Ypres Salient Events
Index of listed events:
- Daily Last Post Ceremony (Menin Gate Memorial)
- Monthly Last Post Ceremony (Ploegsteert Memorial)
- June 2012, re-opening of In Flanders Fields Museum
Daily Last Post Ceremony
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Every Day — 20:00 hours
The Menin Gate, Ypres - 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 CeremonyMonthly Last Post Ceremony - Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
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Every 1st Friday of the month — 19:00 hours
Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
The Last Post is played at the memorial on the first Friday of every month at 7 p.m. The ceremony was first started on the 7th June 1999 and is run by the Comité du Memorial de Ploegsteert.
Ploegsteert Memorial location and descriptionRe-opening of the Renovated In Flanders Fields Museum
11 June 2012
In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper (Ypres)
The museum is undergoing a thorough facelift as part of a major renovation. In Flanders Fields Museum is completely closed to the public from 13th November 2011 to June 2012. The floorspace of the museum will be extended to include the Documentation Centre within the same building. Also, when the museum re-opens visitors will once again be able to visit the Belfry tower and see the magnificent views from the top.
Image courtesy of In Flanders Fields Museum
Ieper - Ypres 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. The Tourist Office is located in the Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle) in the centre of Ieper.
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Visiting the Ypres Salient
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