Cycling routes in Zeeland

West Zeeland Flanders is a distinctive dune and cultural landscape where you cycle between wide beaches, high dunes, and open polders with long sightlines. The route follows quiet dikes and rural lanes past former creeks and tidal channels that recall the region’s historic estuarine past. Along the way, coastal nature, farmland, and small-scale villages alternate, with viewpoints where sea and land shape the scene together. An ideal cycling area for anyone who loves open space, heritage, and that unmistakable salty Zeeland atmosphere.

East Zeeland Flanders offers a surprisingly varied setting, with cycling routes past creeks and tidal channels, through open polders, and into mixed woodland that provides welcome shelter. Along the way you reach a centuries-old fortified town, where ramparts and historic streets add a tangible sense of the past. A standout highlight is Europe’s largest brackish-water wilderness, a dynamic mosaic of reed beds, mudflats, and open water where birdlife sets the pace and the horizon is always shifting. This is a region of strong contrasts, blending heritage and tranquillity with rugged waterside nature.

Schouwen-Duiveland and the Kop van Schouwen create a distinctive coastal landscape where you cycle between golden dunes, wide beaches, and a rolling sea that always feels close. Just inland, expansive green polders open up, with long straight roads, dikes, and views stretching to the horizon. Ride along quiet inner dikes, past creeks and waterways, while seaside resorts and villages add energy and variety along the way. An ideal cycling area for fresh sea air, wide-open space, and the unmistakable light of the Zeeland coast.

Around the Western Scheldt, the Braakman, and the Asseneedse Kreken, you cycle through a peaceful polder landscape where water and land blend seamlessly. Follow quiet dikes past salt marshes and tidal flats with wide views over the estuary, while woodland, scrub, and reed fringes add variety and shelter along the way. Remnants of old creeks shape the scenery with winding waterways and still grasslands that are often rich in birdlife. Small mussel villages and harbours bring a maritime touch, completing the ride with that unmistakable Zeeland sense of space and calm.

Around the Veerse Meer, you cycle through a historic cultural landscape where dikes, grasslands, and old inner embankments give the route a calm, well-defined rhythm. Along the way, dunes, woodland edges, and open polders alternate, with fresh views across the brackish lake at every turn. Along the shores you will spot salt marshes, sandbanks, and small islands that give the Veerse Meer a natural, light-filled atmosphere, often with abundant birdlife and watersports in the background. An ideal cycling area for variety, waterside scenery, and the unmistakable Zeeland outdoors feeling.

In the National Landscape of Southwest Zeeland and on Walcheren, you cycle through a sheltered coastal region where beach, dunes, and polders alternate within a short distance. Follow sturdy sea dikes and high dune ridges with sea views, while ancient dune oak woods and sheltered inner embankments give the route a green, protected feel. Zeeland hedgerows, winding country lanes, and medieval motte mounds trace a story of settlement and the long struggle against the water. A rewarding cycling area with plenty of variety, cultural heritage, and a fresh coastal atmosphere that makes every ride feel special.