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Nieuw- en Sint Joosland

Nieuw- en Sint Joosland of Nieuwland is a village and a former municipality in the southeast of Walcheren, at the edge of the island, in the municipality Middelburg, in the Dutch province of Zeeland.

Nieuw- en Sint Joosland
Nieuw- en Sint Joosland · Michielverbeek
The place

Nieuw- en Sint Joosland of Nieuwland is a village and a former municipality in the southeast of Walcheren, at the edge of the island, in the municipality Middelburg, in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It has about 1300 inhabitants. Because of its relatively late foundation, Nieuw- en Sint Joosland is not a churchvillage, but more of a wegdorp, despite its clear village centre.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Nieuw- en Sint Joosland

5 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.

  1. 01
    Canal through Walcheren

    The Canal through Walcheren in the Netherlands crosses the east of Walcheren. It connects the Westerschelde and the Veerse Meer.

    3.1 km · canal for ships CEMT Va in Zeeland, Netherlands · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Middelburg 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.

    3.8 km · city hall of Middelburg, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Oostkerk

    The Oostkerk is a Protestant church in Middelburg. The church can be spotted on the Middelburg horizon by its characteristic round dome.

    3.5 km · church building in Middelburg, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    University 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.

    3.7 km · liberal arts and science college in Middelburg, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Sloedam

    The Sloedam is a 1 km long dam, that was constructed in 1871, as a necessary part of the Roosendaal-Vlissingen Railway, the so-called Zeeuwse Lijn. Additionally this dam connected the island of Walcheren with Zuid-Beveland across the Sloe waterway, and therefore with the mainland of Brabant.

    4 km · dam in the Netherlands · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Nieuw- en Sint Joosland

Airports
Ostend-Bruges (OST), 63 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 75 km · Brussels (BRU), 87 km
Stations
Middelburg railway station, 3.1 km · Arnemuiden railway station, 2.3 km
  • Rotterdam → Nieuw- en Sint Joosland
    75 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · €10–14
  • Eindhoven → Nieuw- en Sint Joosland
    126 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · €16–23
  • Amsterdam → Nieuw- en Sint Joosland
    130 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · €16–23
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Nieuw- en Sint Joosland

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 Nieuw- en Sint Joosland. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundA fast ferry for pedestrian and cyclist only is being operated by Veolia between Vlissingen and Breskens.

From Wikivoyage: Zeeland, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    219 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    358 km
  3. 03
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    579 km
  4. 04
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    677 km
  5. 05
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    737 km

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Around it

Next door to Nieuw- en Sint Joosland

Nieuw- en Sint Joosland is 59 km from Antwerp, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Middelburgcapital city of Zeeland, the Netherlands3.6 km
  • Arnemuidencity in Middelburg, Netherlands2.1 km
  • Nieuwlandhuman settlement in Middelburg, Netherlands900 m