Points of interest · West Flanders · Updated on 6 November 2026
Attractions and sights in West Flanders
West Flanders has 343 points of interest on the Outdoor Pitstop map. Most are castles (96), attractions (73) and museums (66). 11 have a page of their own with a photo and a story. At 1, the app tells the story as an audio tour of about two minutes.


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On the map
- 1GroeningemuseumMuseum · Bruges · Audio tour 2:11
- 2BelfryAttraction · Bruges · Story
- 3Menin GateMemorial · Ypres · Story
- 4Basilica of the Holy BloodAttraction · Bruges · Story
- 5City HallAttraction · Bruges · Story
- 6Yser TowerMonument · Diksmuide · Story
1 audio tour in West Flanders
At these places the app tells the story on the spot, in about two minutes. Listen in English or Dutch.
With Pro you check in at the place and hear the whole story; new users get Pro for their first 4 weeks.
Hear the story of Groeningemuseum on the spot with the app
The 48 best-known attractions in West Flanders
After the places above, best known first.
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BelfryAttraction · Bruges · Story - 3
Menin GateMemorial · Ypres · Story - 4
Basilica of the Holy BloodAttraction · Bruges · Story - 5
City HallAttraction · Bruges · Story - 6
Yser TowerMonument · Diksmuide · Story - 7
MarktAttraction · Bruges · Story - 8
Kasteel van WijnendaleCastle · Torhout · Story - 9
Begijnhof Ten WijngaerdeAttraction · Bruges · Story - 10
Site Oud Sint-JanAttraction · Bruges · Story - 11
Archeologische site van de Sint-DonaaskathedraalArchaeological site · Bruges · Story - 12
Island of Ireland Peace ParkAttraction · Mesen - 13
Adornes EstateMuseum · Bruges - 14
Bruges Beer MuseumMuseum · Bruges - 15
Jan Breydel en Pieter De ConinckMemorial · Bruges - 16
King Albert I MonumentAttraction · Nieuwpoort - 17
Passchendaele Canadian MemorialMemorial · Zonnebeke - 18
Tyne Cot Memorial To the MissingMemorial · Zonnebeke - 19
Courtrai Newfoundland MemorialMemorial · Kortrijk - 20
De Grote GolfAttraction · De Panne - 21
De SjouwerMemorial · Kortrijk - 22
Fishermen's CrossMemorial · Bruges - 23
Frank Brangwyn-ArentshuisMuseum · Bruges - 24
FrietmuseumMuseum · Bruges - 25
GruuthusemuseumMuseum · Bruges - 26
Hooge Crater MuseumMuseum · Ypres - 27
Kasteel Het ForeystCastle · Bruges - 28
KoffietassenAttraction · Ypres - 29
Kortrijk Doorniksewijk NMVB tram stationAttraction · Kortrijk - 30
Kortrijk NMVB stelplaatsAttraction · Kortrijk - 31
Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial to the MissingAttraction · Mesen - 32
Nachtwacht-FlyerAttraction · De Panne - 33
Praalgraf Koningin Louise-MarieMonument · Ostend - 34
Trench of DeathMuseum · Diksmuide - 35
Welsh National Memorial ParkMonument · Langemark-Poelkapelle - 36
"Flowers against forgetting" MemorialAttraction · Koekelare - 37
Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ten DuinenAttraction · Koksijde - 38
AmoerluipaardenAttraction · Ypres - 39
Anubis The RideAttraction · De Panne - 40
ArtillerietorenFort · Kortrijk - 41
Atlantikwall RaversydeMuseum · Ostend - 42
Augustines bridgeViewpoint · Bruges - 43
BaggaertshofAttraction · Kortrijk - 44
BakkerijmuseumMuseum · Veurne - 45
Belfort MenenViewpoint · Menin - 46
BelvedèretorenObservation tower · Heuvelland - 47
Bengal ExpressAttraction · Ypres - 48
Bengal Rapid RiverAttraction · Ypres
Choose a town
36 towns have points of interest. Bruges has an overview of their own; for the others they are on the page of the town or on the map.
72 points of interesti
Photo: Jim Linwood · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0View the photo on Wikimedia CommonsBruges
1 audio tour · 28 attractions, 19 castles
30 points of interesti
Photo: Poehtje · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia CommonsYpres
13 memorials, 8 attractions
17 points of interesti
Photo: LimoWreck · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0View the photo on Wikimedia CommonsKortrijk
6 memorials, 4 castles
16 points of interesti
Photo: Verboven, Hilde · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia CommonsOostkamp
15 castles, 1 memorial
13 points of interesti
Photo: Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia CommonsDiksmuide
7 observation towers, 2 memorials
12 points of interesti
Photo: LimoWreck · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0View the photo on Wikimedia CommonsZonnebeke
5 memorials, 4 attractions
All towns from A to Z
- Anzegem4 ›
- Beernem9 ›
- Blankenberge2 ›
- Bredene1 ›
- Bruges72 · 1 audio tour ›
- Damme7 ›
- De Haan4 ›
- De Panne8 ›
- Diksmuide13 ›
- Harelbeke2 ›
- Heuvelland9 ›
- Izegem6 ›
- Jabbeke3 ›
- Knokke-Heist3 ›
- Koksijde8 ›
- Kortrijk17 ›
- Menin4 ›
- Middelkerke4 ›
- Moorslede2 ›
- Nieuwpoort8 ›
- Oostkamp16 ›
- Ostend12 ›
- Oudenburg4 ›
- Poperinge6 ›
- Roeselare3 ›
- Tielt3 ›
- Torhout5 ›
- Veurne3 ›
- Waregem7 ›
- Wervik3 ›
- Wevelgem1 ›
- Wingene3 ›
- Ypres30 ›
- Zedelgem8 ›
- Zonnebeke12 ›
- Zwevegem1 ›
All 343 from A to Z
A name with a link has a page of its own with a photo and a story.
- 't CouthofCastle
- 't KrekelhofMuseum
- 't Spaans TolhuisFort
- "Flowers against forgetting" MemorialAttraction
- 5th Australian Division MemorialMonument
- Abdij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ten DuinenAttraction
- Adornes EstateMuseum
- AmoerluipaardenAttraction
- Anubis The RideAttraction
- Archeologisch Site museumMuseum
- Archeologische site van de Sint-DonaaskathedraalArchaeological site
- ArtillerietorenFort
- Atlantikwall RaversydeMuseum
- Atlantikwall Raversyde - Anno 1465Attraction
- Augustines bridgeViewpoint
- BaggaertshofAttraction
- BakkerijmuseumMuseum
- Basilica of the Holy BloodAttraction
- Bayernwald TrenchesAttraction
- Begijnhof Ten WijngaerdeAttraction
- Belfort MenenViewpoint
- BelfryAttraction
- BelhopObservation tower
- BelvedèretorenObservation tower
- Bengal ExpressAttraction
- Bengal Rapid RiverAttraction
- BeukenhofCastle
- Bezoekerscentrum Westfront NieuwpoortMuseum
- Big ChuteAttraction
- BlankaartCastle
- Blinde-EzelstraatAttraction
- BoomerangAttraction
- Briek SchotteMonument
- British 49th (West Riding) Division Memorial (WWI)Memorial
- Brouwerij De Halve MaanAttraction
- Bruges Beer MuseumMuseum
- Bruine capucijnaapAttraction
- CastleCastle
- CastleCastle
- CastleCastle
- CastleCastle
- Castle of MarkeCastle
- Choco-StoryMuseum
- City HallAttraction
- Courtrai Newfoundland MemorialMemorial
- Dawson DuelAttraction
- De Grote GolfAttraction
- De Oude KaasmakerijMuseum
- De SjouwerMemorial
- De TuilerieënCastle
- De VijversCastle
- De WapenaerCastle
- Delvaux museumMuseum
- Demarcation Stone No. 11: DiksmuideMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 12: DiksmuideMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 13: NieuwpoortMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 14: KemmelMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 15: KemmelMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 16: YpresMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 17: YpresMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 18: YpresMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 19: YpresMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 2: NieuwpoortMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 20: YpresMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 3: NieuwpoortMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 4Memorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 5: DiksmuideMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 6: YpresMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 7: KemmelMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 8: KemmelMemorial
- Demarcation Stone No. 9: NieuwpoortMemorial
- DiamantmuseumMuseum
- Dino splashAttraction
- Duitse torenObservation tower
- EiermarktAttraction
- El VoladorAttraction
- EnsorhuisMuseum
- Eperon d'OrMuseum
- Eurasian lynxAttraction
- Fishermen's CrossMemorial
- For Freedom MuseumMuseum
- Fort de CnockeFort
- Fort NapoleonFort
- Frank Brangwyn-ArentshuisMuseum
- Frank Van AckerMemorial
- FransmansmuseumMuseum
- FrietmuseumMuseum
- GentpoortMuseum
- Gloucestershire Regiment MemorialMemorial
- Godshuis De MoorAttraction
- Godshuis De MuelenaereAttraction
- Godshuis Onze-Lieve-Vrouw BijstandAttraction
- Godshuis Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van de Zeven WeeënAttraction
- Godshuizen CobrysseAttraction
- Godshuizen Sint-JoosAttraction
- Godshuizen SoutieuAttraction
- Godshuizen St-JozefAttraction
- Godshuizen Van Der MeulenAttraction
- Godshuizen van het MetselaarsambachtAttraction
- GroenhagemolenAttraction
- GroeningemuseumMuseum
- GroeningepoortMemorial
- GruuthuseCastle
- GruuthusemuseumMuseum
- Guido-GezellemuseumMuseum
- Herdenkingsmonument Lt. Robert Deprez en Lt. André SchaepdryverMemorial
- Het kasteel van HeuleMonument
- Het LijsternestMuseum
- Het TurkeyenhofMuseum
- HEYMuseum
- Hill 62Attraction
- Hill 62 Sanctuary Wood MuseumMuseum
- HistoriumMuseum
- HoekemolenAttraction
- Hooge Crater MuseumMuseum
- Hopmuseum PoperingeMuseum
- HuldemonumentMemorial
- HuracanAttraction
- In Flanders FieldsMuseum
- Island of Ireland Peace ParkAttraction
- Island of Ireland Peace Park Round TowerMemorial
- Jacob van MaerlantMemorial
- James EnsorMemorial
- Jan Breydel en Pieter De ConinckMemorial
- Jan van EyckMemorial
- John McCrae Canadian Historic SiteMemorial
- JommekeshuisAttraction
- Juan Luis VivesMemorial
- KantcentrumMuseum
- Kasteel 't HoogheCastle
- Kasteel AltenaCastle
- Kasteel ArdooieCastle
- Kasteel BaesveldCastle
- Kasteel BanhoutCastle
- Kasteel BeauvoordeCastle
- Kasteel BlauwhuisCastle
- Kasteel BloemendaleCastle
- Kasteel BloemendaleCastle
- Kasteel BlommeghemCastle
- Kasteel Bon-VouloirCastle
- Kasteel BulskampCastle
- Kasteel CarpentierCastle
- Kasteel CasierCastle
- Kasteel CatelineCastle
- Kasteel d'AertryckeCastle
- Kasteel De AkkerCastle
- Kasteel De BreidelsCastle
- Kasteel De CellenCastle
- Kasteel De HertenCastle
- Kasteel de la FailleCastle
- Kasteel De LanierCastle
- Kasteel De LovieCastle
- Kasteel De WoestenCastle
- Kasteel Drie KoningenCastle
- Kasteel ElzenwalleCastle
- Kasteel EmmaüsCastle
- Kasteel HemsrodeCastle
- Kasteel Het ForeystCastle
- Kasteel HontzochtCastle
- Kasteel HoogveldCastle
- Kasteel IngelmunsterCastle
- Kasteel KevergemCastle
- Kasteel LakebosCastle
- Kasteel LisbonaCastle
- Kasteel LitterveldCastle
- Kasteel MaciebergCastle
- Kasteel MontjoieCastle
- Kasteel MunkegoedCastle
- Kasteel NieuwburgCastle
- Kasteel NieuwenhoveCastle
- Kasteel NorenburgCastle
- Kasteel PecsteenCastle
- Kasteel PereboomveldCastle
- Kasteel RapenburgCastle
- Kasteel RavenhofCastle
- Kasteel ReigerloCastle
- Kasteel RooigemCastle
- Kasteel RooiveldCastle
- Kasteel RosendahlCastle
- Kasteel RuddershoveCastle
- Kasteel Sint-FloraCastle
- Kasteel Sint-HubertCastle
- Kasteel Ten BergeCastle
- Kasteel Ten PoeleCastle
- Kasteel van BossuitCastle
- Kasteel van ElverdingeCastle
- Kasteel van HertsbergeCastle
- Kasteel van LoppemCastle
- Kasteel van MaleCastle
- Kasteel van MerkemCastle
- Kasteel van MoerkerkeCastle
- Kasteel van MoorseleCastle
- Kasteel van OoigemCastle
- Kasteel van OostkerkeCastle
- Kasteel van PotegemCastle
- Kasteel van RumbekeCastle
- Kasteel van SnellegemCastle
- Kasteel van Spiere - Château d'EspierreCastle
- Kasteel van VlamertingeCastle
- Kasteel van WakkenCastle
- Kasteel van WijnendaleCastle
- Kasteel VerhaegheCastle
- Kasteel Vilain XIIIIAttraction
- Kazematten MenenAttraction
- Kijktoren 't RietnestObservation tower
- Kijktoren TorenvalkObservation tower
- King Albert I MonumentAttraction
- KOERSMuseum
- KoffietassenAttraction
- Kortrijk 1302 GroeningemonumentMonument
- Kortrijk Doorniksewijk NMVB tram stationAttraction
- Kortrijk NMVB stelplaatsAttraction
- KosmosRuins
- KruisekemolenAttraction
- KruisstraatmolenRuins
- KusthistoriesMuseum
- Lance Corporal Ernest SeamenMemorial
- Lange Max MuseumMuseum
- Le Lion BelgeMemorial
- LemursAttraction
- Leopold I-MonumentMonument
- Leopold II statueMonument
- Les ZéphyrsMuseum
- Lippens en De BruyneMemorial
- Liverpool Scottish MemorialMemorial
- LuminaMuseum
- MagdalenazaalAttraction
- Mariakerke Bad NMVB tram stationAttraction
- MarktAttraction
- MemorialMemorial
- MemorialMemorial
- Menin GateMemorial
- Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial to the MissingAttraction
- Molen De Goede HoopMonument
- Monument à le 1er Bataillon de Chasseurs à pieds francaisMemorial
- Monument Leiebrug - Howitzertank M 108Memorial
- Mottekasteel De Hogen AndjoenArchaeological site
- Mu.ZEEMuseum
- MuseosMuseum
- Museum MerghelynckMuseum
- Museum René De ClercqMuseum
- Museum Stoom en StroomMuseum
- Museum Torhouts AardewerkMuseum
- Museumschip TordinoMuseum
- Nachtwacht-FlyerAttraction
- Nationaal LeiemonumentMemorial
- Nationaal Monument voor de ZeeliedenAttraction
- Nationaal Visserijmuseum OostduinkerkeMuseum
- New Zealand MemorialMemorial
- Nieuport MemorialMemorial
- O-L-V-ter-PotterieMuseum
- Observatiepost PervijzeObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Observation towerObservation tower
- Olive baboonAttraction
- OnumentMemorial
- OoievaarstorenObservation tower
- OorlogsmonumentMemorial
- Openluchtmuseum "Bachten de Kupe"Museum
- Oude Civiele GriffieAttraction
- Passchendaele Canadian MemorialMemorial
- Passchendaele MuseumMuseum
- Pater LievensMemorial
- Pater LievensmuseumMuseum
- Peace MillObservation tower
- PoertorenAttraction
- PōhutukawaMemorial
- PompentorenObservation tower
- Praalgraf Koningin Louise-MarieMonument
- Provinciaal Museum Constant PermekeMuseum
- Provinciedomein Fort van BeierenFort
- Replica van middeleeuwse kraanAttraction
- Rio Do CafeAttraction
- Romeins Archeologisch MuseumArchaeological site
- Saint Julien Canadian MemorialAttraction
- ShermantankMemorial
- Simon StevinpleinAttraction
- Sint JanshuismolenAttraction
- Sint-PietersbandenkerkMuseum
- Site Lange MaxAttraction
- Site Oud Sint-JanAttraction
- Slag om het Beverhoutsveld 3 mei 1382Memorial
- SpioenkopViewpoint
- Stadhuis DammeAttraction
- Stadsmuseum 't SchippershofMuseum
- Stadsmuseum OostendeMuseum
- Stedelijk museumMuseum
- Stedelijk Museum Peter BenoitMuseum
- Stedelijk Museum voor Volkskunde 'De Zwarte Kat'Museum
- Stichtingen Brooloos Laais StockhoveAttraction
- SuperSplashAttraction
- TabaksmuseumMuseum
- Talbot HouseMuseum
- Ten BogaerdeMuseum
- Ten DuinenMuseum
- Ten TorreCastle
- Ter BorchtCastle
- Ter HeydeCastle
- Ter LuchtCastle
- Texture KortrijkMuseum
- The Christmas Truce MonumentMemorial
- The Dairy MuseumMuseum
- Tillegem CastleCastle
- Tithe barn of Ter Doest AbbeyAttraction
- Torture Museum Oude SteenMuseum
- Trench of DeathMuseum
- TudorCastle
- Tyne Cot Memorial To the MissingMemorial
- UilenspiegelmuseumMuseum
- Uitkijktoren StadsrandbosObservation tower
- United States Memorial to 27th and 30th DivisionsMemorial
- Vauthier Demarcation Stone № 22: BoezingeMemorial
- VijverskasteelCastle
- VismarktAttraction
- Volkssterrenwacht BeisbroekCastle
- Vuurtoren/uitkijktorenObservation tower
- WallemoteCastle
- WarandetorenObservation tower
- Welsh National Memorial ParkMonument
- WesterpuntObservation tower
- Wickie The BattleAttraction
- Wielermuseum de Gistelse FlandriensMuseum
- Wit KasteelCastle
- WitwanggibbonAttraction
- WolvenhofCastle
- WWI "Batterie Pommern / Langer Max" 38 cm SK L/45 Gun Emplacement at LeugenboomAttraction
- Yorkshire Trench & Dug-OutAttraction
- Yper MuseumMuseum
- Yser TowerMonument
- Zeilschip MercatorMuseum
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Frequently asked questions
How many attractions are there in West Flanders?
The Outdoor Pitstop map shows 343 points of interest in West Flanders, 11 of them with a page of their own with a photo and a story.
What are the best known attractions in West Flanders?
Among others Groeningemuseum, Belfry, Menin Gate, Basilica of the Holy Blood and City Hall.
Which attractions in West Flanders have an audio tour?
1: Groeningemuseum.
How does an audio tour work?
When you are at the place, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells its story in about two minutes, in English or Dutch. With Pro you check in and hear the whole story.
Which town has the most attractions?
Bruges (72), then Ypres (30), Kortrijk (17) and Oostkamp (16).
Which castles are there in West Flanders?
96, including Kasteel van Wijnendale, Kasteel Het Foreyst, Beukenhof, Gruuthuse and Kasteel 't Hooghe.
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