Battlefields of the First World War

The area all around Ypres was, in the four years 1914-1918, the scene of some of the bloodiest battles of the First World War. The dead are buried in 170 war cemeteries, their graves are still visited by relatives. The British cemeteries are scattered around close to Ypres, whereas the German soldiers' graves are concentrated in huge cemeteries (Langemark, Menen-Wald, Hooglede, Vladso-Praetbosch,).

From Ypres "Route 14-18" is signposted to the most important battle zones.