Atlantic Wall

Route description

Score?

2/5

What?

This open-air museum is a unique historical site of modern fortification. The around sixty German constructions from both World Wars – underground trenches, bunkers and remains of the German coastal batteries of Aachen (built in 1915) and Saltzwedel neu (from 1941), observation points and gun sites are among the best preserved along the Atlantic coast and are the showpiece of the museum. Some of the bunkers have been reconstructed in their original state and furnished with authentic objects. The atmosphere is definitely that of ‘The Longest Day’.
The Atlantic Wall originally stretched from Norway to the French-Spanish border and had a length of 5,300 km.

Not accessible to wheelchair users.

City Pass?

Yes (More information?)

Where?

Nieuwpoortsesteenweg 636
8400 oostende

More information?

http://www.west-vlaanderen.be/raversijde
domein.raversijde@west-vlaanderen.be
Telephone: +32 59 70 22 85

Opening hours

from 01/04 to 11/11: - on weekdays: from 2pm to 5pm - weekends, holidays & Belgian school holidays from 10.30am to 6pm - Closed from 12/11 until 31/03

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