Ypres Salient Events

Daily Last Post Ceremony

The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing.

Every Day — 20:00 hours

The Menin Gate, Ieper

At 8 o'clock (20.00 hours) every evening the traffic through the Menin Gate is stopped and one or more buglers play the Last Post followed by Reveille in a moving ceremony that has rarely been interrupted since the First World War.

Details of the Last Post Ceremony

Commemoration March from Ypres to Armentières

First day of the march from Ieper to Armentières

Sunday 27^th June 2010 07:00 to 09:30

Ammunition Dump (Kruitmagazijn) – Esplanadeplein – Ieper

This is the second commemoration march from Ieper on the Ypres-Salient to Albert in the Somme. The first one took place between November 7^th to 11^th 2008. The distance has been broken into 30 Km (19 miles) parts with each part taking a full day to cover and each part tracing elements from WW1. The full journey is spread over four days from 27^th, 28^th, 29^th and 30^th June 2010. You may participate on all four days or on the first day only.

If you wish to participate in the four day walk and attend the ceremony at Thiepval Memorial on 1^st July 2010 the Ieper tourist office have a special deal. For € 225 they can provide four nights' accommodation in a comfortable hotel with breakfast, packed lunch or warm meal each day plus dinner and transportation to and from each day's walk and it includes a booklet in the price.

The four stages are as follows:

Day 1 — June 27^th Ieper - Dikkebusvijver - Kemmel - Ploegsteert - Armentières
Day 2 — June 28^th Fromelles - Neuve Chapelle - Givenchy-lès-la Basée - Dud Corner Cemetery Loos-en-Gohelle
Day 3 — June 29^th Souchez - Vimy - La Targette Neuville St.-Vaast - Carrière Wellington - Arras
Day 4 — June 30^th Bucquoy - Beaumont-Hamel - Thiepval memorial - Australian Memorial Pozières - La Boiselle mine crater - Albert

first stage runs from Ypres to Armentières on Sunday 27^th June 2010.

There will be a Shuttle service after the walk back to Ypres.

For more information contact: Tourist Office Ypres, Cloth Hall, Grote Markt 34, 8900 Ieper
Tel. +32 57 239 220
Email: toerisme@ieper.be

Annual Armistice Day Commemoration Events

Bands at the Special Last Post ceremony on Armistice Day 11^th November.

Thursday 11^th November 2010

Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, St. George's Church, St. Martin's Cathedral, Ieper

A number of commemorative events take place annually in Ypres to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day on 11^th November 1918. The events include morning church services, a special Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing and an afternoon concert in St. Martin's cathedral.

Annual Armistice Day Commemoration Events in Ypres

Ieper Events Information

Further information about the wide variety of local and cultural events held in Ieper during the year can be obtained from the Ieper Tourist Office. For contact information see our page at:

Ieper Tourist Office