Poperinge 
Description
Located around 10Km West of Ieper, Poperinge is the centre of the Belgium hop industry with around 90% of all of Belgium's hops grown in the locality. On the journey into the town you pass countless fields set up for hop growing (in March when I went it was just the bare hop wires and poles, by late summer the towering hops would be clearly visible.) The town itself shows off its wealth with a very pretty Grote Markt. During the war Pops as it was known to the British forces was sufficiently far back from the frontline to be a location for relaxation and recuperation, though of course large numbers still succumbed to their wounds in the town.
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Getting There
Trains run every hour from Ieper to Poperinge taking around 7 minutes to make the journey. The station in Poperinge is about a 10 minute walk from the centre of town. Alternatively the number 60 bus runs roughly every hour and takes around 20 minutes to reach the very centre of Poperinge at the Grote MarktLatitude: 50.855715; Longitude: 2.726449
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