you can visit during your route. These are divided into different categories, making it easy for you to choose.
Directions
| # | Description | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dienst Toerisme Ieper (Grand Square, 8900, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium) | 0.00 km | ||
| In Flanders Fields (Grote Markt, 8900, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium) | 0.07 km | ||
89 | 89 (8900, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium) | 0.18 km | |
39 | 39 (8900, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium) | 0.72 km | |
35 | 35 (8900, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium) | 1.32 km | |
24 | 24 (8904, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium) | 5.40 km |
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