The Friendly Tower in Houthulst is open to the public!
The new observation tower on the open landscape of the IJzerbroeken is a pentagonal figure whose shape incorporates the structure of flowers and plants. The viewing platform offers views of the surrounding historical, geometric bodies of water. The tower aims to be accessible from each side, with a high gateway for adult visitors, a low one for children and three very low, symbolic openings for the smallest passers-by (a shoveler, a sedge warbler, perhaps a fox?). Through a wooden latticework skin, ascending visitors always retain a view of the landscape, while their movements are filtered to not disturb life around the tower.