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To see

To see

The “Trench of Death” is the last remaining First World War Belgian trench system.

Discover the trenches and the history they contain. Learn all about life and death in the mud and relive the personal stories of the fallen.

Walk over a gigantic aerial photograph from 1916 and look for the differences in the landscapes then and now. Experience how Germans and Belgians were almost literally on top of each other, as only a few metres separated the two combat positions...