Command Bunker Kemmel

Commandobunker Kemmel

Make your way down into the ultra-secret Command Bunker of the Belgian armed forces, the nerve centre of the supreme command during the Cold War.

The bunker, built in the early fifties, was oriinally designed to be the command post of an international air defence system. However, the bunker would never play this role. In the early sixties, the supreme command of the Belgian armed forces decided to equip the bunker as a command post in case of exercices, crisis or conflict. After the Cold War, the bunker stood empty. The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History in Brussels was entrusted with the task of preserving this unique piece of military heritage and making it accessible to the public, in collaboration with the Ypres CCMP (Centre for Competence in Support Material and Products).

Opening days and hours:

Peak season: from 1st April until 15th November

Open on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM until 17:00 PM (individual and group visits).
A guided visit is only possible by request at toerisme@heuvelland.be
Visitor times: 10:00 AM, 11:45 AM, 13:30 PM and 15:15 PM (last entry 16:00: one hour before closing time)

By appointment only, visit possible for groups with guide on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10:00 AM to 17:00 PM
Reservation for a guided visit, at least one week in advance, by e-mail to toerisme@heuvelland.

Low season: from 16t November until 31st March

Open on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM until 17:00 PM (individual and group visits).
A guided visit is only possible by request at toerisme@heuvelland.be
Visitor times: 10:00 AM, 11:45 AM, 13:30 PM and 15:15 PM (last entry 16:00: one hour before closing time)

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Duration of the visit

Duration of the visit: max. 1h30, average 1 hour.

Closing days 2025

Sunday 11th May 2025
Saturday 28th June 2025: Ypres Rally
Sunday 7th September 2025: flea market Kemmel
Saturday 27th December 2025
Sunday 28th December 2025

Entrance prices 2025

Individual rates

Individual tickets online on www.webshopheuvellandtoerisme.recreatex.be or payment by card only at the entrance of the Command Bunker.

6,00 €: rate adults (from 19 years)

4,00 €: discount rate for individuals

Students older then 18 years, everybody with student card
Teachers with teachers card
Military of foreign armed forces
Persons with WIGW – statuut (Weduwe, Invalide, Gepensioneerde, Wees)
Card member FED+ (+ maximum 1 accompaying person)

Free entrance only possible by showing the valid card at the reception of the bunker.

€1,50: youths aged 6 to 18 years

Free entrance for:

children under 5 years
persons with disabilities (+ maximum 1 accompaying person)
Card Riebedebie (+ maximum 1 accompaying person)
Card member ICOM (International Council of Museums)
Press card
Belgian military
Veterans
Holders of a statute of national acknowledgment

Free entrance only possible by showing the valid card at the reception of the bunker.

Group rate (from 15 persons)

€4: adult groups from 15 persons
€1,50 school groups

Reservation for guided visit, at least one week in advance and only by mail to toerisme@heuvelland.be
Group visits are payed in advance tot he Tourist Office (invoice is possible).

Guided tour

Guided tour: 1:30: guide €80, max. 25 persons per guide.

DURATION OF THE VISIT: max. 1:30

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The number of persons (guide not included) present at the same time in the bunker is, because of security reasons, limited to 60 persons!
Visitors guide (€1) available when purchasing tickets.
The bunker is not wheelchair accessible. There is no elevator. To visit the bunker, you have to take 80 stairs down.
Dogs are not allowed in the Command Bunker Kemmel.
Are you with a larger group? Combine your visit tot he Command Bunker Kemmel with an other activity in the near. For suggestions contact Tourism Heuvelland.