Bastogne

The Bastogne War Museum covers WWII, from its origins up to autumn 1944, and then focuses on the Battle of the Bulge. Key events of the war and the combatants' ordeal are reproduced. Free parking.

These were the barracks of the 2nd Ardennes Chasseurs Regiment then a German headquarters between 1940 and 1944 before becoming the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division. The site has been managed by the Belgian army since 1945. The visits are obligatorily guided and guides visitors through the underground headquarters, the permanent exhibition of tanks and other military vehicles, one inside and one outside, as well as the equipment restoration center.

Built in 1936, the building served, firstly, for the officers of the 2nd Ardennes Chasseurs regiment. During the German occupation of Bastogne, it was used for the non-commissioned officers of the Wehrmacht as the building faced their headquarters. After the war, it served as a hospital for the Belgian Red Cross. Inaugurated in 2012, the museum retells the history of the Battle of Bastogne. In the cellar there is a simulation of a bombing raid.

Formerly known as the Mardasson Memorial, this monument honors the memory of the American soldiers wounded or killed during the Battle of the Bulge. Construction started in 1946 and was finished in 1950.

This 14th century structure used to be one of several defense towers that surrounded the town.

Gothic church of which the oldest parts date back to the 9th century. It is the oldest and most important church of Bastogne.