Visitor Centre for Ieper - Ypres and the Westhoek (Tourist Office)
The Visitor Centre for Ieper - Ypres and the Westhoek is located on the ground floor of the Cloth Hall (Lakenhallen) on the market square (Grote Markt) in the centre of Ypres (Ieper). The entrance is to be found on the southern façade of the Cloth Hall.
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The Visitor Centre offers advice and information on where to eat, where to stay, and what a visitor can do and see at all times of the year in this famous city and surrounding region.
There is a wide range of leaflets available with maps and suggested routes for walking, cycling and driving around the town and the Westhoek area.
A free interactive exhibition about Ypres and the wider region can be viewed with a special interactive touch-table which features First World War topics of interest.
- Visitor Centre Shop
- Visitor Centre Opening Hours
- Car Parking
- Coach Drop Off/Parking in Ypres
- Events and Information on Ieper/Ypres
- Contact Details for Ieper/Ypres Visitor Centre (Tourist Office)
- Location of Ieper/Ypres Visitor Centre (Tourist Office)
Visitor Centre Shop
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The shop is large and very well stocked, offering a wide variety of books, maps, postcards, CDs and other souvenirs of a visit to Ieper.
Many of the items in the shop are related to the period of the First World War.
The shop is also accessed at the end of a tour of the award-winning In Flanders Fields Museum. For information about this museum housed in the Cloth Hall go to our page at:
In Flanders Fields Museum, Ieper (Ypres)Visitor Centre Opening Hours
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Summer: 1 April - 15 November
- Monday - Friday 09.00-18.00 hours
- Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays: 10.00-18.00 hours
Winter: 16 November - 31 March
- Monday - Saturday 09.00-17.00 hours
- Saturday, Sunday & Bank Holidays: 10.00-17.00 hours
Car Parking
A map of parking zones in Ypres is provided by the Tourist Office of Ieper/Ypres. You can download the Tourist Office parking map as a pdf document (Flemish and English).
Website: www.toerismeieper.be Parking map
During special events access by car to the centre of Ieper/Ypres and parking on the Grote Markt is restricted. Visitors are advised to park in the streets in the outskirts of the town and walk into the centre.
Coach Drop Off/Parking in Ypres
Coaches will be required to follow arrangements for dropping off, parking and coach routes and these are outlined in a brochure. You can download the Tourist Office brochure here as a pdf document.
Website: www.toerismeieper.be Coaches
If you have any further questions you are advised to contact the Visitor Centre (see contact details below).
Events and Information on Ieper - Ypres
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The website for Ypres and the Westhoek can provide lots of information about visiting Ieper. The website is in Dutch, French, English and German and it offers information for everything you might need to know about the city, its facilities and what it has to offer in the way of cultural events and entertainment.
Special Events in Ieper (Ypres)
- Kattenstoet/Cats Parade: Sunday 12 May 2024. Held every three years. Free to watch along the route of the parade. For tickets to the stands you can visit the website: www.kattenstoet.be
- Ardeca Ypres Rally: June. Held annually, usually on the last weekend of June. You can visit the website for information: www.ypresrally.com
- Armistice Day Parade & Special Last Post Ceremony: 11 November.
- Christmas Market: Held annually in December.
Brochure for 2023
You can download a colour brochure (pdf) from the tourist office website. It is full of information of things to do and where to stay in Ieper-Ypres:
Website: www.toerismeieper.be Brochure
Ieper Visitor Centre (Tourist Office) Contact Details
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Address: Visitors' Centre of Ypres (Ieper) and the Westhoek Lakenhallen (Cloth Hall), Grote Markt 34, 8900 Ieper
Telephone +32 (0)57 239 220
Email: toerisme@ieper.be
Website: www.toerismeieper.be
Location of Visitor Centre for Ypres (Tourist Office)
The Visitor Centre for Ypres and the Westhoek is located on the south side of the Cloth Hall.
Related Topics
About Ieper - Ypres
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See our pages about Ypres, an overview of its history and the sites of interest to see:
The Cloth Hall (Lakenhallen)
The Visitor Centre (Tourist Office) is located inside the famous Cloth Hall of Ypres. The Cloth Hall was damaged by German artillery shelling from November 1914. By the end of the war exactly four years later is was almost completely demolished, with only the stump of the belfry tower footings remaining. For more information about this famous building:
The Cloth Hall (Lakenhallen)Acknowledgements
Photograph of visitors in the Visitor Centre courtesy of the Visitor Centre for Ypres and the Westhoek.
(1) Photograph with grateful thanks to the Great War Primary Document Archive: Photos of the Great War.
Website: www.gwpda.org Photos