De Eekhoorntjes to the museum "Liberation Garden" (Vvvuur provincial)
Wed, 16 Sept 2026 · 14:00
WWII museum Liberation Garden, Leopoldsburg
Did you know that Leopoldsburg+surroundings form the Eastern Corner of WWII? From Liberation Garden in Leopoldsburg, you can find the graves of 100,000 fallen soldiers of WWII within a radius of 1 hour of walking, cycling, or driving. In Liberation Garden , you will discover how that is possible. Did you know that tens of thousands of German soldiers practiced in the Kamp van Beverlo while thousands of political prisoners were locked up at the same time? Did you know that the Allied liberation threatened to get stuck between the canals around Leopoldsburg? Liberation Garden brings history close to your skin. You step into the shoes of occupiers, resistance fighters, and liberators. You seek cover during a bombing, sit in the briefing of a famous general, and fly along in a real Spitfire. In Liberation Garden , you discover what ordinary people experience in extraordinary circumstances.