Main Sights
- The Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is the smallest World War I American cemetery in Europe and the only one in Belgium. It is located on the southeast edge of town and is the resting place for 368 American military who died during the liberation of Belgium in World War I. The chapel is inscribed with the names of 43 Missing in Action whose remains were never recovered or identified.
- The 8-hectare park surrounding the Baron Casier castle is located right in the center of the city and includes old groves, ponds and fountains.
- Waregem also boasts several churches and farm buildings dating from the Middle Ages.
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