​​The Atlantic Wall was a system of coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944. Atlantikwall Raversyde is one of the best-preserved sections of this German defence line, with more than sixty bunkers, open and underground passages, observation posts and gun emplacements. There are two batteries: Battery Aachen dates from World War I, whilst Battery Saltzwedel-neu was built during World War II. 

​This unique bunker complex from WWI and WWII is located in the dunes overlooking the sea and was awarded a European Heritage Award in 2022. Erwin Rommel, a well-known German Field Marshal in World War II, visited several times in 1943 to 1944 to inspect the progress of the works.

​​The permanent photo exhibition “Atlantic Wall” by Belgian photographer Stephan Vanfleteren provides an insight into the 2,600 km long Atlantic Wall that ran from Norway to the Bay of Biscay. 

​The remains of the German concrete structures are portrayed in a unique black-and-white style, and the exhibitions reveals their fate over time from the influence of nature, weather and wind. ​At the entrance, visitors can discover a 75-metre-long panorama with more than 80 photographs taken by the American Air Force on 4 August 1945, depicting the entire Belgian coast from De Panne to Knokke-Heist.​