Wijtschate
in Provincie West-Vlaanderen of Flanders, Belgium
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Wevelgem Airport (14 mi) -
Merville-Calonne Airport (16 mi) - Lille-Lesquin Airport (18 mi)
- Dunkerque les Moeres Airport (23 mi)
- Ostend-Bruges International Airport (29 mi)
- Brussels Airport (70 mi)
- Liège Airport (112 mi)
- Charles de Gaulle International Airport (123 mi)
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (133 mi) - Paris-Orly Airport (144 mi)
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai (Unesco heritage, 25 mi)
- Historic Centre of Brugge (Unesco heritage, 33 mi)
- Fortifications of Vauban (Unesco heritage, 35 mi)
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin (Unesco heritage, 37 mi)
- Belfries of Belgium and France (Unesco heritage, 45 mi)
- Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (Unesco heritage, 48 mi)
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons) (Unesco heritage, 54 mi)
- The Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs, La Louvière and Le Roeulx (Hainaut) (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- La Grand-Place, Brussels (Unesco heritage, 64 mi)
- Amiens Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
- Golf & Country Club De Palingbeek (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Ieper Open Golf (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Westgolf Course (Golf course, 26 mi)
- Wellington Golf Course (Golf course, 30 mi)
- Landmeterskantoor Sabbe (observation point, (16 mi)
- Plopsaland De Panne (amusement park, (24 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 50.786 and 2.884 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 50° 47' 10" and E 2° 53' 1"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Euro - EUR
- Spoken languages:
- Dutch, French, German
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:00 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/Brussels
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 8:15 am and 4:53 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Belgium.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Belgium. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Touring Wijtschate
Wijtschate in Provincie West-Vlaanderen (Flanders) is a town located in Belgium about 64 mi (or 103 km) west of Brussels, the country's capital place.
Time in Wijtschate is now 10:00 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / Brussels with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports nearby Wijtschate, 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 41 km), South-East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. We collected 2 points of interest near this location. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, 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: 3°C / 37 °F
| Morning Temperature | 0°C / 33 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 2°C / 35 °F |
| Night Temperature | 1°C / 33 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 79% |
| Air Pressure | 998 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
5°C (42 °F)
1°C (34 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, few clouds.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
4°C (40 °F)
8°C (47 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
15°C (58 °F)
15°C (58 °F)
Overcast clouds, fresh breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Menin Gate House
Apartment Froidure
Ariane
Hostellerie Kemmelberg
B&B Hortensia
Albertushof
Albion Hotel
Alliance Hotel Ieper Centrum
Novotel Ieper Centrum Flanders Fields
B&B Demi Lune
Videos from this area
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Ypres Salient - Western Belgium
Some of the fiercest and bloodiest battles in World War I were fought in a small corner of western Belgium - the Ypres Salient. Today an area of bucolic farmland sprinkled with reconstructed...
The Cloth Hall, Ypres.MOD
Glorious sunshine on 9th April 2011, the market was busy in Ieper, or Ypres. This is the famous Cloth Hall.
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.
Belgian Westhoek Rally 2007
Belgian Westhoek Rally 2007 - Sauvegarde 2.
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...
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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.
Voormezeele Enclosures Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemeteries
The Voormezeele Enclosures are Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial grounds 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.
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.
Croonaert Wood
Croonaert Wood is a location in Heuvelland, in the vicinity of Ypres, Belgium. It is a lightly forested area usually known for the open-air museum in it.
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Wytschaete, Wijtschate
