Surroundings

Attractive cities

like Goes, Middelburg, Vlissingen and Zierikzee are interesting places with a rich history, many historical buildings and monuments and therefor worth a visit. All these cities have many lovely terraces, cosy restaurants and a delightful shopping area.
Belgium places like Antwerp, Gent and Bruges are not far away by trespassing the Western Scheldt tunnel.

Surprising villages..

Nisse (one of the most beautiful villages of Zeeland) and also the pretty Dreischor were originally a villages that formed round the church. However, the ring has since merged with the big village square. An ancient cattle drinking place lies at its edge.
Don't miss: Veere. This mall place was an important city in the 16th century. When you walk now through the harbour and trading town of Veere, it seems like walking through an open-air museum.
At Mini Mundi you will find Zeeland in miniature.

Ports, Harbours, shipyards:

You will find many different ports in Zeeland. Lively pleasure-boot harbours, small cosy city harbours and even silted harbours, which are out of use.
The Industrial ports in Vlissingen and Terneuzen (with its enormous lock complex), where many types of cargo are being handled, can be discovered by a harbour tour.

The salty kitchen of Zeeland

Try lobster that comes straight from the Oosterschelde, have some mussels, a portion cockles, a fish soup or a portion of shrimps. Complete your meal with healthy local seaweeds or with some special salty vegetables like sea lavender or sea kraal (marsh samphire), plants which grow on bare spots and at the edges of marshes. Yerseke is world famous for its mussel- and oyster cultures and hosts the first and only mussel auction in the world. You can visite the oyster basins in the harbour.

Gardens & nurseries

Mills

Castles

There are some castles left in Zeeland. Unfortunately, they had to endure a lot during their existence. But mostly you still can feel the grandeur they once had. You can visit some castles.
Some oft he best remained are: Castle Westhove (Oostkapelle), Castle Moermond (Renesse), Castle Baarland (Baarland), Castle Ter Hooge ( Middelburg) and Castle Haamstede (Haamstede).
Plan a visit to Fort Rammekens, near Ritthem,. It is the oldest coastal fortifications in Western Europe. Unfortunately, many is destroyed, but it is still impressive and you have a splendid view

Lighthouses:

Zeeland has several lighthouses. Some you can visit. Westerlicht near Burgh-Haamstede and Zuiderhoofd in Westkapelle are among the province's most famous lighthouses. Already the Romans put lighthouses and beacons along the Dutch coast . The lighthouses have different building styles and have all its own light: so that sailors know where they are, and can sail safely along the shore.

The famous Delta Works:

Musea & Art

Zeeland is perhaps a small province, but it has a diversity of musea (about 45). You even can visit the inside of some very old boats or make a trip with an old steam train. Many musea offer special children's activities or discovery explorations. (for example: cow-milking at the Meestoof museum) .
There are many art expositions in the vicinity as well as art events and art tours. At these days a wide range of art forms are exhibited at fascinating locations, often in the houses or gardens of the artists themselves. The perfect place to find handmade gifts, unique pieces, jewellery, paintings, drawings, sculptures and more..

All kind of events all year round..

In summer as well as in the rest of the year many events are organised. Garden fairs, food truck festivals. Sports events like the coastal marathon, organised bike tours, nature excursions. Too much to mention.
The antique markets, flea markets, brocante-fairs and garage sales will definitely tempt you with endless items, curios and collectables. Find all activities/events for example on: zeeland.com,

Music & Dance events

certainly take place as well: outside or under tents. You will surely have no dull day in Zeeland!

Nostalgia & Traditions

Sometimes you will come across a lady in national costume. This heavy but lovely disappears more and more. But some costume societies keep the tradition going. Also in some museums you will find the different styles of regional dress on the islands. One item of these costumes is popular: The Zeeuwse button / clasp. You could find this button/clasp on the men's costume and also in women's necklaces. Nowadays the shape/form of this clasp is used in many attractive gifts and household items. Also the wooden shoes belonged to the old habits.A nice souvenir idea! Both are nice souvenir ideas!

Zeeland is interwoven with the sea and the fishery. Many festivities are related to this: mussel-festivities, harbour-days and fishery-days.
Other Traditions are ring-riding (you ride without a saddle on a cart horse and you try to stab your lance through a ring), sjeesjes riding (ring-riding but then in carriages), Straô rieën (Each year in the 6 weeks before eastern people ride with decorated horses through the branding of the sea. With this they clean the horses hoofs), Flax-day (in early das much flax was cultivated here), Beet-tour (In early day they transported the harvested beets over the canals to the sugar fabrics. The boats were moved with horse- and sometimes manpower)

A moment of relaxation

Animal parcs & children's farms

Always joyfull , cozy and educational; like Berkenhof's tropical zoo with its magnificant butterflies, Scheep dairy farm Mariekerke, Apiculture Koudekerke, reptile refuge Iguana. And even  a ostrich farm and horse dairy farm.at zeeuws Vlaanderen