Kraterbos

Kraterbos is a forest in Ypres, West Flanders, Flanders. Kraterbos is situated nearby to the quarter Canada, as well as near India.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62 and Bellewaerde.

Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62

Museum

Photo: Harm.frielink, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Sanctuary Wood Museum Hill 62, 3 km east of Ypres, Belgium is a private museum located in the neighborhood of the Canadian Hill 62 Memorial and the Sanctuary Wood Cemetery.

Bellewaerde

Theme park

Photo: Pehuyghe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bellewaerde is a theme park in the West Flemish countryside at Zonnebeke near Ypres, Belgium. It was established in 1954, on the grounds of the World War I Battle of Bellewaarde.

The Canadian Hill 62 Memorial is a war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Canadian Corps in defending the southern stretches of the Ypres Salient between April and August 1916 including actions in battle at the St Eloi Craters, Hill 62, Mount Sorrel and Sanctuary Wood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zonnebeke and Zillebeke.

Zonnebeke

Town

Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Zonnebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Beselare, Gheluvelt, Passendale, Zandvoorde and Zonnebeke proper.