Views along the Eastern and Western Scheldt

From the dikes along the Eastern and Western Scheldt you have beautiful views over the water and the many boats. On Zuid-Beveland it is wonderfully quiet cycling through the polders.

Drowned land
You start the route just outside the village of Oostdijk. In the polders it is nice to make kilometers between the grasslands and fruit orchards. Walk up the dike for a nice view over the Oosterschelde. At the bottom of the dike lies the Verdronken Land van Zuid-Beveland. In 1530 this part of South Beveland was flooded. Now there is a nature reserve of mud flats and salt marshes where many birds live.

Western Scheldt
After crossing the Scheldt-Rhine Canal, which opened in 1975, you can get off at Non Plus Ultra for a drink and snack. From the polder you can see the steep edge of the Brabantse Wal in the distance. You pass Bath, a former fortification. Here too you can climb the dike, this time for a view over the Western Scheldt. In Waarde you can admire the ancient village church. De Hoed is a corn mill that has been here since 1991.