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Menin Gate
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
17 km · about 20 min drive
Flanders, Belgium · Europe
Menen works well as a base: 5 minutes from Bousbecque, 17km from Menin Gate.
Menen is a town located in Flanders, Belgium. With a population of 31,916, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Menen 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 Menen to your route.
Menen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmeːnə(n)] ; French: Menin [mənɛ̃]; West Flemish: Mêenn [ˈmeːnən] or Mêende [ˈmeːndə]) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Menen proper and the towns of Lauwe and Rekkem. The city is situated on theRead more
French/Belgian border. On January 1, 2006, Menen had a total population of 32,413. The total area is 33.07 km2 which gives a population density of 980 inhabitants per km2.
The city of Menen gives its name to the Menin Gate in Ypres, which is a monument to those killed in World War I. The gate is so called as the road from that gate is the road to Menen.
The town hall of Menen, with its large belfry, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, because of its civic importance and architecture.
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Menen is located in Flanders, Belgium, Europe. The coordinates are 50.7972 latitude, 3.1225 longitude.
Menen has a population of approximately 31,916 people, making it a town in Belgium.
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A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
18 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
18 km · about 20 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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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The medieval heart of Bruges, where the climbable Belfry tower looms over a square of stepped-gable guild houses.
46 km · about 55 min drive
museum
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
47 km · about 55 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.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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Vibrant medieval Flemish city with stunning canal-side architecture, the Gravensteen castle, and the famous Ghent Altarpiece.
51 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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