Base of IJzertoren, Diksmuide, Belgium, 2015-03-30
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Places of Flanders Fields (2) : Yser to Plugstreet timelapse
Relics and remains of World War One are still to be seen in belgian Flanders area. This is where fierce fighting were held and where hundreds of thousands soldiers from France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, India... were fallen. Places of remembrance are numerous along the old front line stretching from the North Sea (Yser river) to the Ypres Salient and the french border.
This timelapse movie shows an overview of some Flanders Fields places of interest : Ramskapelle observation post, german bunker Dodengang Diksmuide, Yorkshire Trench and Dugout Boezinge, Hill 63 Plugstreet(Ploegsteert), The Tunneler Wijtschate, Pool of Peace Wijtschate, Ziegler bunker Boezinge, Mesen church, Prowse Point cemetery Plugstreet, Berks Cemetery memorial Plugstreet, Indian monument Menen gate Ypres, Welsh memorial Langemark, Spanbroekmolen cemetery Wijtschate, Buttes cemetery Zonnebeke, Canadian Monument Passendaele, New Zealand Memorial Mesen, New zealand soldier Mesen, Loker War monument, Irish Peace Park Mesen, Ramskapelle belgian war graves, Potyze french cemetery Ypres, Loker church, Black Swatch monument Zonnebeke, Memorial Stone Charles Sciascia Warneton, Bedford House cemetery Zillebeke.
Belgium: A view inside a luxury 'M4' first class coach on a Brussels Midi to Liege St Lambert train
Belgium: View inside a luxury 'M4' first class coach on the 1003 Brussels Midi to Liege Saint Lambert service. The train was hauled by SNCB class 27 electric loco number 2736. Recorded 5th October 2018.
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The SNCB Class 27 was the first of the large 1980s family of 144 electric locomotives. The family was made up of Classes 11 (12), 12 (12), 21 (60) and 27 (60). Classes 11, 12 and 21 were nearly twice as powerful as Classes 22, 23 and 25. Class 27 was more than twice as powerful as the 1950s locomotives. This family was heavily influenced by the Class 20² locomotives built in the mid 1970s. This family came into service with M4 and M5 coaching stock and the AM 80 and AM 86 series of EMUs. These four sister classes are visually identical except for a few minor details. Class 11's livery is specific to the Benelux service on which they operated on for most of their service lives.
Class 27 locomotives are the staple power for SNCB/NMBS. They work all over the 3000 volt electrified lines including the occasional trip through to Luxembourg City. The arrival of Class 13 had little impact on Class 27 at the time as the 13s were occupied with trains of I11 coaching stock and goods trains working on newly electrified sections under 25000 volts, 50 HZ where Class 27s could not go. Class 27s were frequently engaged in pulling heavy freights from the Flemish ports to the sorting yard at Montzen, near the German border. They also pulled a number of passenger services including peak hour trains of M5 double deck coaching stock. They have become very active on trains with the newer M6 stock. Locos 2742 to 2760 have been modified with MUX and automatic couplers at one end so they can work in multiple in push-pull trains made up of two Class 27s each with a rake of five M6 coaches running one behind the other. The trains start at separate destinations and join up later to run together as a unit over most of their route. Later they split up and go their separate ways to their final destinations and reverse for the return journey.
Locomotive 2711 currently holds the world record for the longest passenger train ever pulled by a single locomotive. The record was set on 27 April 1991, when the locomotive pulled 70 carriages from Gent to Oostende.
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Brussels (French: Bruxelles; Dutch: Brussel, officially the Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community,[ but is separate from the Flemish Region (in which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated and the richest region in Belgium in terms of GDP per capita. It covers 161 km2 (62 sq mi), a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of 1.2 million. The metropolitan area of Brussels counts over 2.1 million people, which makes it the largest in Belgium. It is also part of a large conurbation extending towards Ghent, Antwerp, Leuven and Walloon Brabant, home to over 5 million people.
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NMBS/SNCB is the national railway company of Belgium. The company formally styles itself using the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB, however it is commonly referred to in English and internationally using just the French abbreviation SNCB. The corporate logo designed in 1936 by Henry van de Velde consists of the linguistically neutral letter B in a horizontal oval.
Belgium has a rail network of 3,602km of main railway lines (or 6,399km of mainline tracks).
The network currently includes four high speed lines suitable for 300 km/h (190 mph) traffic: HSL 1 runs from just south of Brussels to the French border, where it continues to a triangular junction with LGV Nord for Paris Nord and Lille Flandres (and London beyond that), HSL 2 runs from Leuven to Ans and onward to Liège-Guillemins, HSL 3 runs from Liège to the German border near Aachen and HSL 4 connects with HSL-Zuid in the Netherlands to allow services to run from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal.
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SeaMeCycle 2 - A Ride to Remember
SeaMeCycle 2: Riding for Remembrance through Northern France and West Flanders
Five hundred kilometers, 2 countries in 7 days with 8 people. That is the plan for the SeaMeCycle 2 tour.
Howest journalism interns, staff and supporters from 2Seas Interreg projects SeaMedia and Bike Friendly Cities start the remembrance ride on Tuesday the 10th of June at Le Grand Mix in Tourcoing, France at 13:30*.
With stops in Fiefs, Neufchatel-Hardelot, Boulogne sur Mer, Wimereux and Dunkirk, France as well as Merkem, Kemmel and Kortrijk, Belgium, the SeaMeCycle 8 invites everyone to join the tour at any point along the way.
Like the first SeaMeCycle tour in October 2013, part 2 aims to raise awareness that people can travel by bike cheaply and healthily from city to city and country to country, enjoying the ride with friends, colleagues and cyclists of all levels, connecting with the forces of nature and learning about the regions they pass through. SeaMeCycle 2 also puts the focus on remembering and observing history by reflecting on WWI along the way.
While on route, the SeaMeCycle 8 will capture stories from the road via video, photo and audio reports that will draw attention to cycling and remembrance tourism. The tour will include stops at the Bike Friendly Cities conference in Boulogne sur Mer on the 12th of June, where the SeameCycle team will present videos made during their previous tour. Familiar faces from the first tour will join them the following night at the Leffrinckoucke bunkers in Dunkirk for an audio-visual evening of video-mapping. After that, they will spend 2 days exploring many WWI-related places in West Flanders, including the Peace Tower in Diksmuide, Messines Peace Village and the Menen Gate in Ieper for the nightly Last Post ceremony.
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(cycling route)
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For more information, contact Sarah Markewich from SeaMedia Howest: sarah.markewich[at]howest.be
*The cycling tour will leave The Studios at Howest in Kortrijk, Belgium at 11:00 to ride together to Tourcoing, France for the official start. All are welcome to join them from Kortrijk as well. If interested, contact Sarah Markewich for details.
Remembrance & History, Eurometropolis - Lille, Kortrijk, Tournai - Unravel Travel TV
For many centuries, the frontier zone covered by the Eurometropolis area has been a battlefield of Europe due to its geographical location at the crossroads of nations' destiny. The area has preserved numerous scars as well as an exceptional historical and commemorative heritage. The frontline of the First World War crossed Flanders and the Picardie region. The In Flanders Fields museum in Ypres retraces the history of daily life in the trenches. On the other side of the square, you can read on the walls of the Menenpoort, a memorial gate resembling a Roman triumph, the names of 54.896 soldiers of the British Empire who disappeared during this war. Since 1928, the Last Post can be heard every night at 8 o'clock p.m., echoing under the impressive vaults. In the Region of the Lys, the Flanders Field American cemetery in Waregem and the German military cemetery of Menen are both very important places of remembrance. The fortresses of Bondues and of Seclin, the museum of the resistance in Villeneuve-d'Ascq and the birth house of Charles de Gaulle in Lille also testify of the people's resistance during the Second World War.
Bayernwald (Bayern Wood)
This unique German site is located between the villages of Wijtschate and Voormezele. The site consists of two mine galleries, a mine shaft, a trench system and five bunkers. It is accessed via a footpath which passes through the restored network of trenches. A series of information panels give details of the events which took place here and explain what life at the front was really like.
German Military Cemetery Menen
The German military cemetery at Menen is the largest German war cemetery in Western Europe, commemorating no fewer than 47 900 fallen soldiers. During WWI Menen was occupied by German troops, where several German hospitals and cemeteries were constructed. This cemetery was located close to a wood, hence the name 'Meenen Wald'. Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Belgian Military Cemetery Vleteren
French soldiers started this cemetery in the autumn of 1914. Only by June 1916, the Belgians took it over. After the war, the site was enlarged and the French soldiers were relocated. This cemetery became one of the nine Belgian military cemeteries in West-Flanders. A total of 1 207 soldiers found their last resting-place in the Belgian military cemetery in the village of Westvleteren. Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Commonwealth Military Cemetery Lijssenthoek & Visitor Centre.
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery is the impressive witness of more than four years of war violence. From 1915 until 1920 the hamlet of Lijssenthoek became the venue for the biggest evacuation hospital in the Ypres Salient. Today the cemetery evokes daily reflections of the Great War. The visitor centre tells the story of this unique site.
Cimetière Militaire Commonwealth du Tyne Cot
Tyne Cot Cemetery is the largest military cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the continent. This impressive cemetery has almost 12,000 tombstones. The impressive rear wall of the cemetery contains the names of 35,000 soldiers missing in action. On 12 July 2007 a brand new visitor infrastructure was opened. The new visitor centre offers a unique view over the former battlefields and contains much information on Tyne Cot Cemetery and the fallen of Passchendaele.
Cimetière militaire français Ossuaire français Kemmel
The mass grave at the foot of Kemmel Hill contains the remains of 5 294 French soldiers, of whom just 57 are identified. Their names can be seen on the central monument.Most of those men died during the battle for Kemmel Hill in April 1918. The panorama of the surroundings from this point is impressive. Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Mine Crater at St.Eloi
The crater at St.Eloi is the result of the largest deep mine detonated during the war. The crater is flanked by an intact British bunker from 1917 and stands just 100 metres from another crater, the result of one of the six mines exploded on 27 March 1916 during the Attack of St.Eloi.
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Toeristisch België - Ieper - Vestingroute
De vestingen van Ieper zijn de best bewaarde van ons land. Hun verhaal begint tien eeuwen geleden, toen de stad ontstond aan de oevers van de Ieperlee. Eerst waren de vestingen niet meer dan een aarden wal met grachten. Later kwamen er stenen muren en torens. Nog later groeiden ze uit tot een complex geheel van bastions, voorversterkingen, grachten en muren.De route start aan het onthaalcentrum De Kazematten, waar je ook de gratis tentoonstelling over tien eeuwen vestingen in Ieper kan bezoeken.
De Oostkantons -- verrassend groot
De Oostkantons zijn zo uniek, omdat ze in het hart van Europa liggen. In het noorden vloeien België, Nederland en Duitsland samen in een drielandenpunt. Aan de westkant leunt het Franstalige Wallonië tegen de regio aan. In het zuiden strekt ze zich uit tot Luxemburg, in het oosten tot de Duitse bondstaten Nordrhein-Westfalen en Rheinland-Pfalz. Het zijn deze ligging en de invloeden van de buren, die de Oostkantons een heel bijzondere identiteit gegeven hebben. Hier ontstaat een mooie mengeling van Belgische rust en Duitse betrouwbaarheid en een flinke dosis levenskunst.
Op een oppervlakte van nauwelijks 1.036 vierkante kilometer komen de Oostkantons zowel cultureel, taalkundig als culinair verrassend groots voor de dag. De diversiteit is er groot, wat taal betreft bijvoorbeeld. In en rond Malmedy wordt Frans gesproken. De rest van de Oostkantons spreekt Duits. De verschillen met de buurlanden vallen meteen op. Langs de Belgische kant van de grens bij Aken ontplooit zich een landschap dat -- vrij van verkavelingen en industriële landbouw -- al zijn charmes behield. Het lijkt wel een schilderij van een vergeten land, met kleine straatjes die alleen maar lijken te dienen om zich kronkelend naar het volgende prentenboekdorp, de volgende bekoorlijke stad te begeven. En ongetwijfeld bevindt zich op deze weg wel een restaurant waar de regionale keuken in ere gehouden wordt. Want ook op culinair vlak zijn de Oostkantons steeds weer verrassend.
2008 Belgium World Heritage set : The Belfries of Belgium
Euro coin set from Belgium, 2008. Theme : the belfries of Belgium. In the Middle Ages, a lot of cities in Flanders built a belfry as high as possible to show their power. Nowadays, 32 of them are recognised as World Heritage by the Unesco. These are the cities : Aalst - Antwerpen ( 2x ) - Brugge - Dendermonde - Diksmuide - Eeklo - Gent - Herentals - Ieper - Kortrijk - Leuven - Lier - Lo Reninge - Mechelen - Menen - Nieuwpoort - Oudenaarde - Roeselare - Sint Truiden - Tielt - Tienen - Tongeren - Veurne - Zoutleeuw - Bergen - Binche - Charleroi - Doornik - Gembloers - Namen - Thuin. this set contains the 8 euro denominations and a coloured coin.
Yorkshire Trenches @ Boezinge, Ypres Salient
Visited this site on 12/04/2014 while touring some of the WW1 sites and cemetries.
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