From Zeeland Bridge to Oosterscheldekering

Cycling through Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland you can enjoy views of the sea and the Oosterschelde. You will also experience plenty of cultural history, because you drive over Neeltje Jans and through Zierikzee.

North Beveland
Due to the infamous All Saints Flood of 1532, the whole of Noord-Beveland was flooded. It took more than sixty years before people dared to reclaim the island. On the north side of the island you can still see this caution in the many inlays: small polders that lie behind the sea dike in places where people feared a dike breach. From the dike you look out over uniquely beautiful nature. You see wet swamps, reed fields and of course the water of the Oosterschelde. Beautiful!

Picturesque Zierikzee
In Burgh you can make a nice pit stop at Pannekoekenmolen de Graanhalm. The mill dates from 1847. A little further on you will pass the former ring rampart that was raised at the end of the ninth century against robber Norsemen. Here you get a wonderful glimpse of the past! You drive via the Schelphoek nature reserve to the historic fortified town of Zierikzee.

Neeltje Jans
Neeltje Jans served as a work island during the construction of the storm surge barrier. Over the years, wind and weather have turned Neeltje Jans into a beautiful dune landscape that is held together by marram grass and sea buckthorn. On the island you can visit an information center about the Delta Works. In 2015, the second Tour stage ended with Neeltje Jans. Sprinter André Greipel was then the first to cross the line.