Along the water near Heinkenszand

A beautiful route through the Zak van Zuid-Beveland. The region is known for the beautiful Bloemdijken, dikes around polders and former tidal creeks where wild flowers grow. Many flower dikes can be visited by bicycle. Experience the summer scents and colors of agrimoni, field or wild marjoram. Your route starts near Borsele. Soon you will pass a beautiful windmill; Hope and Expectation. This mill was built on the spot after the blowing of the standard mill in a storm on February 27, 1714 by the city carpenter / millwright of the municipality of Goes Jacobus Huijsman. The municipality of Goes was the owner of the Borsselse polder from 1616 and has already reserved space for the construction of a flour mill in the layout from the design. In'De Hoop en Expectation\\\', parts of the blown-down standard mill were used during the construction in 1714, including parts of stabbing tires and sawn (cross-rigged) wooden rod. A little further on you will pass another special historical spot. The British war grave in Driewegen (municipality of Borsele) contains the remains of a fallen soldier. A tombstone of white natural stone has been placed near the grave with an emblem and a cross in relief. A little further on you will pass through Nisse. Especially around this village you will find many beautiful flower dikes, where about twenty endangered plant species can be found, such as the woolly thistle, the rough carnation and wild marjoram. The wealth of flowers attracts butterflies such as the orange sand eye, the common blue and the cowfinch. Bees, hoverflies, beetles and grasshoppers are also numerous in the summer. The insects are a delicacy for the little owl and the kestrel. The dikes bear witness to the long-term battle against the water. Successive periods of land reclamation and flooding led to the formation of a system of inner dikes. Between the dikes wells (gullies) remind of old breaches. Another bit of stairs and you will pass the sheepfold, where you should definitely get off. Schapenboerderij de Schaapskooi has been appointed guide of the National Landscape, you will find all information about the Zak van Zuid-Beveland here. But the history lesson isn't over yet. In front of the entrance to the Liberation Museum Zeeland, in Nieuwdorp, the propeller and two on-board weapons lie as a tribute to the crew of the Feathered Injun. Be sure to step into the museum here, which takes you back to the Second World War, when Allied soldiers of various nationalities fought the German occupier in Zeeland. The museum offers a tour of important events in the Second World War. The exhibition starts in the basement of the museum with an impressive film. The museum route then runs over three floors and you are taken step by step to the liberation of Zeeland. The museum also pays attention to Battalion Zeeland. This consisted largely of war volunteers who wanted to fight for the liberation of the Netherlands and Western Europe after the liberation of Zeeland. After World War II, the battalion was deployed to the Dutch East Indies. An educational trip, full of culture and nature!