Discover 6 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Zonnebeke (Belgium). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Tyne Cot, Hill 62 Memorial, and Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial. Also, be sure to include Passchendaele Canadian Memorial in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Zonnebeke (Vlaanderen).
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Tyne Cot
Cemetery. Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery and Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. It is the largest cemetery for Commonwealth forces in the world, for any war. The cemetery and its surrounding memorial are located outside Passendale, near Zonnebeke in Belgium.[1]
Hill 62 Memorial
Memorial park in Ypres, Belgium. The Canadian Hill 62 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 Sorrel and Sanctuary Wood. These battles marked the first occasion in which Canadian divisions engaged in planned offensive operations during World War I. In those actions the Canadians reconquered vital high-ground positions that denied the Germans a commanding view of the town of Ypres itself.[2]
Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial
Cemetery. The Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Buttes New British Cemetery, near the town of Zonnebeke, Belgium. It commemorates 378 officers and men of the New Zealand Division who were killed in the vicinity and have no known grave.[3]
Passchendaele Canadian Memorial
Monument in Zonnebeke, Belgium. The Passchendaele Canadian Memorial is a Canadian war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in the Second Battle of Passchendaele of World War I. The memorial is located on the former site of Crest Farm, an objective captured by the 4th Canadian Division during the assault of 30 October 1917.[4]
Onze-Lieve-Vouwekerk
Church
Address: Ieperstraat 1, 8980 Zonnebeke
Passchendaele New British Cemetery
Cemetery