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WestFront - Ganzenpoot lock complex (Nieuwpoort, Belgium)

During World War I, this complex of locks played a particularly large role. It is that one and the other was opened, flooding much of the Iron Plain. At the WestFront visitor center, you can learn more about it all.

NIEUWPOORT Belgium

Visitor numbers: 22,622 visitors in 2018.
Indication of location on Top.Vlaanderen map.
Indication of location on Google Maps.
More info on Visit NIeuwpoort's web site.
Official web site of WestFront (including possibility to reserve tickets). Other social media: Facebook - Instagram.
Wikipedia page about The Goosefoot.

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360° photo of the great monument of Albert I: (23/8/2020)

360° photo of the "De Ganzenpoot" lock complex at the great Albert I monument: (23/08/2020)

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