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In Flanders Fields Museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Bovekerke works well as a base: 10 minutes from Zarren, 25km from Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Bovekerke is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 1,021, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Bovekerke sits in Belgium, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Brussels time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Bovekerke to your route.
Bovekerke is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders, and since 1971 it is a “deelgemeente” of the municipality of Koekelare. Besides the chief town of Koekelare proper, Bovekerke also borders the villages Vladslo (part of Diksmuide) and Werken (part of Kortemark).
Bovekerke has about 1,000 inhabitants. TheRead more
Roman Catholic parish and church are named after Saint Gertrude. The Saint Gertrude church, with three naves, is built in brick in 1848. Only the octagonal church is left from the late roman church. This tower dates from the 12th century and might be the oldest building in Koekelare, and is a protected monument. During World War I, the tower was used as an observation tower, and the church was used as a hospital.
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Bovekerke is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 51.0543 latitude, 2.9632 longitude.
Bovekerke has a population of approximately 1,021 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
23 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
23 km · about 25 min drive
cafe
The abbey café opposite Saint-Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren: effectively the only place on earth to reliably drink Westvleteren 12, long rated the world's best beer, at the source with a slab of abbey cheese.
24 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
25 km · about 30 min drive
coastal drive
The N34 'Royal Road' hugs nearly the whole Belgian coast, sharing its corridor with the world's longest tram line and passing Belle Epoque De Haan, dunes and beach resorts.
25 km · about 30 min drive
cafe
Bruges tavern serving continuously since 1515: likely Belgium's oldest café, with a Flemish Renaissance interior, a stove-warmed main room and a boules garden out back; Van Dyck is said to have paid in paintings.
26 km · about 30 min drive
beach
Belgium's widest sandy beach, famous for land-yachting and bordering the wild Westhoek dunes near the French border.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
47 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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