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Discover De Hel
De Hel in Provincie West-Vlaanderen (Flanders) is a place in Belgium about 64 mi (or 103 km) west of Brussels, the country's capital city.
Current time in De Hel is now 04:31 PM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / Brussels with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 13 airports near De Hel, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Belgium is Wevelgem Airport in a distance of 14 mi (or 23 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Belgium is Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai in a distance of 25 mi (or 40 km), South-East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. We encountered 2 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Saint-Yvon, Ieper, Lille, Diksmuide and Mouscron. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 56 °F
Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
Evening Temperature | 12°C / 53 °F |
Night Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 56% |
Air Pressure | 1023 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 72% of sky |
General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
15°C (58 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
14°C (56 °F)
9°C (47 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
13°C (55 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Menin Gate House
Hostellerie Kemmelberg
Apartment Froidure
B&B Hortensia
Albertushof
Albion Hotel
Alliance Hotel Ieper Centrum
Novotel Ieper Centrum Flanders Fields
B&B The Protea - Menin Road
Gasthof 't Zweerd
Videos from this area
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Young and Old The CWGC Rifle House Cemetery near Mesen, Belgium
The Rifle House Cemetery features the graves of two men who died on the same day in 1915, one aged 45 the other just 15. The Rifle House Cemetery is one of the three beautifully maintained...
Above The Battlefield: Prowse Point
Above The Battlefield Project by WW1 Revisited. Prowse Point is near the village of Ploegsteert, or Plugstreet to the British Tommy. It was in these fields that one part of the Christmas...
St Yvon Mine Craters, Belgium
The St Yvon mine craters, just south of Mesen, were detonated on 7th June 1917 as part of the Allied action to capture the Messines Ridge during World War One. These two craters are located...
4e Oldtimer de Messines Tracteurs qui passent 2/3 06/04/15
Défilé d'anciens tracteurs pour le 4e oldtimers de Messines en Belgique.
NZ Memorial, Messines Ridge, Belgium
This is a small sample of the video clips showing views of the NZ Memorial, Messines Ridge, Belgium taken from the Video History Today database. Please take a look at Video History Today http://ww...
Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
Pipers Remembering WWI at Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, in company of Mr Peter White, former piper of the Black Watch. Playing Amazing Grace. #cwgc #lestweforget Also like our Facebook...
Spanbroekmolen Mine Crater
On June 7, 1917, the British detonated a mine placed in a tunnel they had dug under a German ammunition depot. The tunnel, 520 meters long and 27 meters underground was stuffed with a whopping...
Klausz Kristóf - Kecskeméti Balázs 2014 Ypres Rally SS2
Klausz Kristóf - Kecskeméti Balázs Hungarian Renault Clio R3 2014 ERC Geko Ypres Rally Belgium SS2 Wijtschate.
Kruisstraathoek Craters, Belgium
This is a small sample of the video clips showing views of theKruisstraathoek Craters, Belgium, taken from the Video History Today database. Please take a look at Video History Today http://www....
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Battle of Messines (1917)
The Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917) was an offensive conducted by the British Second Army, under the command of General Herbert Plumer, on the Western Front near the village of Messines in Belgian West Flanders during the First World War. The Nivelle offensive in April and May had failed to achieve its more ambitious aims and this had resulted in the demoralisation of French troops and the dislocation of the Anglo-French strategy for 1917.
Island of Ireland Peace Park
The Island of Ireland Peace Park and its surrounding park (Irish: Páirc Síochána d'Oileán na h'Éireann), also called the Irish Peace Park or Irish Peace Tower in Messines, near Ypres in Flanders, Belgium, is a war memorial to the soldiers of the island of Ireland who died, were wounded or are missing from World War I, during Ireland's involvement in the conflict.
Prowse Point Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Prowse Point Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
Mud Corner Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Mud Corner Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres, on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
Lone Tree Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Lone Tree Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
RE Farm Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
RE Farm Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
Spanbroekmolen British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war.
Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial
The Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Messines Ridge British Cemetery, near the town of Mesen, Belgium. The memorial lists 827 officers and men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force with no known grave who died in or near Messines in 1917 and 1918. This period included the Battle of Messines. The memorial, designed by the English architect Charles Holden, is one of seven such memorials on the Western Front to the missing dead from New Zealand.