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The cemetery is within 44 miles of Brugge, Belgium and 22 miles of Gent, Belgium.
The cemetery is open daily to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except December 25 and January 1. It is open on host country holidays. When the cemetery is open to the public, a staff member is on duty in the visitor building to answer questions and escort relatives to grave and memorial sites.
The cemetery lies on the southeast edge of the town of Waregem, Belgium, along the Lille-Gent Autoroute E-17.
Waregem may be reached by train from Brussels via Gent in approximately one hour; from Paris via Rijsel and Kortrijk in about five hours, and via Brussels and Gent in about five and a half hours.
Paris is about 175 miles south of the cemetery, and Brussels is located about 50 miles east of the cemetery.
Taxis are available from the train station in Waregem.
More than 200,000 fallen service members are honored at an ABMC site. Search the burial database.
