Belgian coast Trench of Death The Trench of Death on the Yser Front in Dixmuide is the only preserved Belgian trench complex from the First World War.
Belgian coast Radar of the German Wehrmacht A new gadget allows the German army to accurately track enemy aircraft during World War II.
Belgian coast Remains of a church tower as observation post The St. Peter's Church in Oud-Stuivekenskerke was only a shadow of its former self at the outbreak of the First World War. Only the late Gothic church tower from 1572 was still standing.
Belgian coast War ruins along the 'Frontzate' The Frontzate, the former railway line 74 connecting Diksmuide with Nieuwpoort, suddenly played a leading role as a front line during the First World War.
Belgian coast The forgotten Aviator's Chapel More than a hundred years ago, on May 12, 1917, the biplane of Count Paul de Goussencourt and Lieutenant de Cubber thundered from the sky during a firefight above Kaaskerke, a small town part of Diksmuide. Both died instantly.
Six blast furnaces you can visit today In the early nineteenth century, the industrial revolution swept across continental Europe and one steelworks after another rose from the ground. Europe had hundreds of blast furnaces, but since the mid-twentieth century, Europe's steel industry has been slowly going downhill.