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Waterlock and World War I ruins at Palingbeek

Waterlock and World War I ruins at Palingbeek

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Waterlock and World War I ruins at Palingbeek

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Location: Ypres, Ieper, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 12, 2022

What a crazy war has done to a landscape…
The Bluff, a hotly contested artificial hilltop located in the middle of the provincial Palingbeek Domain, is worth discovering. Many mine craters, shelters that can be found in the 'Waterlock' (= lock section in the old channel bed), bunkers and military cemeteries from WWI can be discovered here. To look for traces of the past, appropriate footwear is recommended. A walking path that departs from the South Entry Point takes you around the mine craters and then dives into the old bed of the Ypres – Komen Canal.
This experience trail along the 'Waterlock' makes you think.

Spacious parking is provided at Palingbeekstraat or a smaller parking lot at the visitor center in Vaartstraat 7 Zillebeke.

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Patrice HAUTEKIET

April 16, 2023

When Man wants, he can, but when Nature does not want, he stays there despite all his efforts!

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Fanfan8940

May 2, 2025

magnificent vegetation, unspoiled nature

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Waterlock and World War I ruins at Palingbeek

1. Caterpillar Crater – World War I Crater loop from Zillebeke

2. The Bluff Memorial and Crater – Hedge Row Trench Cemetery loop from Zillebeke

3. Caterpillar Crater – World War I Crater loop from Savanne

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