Location: Menen
Top Things to do in Menen
What to do and see in Menen, Belgium: The Best Places and Tips
Menen (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmeːnə(n)], French: Menin, West Flemish dialect: Mêenn [ˈmeːnən] or Mêende [ˈmeːndə]) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Menen proper and the towns of Lauwe and Rekkem. The city is situated on the French/Belgian border. On January 1, 2006, Menen had a total population of 32,413. The total area is 33.07 km² which gives a population density of 980 inhabitants per km².
Restaurants in Menen
1. Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Menen 1914 - 1918
Overall Ratings
4 based on 43 reviews
Reviewed By antoonsix - Wervik, Belgium
this is a huge graveyard of german soldiers who died in first world war. very "sober" and very "simple" but unlke british military cemetaries who look more like tourist destinations, this is a real military cemetery. one feels very humble visiting this
2. Cinema For&ver
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 110 reviews
3. WW1 Battlefields Alive
Overall Ratings
5 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By Paul F - Liphook, United Kingdom
We booked a two day tour with Bob to cover both Ypres and the Somme. Bob provides a high level of research for customers with relatives who were involved in the conflict. Our tour was tailored to locations referenced in the written account that my grandfather gave of his period in the Somme. Bob gave us detailed maps with billet and trench locations as mentioned in the account Unfortunately, Bob had to pull out at the last moment, but did arrange for a stand-in (Patrick) to do the Ypres tour. Patrick, himself an experienced ex-soldier, gave a highly knowledgeable and personal tour. The research notes and driving directions were given to us for the Somme tour which we did ourselves. Although we never met Bob, his approach is to be highly recommended, and I not surprised he is given five stars.
4. Parc Arboretum du Manoir aux Loups
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By lolsi - Paris, France
Cet endroit est surtout surprenant pour les halluinois eux même, c'est l'occasion de voir sa ville d'un autre angle! le parc est très agréable
5. Eglise Saint-Christophe
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 50 reviews
Reviewed By nemo97 - Hastings UK
Heard the bells played on Sunday morning. Wonderful performance in an otherwise quiet pedtrianised square. I gather there are 62 bells rung from keyboards and (presumably) a pedalboard, so sophisticated music can be played. Totally different from English bell ringing. If you are there at the right time pay a visit.
6. Begijnhof St Elisabeth (St. Elisabeth House)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 262 reviews
Reviewed By Bellou2 - London, United Kingdom
Very attractive white houses in a cobbled area, which have a fascinating history of the Begijns movements . There is an interactive museum now opened which does have some information in English, although most of the exhibition is only in Flemish. There is also one house which has the inside showing how the women lived.
There is still a lot of renovation work going on all over Kortijk, but most of this area of Begijnhof St Elizabeth is now open. It is free to enter and well worth a visit . There is a cafe .
7. Musee La Piscine
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By TwerpAdviser - Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom
Easily reached by metro from Lille (get a day pass for 5 Euro) this converted swimming pool has so much character and full of interesting things to see and do. Very children friendly and good cafe / restaurant within. Loved the playing of recordings of children screaming and playing in a swimming pool every quarter of the hour to add authenticity!
8. Toran Heliservice
Overall Ratings
5 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By PerBech - Copenhagen, Denmark
This is the top experience of the year - nearly an hour over the area we've been ploughing through for the last 16 years in car! Easy and friendly booking, nice ground staff and pilot, who was able to - in a large extend - extemporate the flight after our request. Top score!!
Per Bech
9. Tyne Cot Cemetery
Overall Ratings
5 based on 1 reviews
It is now the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the world in terms of burials. At the suggestion of King George V, who visited the cemetery in 1922, the Cross of Sacrifice was placed on the original large pill-box. There are three other pill-boxes in the cemetery. There are now 11,956 Commonwealth servicemen of the First World War buried or commemorated in Tyne Cot Cemetery. 8,369 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to more than 80 casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials commemorate 20 casualties whose graves were destroyed by shell fire. There are 4 German burials, 3 being unidentified. The cemetery was designed by Sir Herbert Baker. The TYNE COT MEMORIAL forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery and commemorates nearly 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom and New Zealand who died in the Ypres Salient after 16 August 1917 and whose graves are not known. The memorial stands close to the farthest point in Belgium reached by Commonwealth forces in the First World War until the final advance to victory. The memorial was designed by Sir Herbert Baker with sculpture by F V Blundstone.
Reviewed By Kerrie A - Bruny Island, Australia
What a brilliant experience , this such a moving place, you can’t believe the moon scape that was once there after all the fighting..they do a wonderful job keeping all the cemetery’s in such great order, it’s a must do and reflect on how lucky we are.
10. Nationaal Tabaksmuseum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By conrad57 - Ieper (Ypres), Belgium
See my input on "TOBACCO MUSEUM". Fine exhibition on the local Wervik tobacco industry that once was florishing and the once popular " Wervicq" tobacco. A lot of rare and centuries old object connected with the European smoking habits. Highly informative for adults and children showing how tobacco was introduced and became very popular in Europe, linked also with WW1. I missed the further links with the WW2 and nowadays conflicts where smoking tobacco is still a form of stress and hunger killer. It would be good to see information and pictures of smoking tobacco in the Korean, Vietnam, Jugoslavian war and follow up conflicts rather than focusing only on WW1
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