Market Square, Flanders, Belgium
4.5 (945 reviews) Spent Ranking #9 in West Flanders Province Points of Interest & Landmarks
Beautiful square with a great Saturday market
Beautiful city, very atmospheric. We felt welcomed wherever we visited and will visit again. The square is both a meeting point and focal point en route to the Menin Gate. Wonderfully rebuilt after the First World War.
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Grote Markt, Belgium.
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http://www.toerisme-ieper.be/en/page/332/explore-historical-ypres-
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5Stefan G 5:00 PM Jun 15, 2020
Another wonderful European market square
Yet another wonderful European market square, lined with numerous cafes, restaurants, shops, a museum or two, etc. I happened to visit on a weekend that prohibited vehicles from parking in the square, which really made the market square appear quite large. Definitely grab a drink at one of the many cafes and soak in the views of this once completely destroyed yet now completely rebuilt heart of Ypres.
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4he who travels 5:00 PM Jun 8, 2015
Beware parking
Ypres is a lovely place to visit, wonderfully restored from the destruction of WW1. The square is simply lovely though a little full of tourists. The Market square is full of restaurants, bars and cafes but also houses the Flanders Fields Museum and the Tourist Office. One criticism though, and this is of Ypres in general is that the parking restrictions and meters have only Flemish writing on them, have no French or English instructions available. Everything else in Ypres is in Flemish, French and English. The meters have evidently got 1 of 3 buttons to press depending on your residency status and then a keyboard to follow instructions (in Flemish). Totally incomprehensible. After receiving a €20 parking fine (all in Flemish) I learned from the Tourist Office that the answer is to park for free outside the inner restricted area (best is next to railway station). A tourist scam? You make the decision.
