Middelburg
Middelburg is a city and municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the capital of the province of Zeeland.

Middelburg is a city and municipality in the south-western Netherlands serving as the capital of the province of Zeeland. Situated on the central peninsula of the Zeeland province, Midden-Zeeland, it has a population of about 48,000.
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Worth seeing in and around Middelburg
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Veerse Meer
The Veerse Meer is a lagoon in the southwest Netherlands in the province of Zeeland.
7.8 km · lake in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Canal through Walcheren
The Canal through Walcheren in the Netherlands crosses the east of Walcheren. It connects the Westerschelde and the Veerse Meer.
400 m · canal for ships CEMT Va in Zeeland, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Veerse Gatdam
The Veerse Gatdam is a man-made barrier across the former Eastern Scheldt estuary branch known as the Veerse Gat, between Walcheren and Noord-Beveland islands in Zeeland, Netherlands. The barrier was completed on 27 April 1961.
9.8 km · dam in Veere, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 04Middelburg Town Hall
Middelburg Town Hall is situated at the market of Middelburg, Zeeland. It is considered one of the finest Gothic buildings in the Netherlands.
400 m · city hall of Middelburg, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Oostkerk
The Oostkerk is a Protestant church in Middelburg. The church can be spotted on the Middelburg horizon by its characteristic round dome.
400 m · church building in Middelburg, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06University College Roosevelt
University College Roosevelt, formerly known as Roosevelt Academy, is a small, honors undergraduate liberal arts and science college located in Middelburg in the Netherlands and the sole university in Zeeland. It offers a residential setting, and is an international honors college of Utrecht University.
400 m · liberal arts and science college in Middelburg, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 07St James the Great Church
Saint James the Great Church is a large Protestant church in the city of Flushing, Netherlands. The building is on the Old Market; around are the streets called Branderijstraat and Lepelstraat.
7 km · protestant church in Vlissingen, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 08Zandenburg
Zandenburg was a famous castle just south of Veere. Nothing remains of it, except some foundations below ground level.
6.3 km · castle near Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 09Veerse Gat
The Veerse Gat or Veeregat was the sea channel between Walcheren and Noord-Beveland islands in Zeeland in the Netherlands. In 1961 as part of the Delta Plan it was blocked off by the Veerse Gatdam and made into an inland lake called Veerse Meer.
6.6 km · lake in the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 10Huis der Boede
Huis der Boede is a country house near Koudekerke in the Dutch province of Zeeland, erected in 1745 for J. van Mandere, mayor of Vlissingen. For its design, he commissioned the Antwerp architect and sculptor Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt the Younger.
4.9 km · Dutch country house · Wikipedia
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Getting to Middelburg
- Airports
- Ostend-Bruges (OST), 61 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 76 km · Brussels (BRU), 90 km
- Stations
- Middelburg railway station, 500 m · Arnemuiden railway station, 3.6 km · Vlissingen railway station, 6.4 km · Vlissingen Souburg railway station, 4.2 km · Vliegveld Midden-Zeeland, 7.9 km
- Rotterdam → Middelburg76 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · €10–13
- Amsterdam → Middelburg131 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · €16–22
- Eindhoven → Middelburg129 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · €17–23
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Middelburg
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Middelburg. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundA fast ferry for pedestrian and cyclist only is being operated by Veolia between Vlissingen and Breskens.
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Next door to Middelburg
- Vlissingenmunicipality in Zeeland, the Netherlands6 km
- Veeremunicipality in Zeeland, the Netherlands7.4 km
- Arnemuidencity in Middelburg, Netherlands3.5 km
- Aagtekerkevillage in Veere, Netherlands9 km
- Oostkapellevillage in Veere, Netherlands8.7 km
- Vrouwenpoldervillage in Veere, Netherlands8.5 km