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SECOND WORLD WAR · 1939–1945

Nuts Weekend — 82nd Bulge Anniversary

🇧🇪 Bastogne, Belgium · ⚑ Thousands; vehicle parade

About

The 81st anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, marked in the town McAuliffe refused to surrender. Bastogne fills with Sherman tanks, jeeps and period trucks, living-history camps at Bastogne Barracks, and thousands of walkers retracing the defensive perimeter through the Bois Jacques where Easy Company held the frozen line.

Programme

Sat (main day)
07:00-11:00Marche du Perimetre - 47th edition, 7 / 14 / 21 km, departures from the Centre sportif (EUR9, register in advance)
14:30Siege commemoration: patriotic procession in the Grand'Rue, flowers at the Patton and McAuliffe monuments
15:30Traditional throwing of nuts from the Town Hall balcony
20:00Bastogne Ball 44 - 1940s evening, vintage dress welcome (presale EUR8 adult / EUR5 age 12-16 / under 12 free)
Sun
11:00Religious service in memory of those shot at Noville
14:00WWII vehicle parade in the Grand-Rue
15:00-16:00Static display of the vehicles in the lower Grand-Rue
All weekend
Guided one-hour tours of the Bois Jacques battlefield (max 20 per group), from the Bastogne War Museum entrance
'Hold at all costs' 360 immersion and Spitfire VR at AIR-V, rue de La Roche 38B (EUR9, 20 min)

Getting there

Bastogne War Museum, Colline du Mardasson 5. By car via the E25; by rail to Libramont then direct bus. Museums open 9h30-19h. Book accommodation months ahead - Bastogne, Houffalize and Libramont fill from early in the year.

Links

Official

Bastogne War Museum - Nuts Weekend

Tourism board

Bastogne tourist office programme

Stay nearby

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Tickets

Marche du Perimetre registrationPARTNER

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