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Irish Peace Park – UEFA Christmas Truce Monument loop from Mesen - Messines

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Irish Peace Park – UEFA Christmas Truce Monument loop from Mesen - Messines

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Irish Peace Park – UEFA Christmas Truce Monument loop from Mesen - Messines

02:48

10.6km

90m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 29, 2025

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Irish Peace Park

Highlight • Monument

Irish Peace Park is located just behind New Zealand Memorial Park.
Memorials to Irish fallen soldiers. Impressive peace tower, visible from far away!

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1.30 km

Messines Ridge New Zealand Memorial

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Memorial with a view of the wide plain

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1.79 km

View of Mesen and the New Zealand Memorial

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The combination of the somewhat unusual tower of the Mesen Sint-Niklaaskerk and the memorial column for the New Zealand division is striking from afar in an open agricultural landscape.

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6.10 km

Mud Corner Cemetery

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Small British military cemetery with graves from 85 W.O. I-killed.

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6.42 km

UEFA Christmas Truce Monument

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On Christmas Day 1914, British and German soldiers emerged from the trenches to fraternize and play a game of football in a temporary "no man's land".
100 years later, UEFA …

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10.3 km

Saint-Nicolas Church of Steenvoorde

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7

10.5 km

François Deleu Monument - Mesen

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François Joseph Deleu (1826–1901) was a boys' school teacher and a renowned pedagogue. He developed a specific methodology for physics and agriculture lessons.

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10.5 km

Christmas Truce Memorial (St. Yvon)

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British artist Andy Edward designed a life-size work of art about the Christmas Truce, the famous truce (with football match) that took place on Christmas Day 1914 during the First …

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10.6 km

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4.32 km

4.29 km

949 m

747 m

322 m

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4.83 km

3.75 km

997 m

801 m

195 m

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