Christmas in Ypres

Program in preparation

Skating rink

• €8.00 per person
  Groups reservations via +32 477 70 23 24
• Opening hours
  Daily from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. (11 p.m. during Christmas holiday)
  December 24: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 25: 12 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  December 31: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  January 1: 12 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  
  

Santa parade

• 28 november 2025
  7.30 PM - 8.30 PM
• Route: Stuersstraat - Boterstraat - Grote Markt
  
  
  
  
  

Christmas Market

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• Promenade Market Square
• 28 November tot 4 January
• Opening hours
  Closed on Mondays (non-compulsory closing day)
  Monday and Tuesday: 3 to 11 p.m.
  Wednesday to Saturday: 3 to 1 p.m.
  Sunday: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. 
• Bands on Saturday at 5 p.m.
  30 november: Les Marteaux
  7 december: Rock au Vin
  14 december: Ze Quaffeurz
  21 december: 't Schoon Vertier
  28 december: Gitsy Streetband
  4 januari: Toâpe Geraapte Mobiel

Christmas shopping and decorating

• Christmas shopping on Sunday, Dec. 14, 21 and 28
• Shopping streets Ypres center

In the Ypres city center you can enjoy the fairy Christmas lights and decorations in the shopping streets.
Extra Christmas shopping is available on Sundays, December 14, 21 and 28.

Tractor parade

• Saturday 20 december 2025
  6.30 PM tot 8.30 PM
• Route: Vlamertinge - Dikkebus - Voormezele - Hollebeke - Zillebeke - Grote Markt
• Organisation Landbouwraad Ieper in cooperation with KLJ ZiVoHo, KLJ Vlamertinge and KLJ Elverdinge.

A lot of tractors assemble and drive through the Ypres area.
Take a look at the pictures of 2024.

Night Watch

From 18 November to 30 March, the Ypres Night Watch takes you on a walk through dark Ypres. You start at the Cloth Hall and end at the Casemates, in time for the Last Post at the Menin Gate nearby.
Cost: € 5.00 per person

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