This walk will introduce you to the vast polders west of Vogelwaarde. Along the way you walk on the beautiful Van Lyndendijk where you can fully enjoy nature.
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This walk will introduce you to the vast polders west of Vogelwaarde. Along the way you walk on the beautiful Van Lyndendijk where you can fully enjoy nature.
This nature walk introduces you to the vast polders west of Vogelwaarde. Along the way you walk on many unpaved roads along the remnants of the Hellegat. The hamlet of Poonhaven also has a link with the Hellegat.
This walk takes you to a point where you have a wide view of the polder landscape with the advancing port of Antwerp in the background. The Krieke Putten nature reserve with various pounds is the next eye-catcher. On the beautiful Koningsdijk you walk further in the direction of Fort Bedmar, where only part of the northwestern wall can still be seen. Via the border village of De Klinge it continues through the Clingse forests back to the starting point.
This walk will quickly take you to the Krieke Putten nature reserve with various pounds, water features where the water wells up from the sandy soils. On the beautiful Konings dyke you walk further in the direction of Fort Bedmar, where only part of the northwestern wall can still be seen.
This walk goes around the center of the village of Kloosterzande. Along the way you will pass the windmill without a name, the monumental Sint Martinus church and Hof te Zande with sometimes beautiful views of the extensive polders.
The walk starts at the nameless windmill and passes St. Martin's Church. It continues on polder roads in the direction of the Western Scheldt, where you can see the largest sea-going vessels passing by. You return to the starting point through the walking area of Hof ter Zandeplein.
This detour introduces you to the beautiful nature around Hengstdijk. From the starting point you walk in the direction of De Vogel, one of the oldest creeks in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen. You continue to Vogelfort, which takes its name from a former fortress. You now continue on an unpaved path and arrive at the old tram bridge Vogelfort. You walk on rural roads in the direction of Hengstdijk. Here you walk around St. Catherine's Church to return to the starting point.
Walk to the northernmost point of East Zeeland Flanders. On the Radar Tower you have a beautiful view of the Western Scheldt and further you walk through a beautiful piece of nature on the Doorn dike.
This walk introduces you to the northernmost point of East Zeeland Flanders. You have a beautiful view of the Westerschelde dike and you can see huge container ships gliding through the water nearby. You also walk through an old creek remnant that is now a nature reserve and you pass two amphibian pools and a partridge field.
This walk goes through the nature reserve of the Sint Jansteen water extraction area via unpaved paths in the direction of Heikant. Over dikes it continues along the Tragel where you can admire a beautiful work of art, Village view De Rat.
This detour with a lot of natural beauty goes through the water extraction area Sint Jansteen to Kapellebrug to return through the Clingse Bossen.
This walk takes you to the Groot Eiland, a beautiful piece of nature enclosed by creeks. Over the Liniedijk you walk through the hamlet Kijkuit further in the direction of the Zijkanaal naar Hulst where you pass the place where a Bailey bridge was built in 1944.
The imagination of the walker is put to the test during the detour around Zaamslag. In the past centuries the village had a castle with lords of the castle, a commandery with Templars, a hospital and a parish church, but also a brewery and a mill. They have all disappeared. Fortunately, there is still a lot of natural beauty to enjoy.
No detour in which you traverse so many phases in history as that of Sas van Gent. From the construction of the lock ("sas") and the digging of the Sassevaart (the predecessor of the current canal) in the sixteenth century and the development of the fortified town in the seventeenth century. Until the industrial revolution in the nineteenth century and the repurposing of industrial and ecclesiastical heritage now. Sas van Gent keeps up with the times.
A lot of animals around Zuiddorpe. The Rat, the Mouse, Sheep (dyke) and Bonte cow are just some of the animals you can encounter there. After the occupation by the Spanish, the inhabitants made short work of the Spanish (Catholic) names of streets and neighborhoods. Fort Sint-Jan became De Ratte and Fort Sint Marcus, de Muis.
Hills in Zeelandic Flanders? Hell yes. The Molenberg is located in Biervliet. The height difference with the surrounding polders, excavated peat soils, is no less than six meters. Old maps show the Old City on an island.
Hoek was in a different place in the twelfth century than it is now. The village has even moved twice. Vremdijcke, as Hoek was still called at the time, was rebuilt after the breakthrough of the Braakman in 1488. That village also drowned. The inhabitants built a church and a mill on the corner of two dikes. And the current Hoek was born.
The detour around Zandstraat is a succession of dykes with poplars, grass paths, gravel roads and fields. Yet the walking route around the village between Sas van Gent and Philippine is far from boring.
Westdorpe, modern activity in a changing landscape. Had the residents not fought so fiercely in the 1970s, Canisvliet would probably have been absorbed by industry by now and Westdorpe would not have had such a nice walk.
Zeeland Flanders may have few forests, but there is a lot of forest around Axel. The forest path already starts in the residential area. The detour goes straight through forest, past well-filled fields and along water. In fact, a lot of water.
With this walk we follow the traces of the past. Wars have caused Koewacht a lot of misery for centuries, but also beautiful places. Which you can now happily fully enjoy.
The port of Philippine was very busy at the beginning of the twentieth century. Men, women and children were waiting for the crew who returned from the mussel catch. In 2020, the port has disappeared, but the Zeeland mussels remained.</p
In Terneuzen, the water is always close by. The discharge channel, the Otheense creek, the channels in the nature reserve Margarethapolder and the Westerschelde, you will all pass or cross it. The area fought against the water for centuries.
Sluiskil is inextricably linked to activity. From the very beginning, with the construction of a lock (sluis) in 1648 in the kil (channel). The village owes its name and existence to it. Thanks to a port and ferry service, Sluiskil started to grow. But the activity did not only bring prosperity: part of Sluiskil had to disappear when the canal was widened and Sluiskil lost his heart. During the walk around Sluiskil peace and quiet predominates and activity is usually hard to find. In the distance you can only see the wind turbines and blue sugar silos. Only almost at the end, with a view of the car traffic and the swing bridge, is the activity back. Then you are in a charming nature reserve, the Sluiskil tunnel turns out to be deep underground. Talk about a changing landscape.
During this walk you will get to know the historic town of Veere and the green, water-rich environment. First you walk along the towpath next to the channel 'Kanaal door Walcheren' in the direction of the 'Oude Veerseweg' nature reserve. Here you follow the banks of the 'Veerse Watergang' and the 'Botjeszeekreek'. Via the forest of Veere and the 'Veerse Kreek' you arrive at the 'Veerse Meer' dike. Before you reach the town again, you walk under the fortress wall wich was build by Napoleon Bonaparte. The marina and the cozy streets with the historic buildings invite you to stroll through the town and enjoy a terrace before heading back to the starting point.
This walk starts at the nature reserve De Grote Putting, one of the few real old-land areas that Zeeland still has. In the village of Kuitaart you pass the corn mill Vogelzicht from 1865 and then you walk along the nature reserve De Vogel. Hengstdijk is located on a twelfth-century dike and has been embanked by Flemish monks, once it had an open connection with the river Westerschelde.
This walk will introduce you to the dune valleys and barren sand dunes of the Zeepeduinen before you explore the largest forest in Zeeland, Boswachterij Westerschouwen.
The ramparts of Retranchement, built according to the Old Dutch fortification system, forms a nature reserve that connects many landscape elements, such as dikes, meadows, hedges and trees. Remains of the "Oranje" and "Nassau" forts can still be found there. The walk starts on these ramparts in the center of this small village in Zeeland.