The Westhoek Archives

Stenen Brug over de Dode IJzer (Pollinkhove, Lo-Reninge, België)

De is een oude brug die in de 18e eeuw (in 1780 om precies te zijn) werd aangelegd door de…

De van Izenberge heet voluit “Kapel Onze Lieve Vrouw van Barmhartigheid”. Het is een bedevaartskapel. Het dateert van 1653. De…

At regular intervals, the Ijzer overflows its banks. It is then interesting to tour the flood plain of...

When driving through the Westhoek region, you can almost always see at least one of these three transmission towers: the one on Katsberg, ...

Jules Destrooper has been the leading producer of almond and butter wafers since 1886. Originally known for their wafer-thin...

The Brothers-in-Arms Memorial is a new World War I memorial that was officially inaugurated on September 25, 2022. Located in a...

This large military cemetery with 1,722 Belgian graves from World War I is embedded in a 352-hectare forest. It...

The "Essex farmstead" cemetery is located in the John McCrae Memorial Site. This site was recognized in September 2023 as a UNESCO...

The St. Julian Memorial, also called "The Brooding Soldier," is an impressive monument commemorating fallen Canadians from World War...

The Dodengang is one of the memory sites of World War I: beautifully preserved trenches on the Ijzer. There is a visitor center...