Scherpenbergweg – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Langemark
Scherpenbergweg – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Langemark
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Scherpenbergweg – Menin Gate Memorial loop from Langemark
02:49
61.3km
330m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 17, 2026
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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 29.3 km for 61 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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28.7 km
Rue du soleil
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29.3 km
Saint Martin Church
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In 1906, a death occurred in the church when the population resisted the inventory of church property following the introduction of the law on the separation of church and state.
In 1918, the church was damaged by war, but was subsequently repaired.
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint-Maartenskerk_(Boeschepe)
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29.8 km
Col du Vert Mont
Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Pass
You will find on the road the Auberge du Vert Mont of chef Florent Ladeyn
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34.6 km
Climb Rodeberg from Westouter
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36.5 km
Baneberg
Peak
39.2 km
Scherpenbergweg
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39.7 km
Herberg In De Zon
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53.1 km
In Flanders Fields Museum in the Cloth Hall (Lakenhalle)
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Depending on your interests, you can expect to spend several hours visiting the museum.
Brief history of the building: The Cloth Hall (Grand Place) is one of the largest civil buildings in the Gothic style in Europe.
The original Cloth Hall was built between 1200 and 1304.
The belfry is 70 m high and was built between 1200 and 1230 as a symbol of the power of the citizenry. From the late 12th century until 1817, real live cats were thrown out of the belfry. These have been stuffed cats since 1955.
The Cloth Halls used to serve as a trading place for fabrics. The cloth was sold in every door at the bottom of the belfry. Ypres was very famous in the Middle Ages for the good quality of its fabrics.
The building was completely destroyed in World War I and later rebuilt. The restored Cloth Hall was completed in 1967. The architects decided to reconstruct the pre-war situation as faithfully as possible. The original stones can still be seen at the foot of the Cloth Hall; these are the largest. The higher up you go, the smaller the stones become.
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53.5 km
Menin Gate Memorial
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Today you are standing in front of one of the greatest and most moving memorials of the First World War in the form of a Roman triumphal arch. During the inauguration ceremony in July 1927, the Somerset Light Infantry horns played the tattoo for the first time, and since 1928 it has been played every evening at 8 p.m., regardless of the crowd or the weather.
The vast white Portland stone walls of the Menin Gate contain inscriptions with the names of nearly 55,000 British and Commonwealth soldiers who fell on the battlefield and have no burial place; son, father, brother. Indeed, the walls of the Menin Gate were not large enough: 34,957 other names of the last lost are written on the walls of Tyne Cot Cemetery east of Ypres.
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61.3 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
45.7 km
9.55 km
5.69 km
344 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
37.0 km
23.6 km
626 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (130 m)
Lowest point (10 m)
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