Theme Week Zeeland – Veere
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union Category/Kategorie: General
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Veere is a municipality with a population of 22,000 and a town with a population of 1,500 in the southwestern
Netherlands , in the region of
Walcheren in the province of
Zeeland . The area of the municipality of Veere is 13,496 hectares, with a coastline of 34 kilometres.
As a result of the damming of the Veerse Gat inlet in 1961, the fishing fleet of Veere moved to a new home port at Colijnsplaat on Noord-Beveland. As of 2013 the main business of the town is tourism. Veere municipality reached its current expanded shape in 1997, after the addition of several neighboring towns. During the course of nearly two centuries seventeen historical municipalities have merged to become present-day Veere. Its original full name was Veere-de-Stad en Zanddijk-Binnen .
Westhove Castle, today a Youth Hostel © Evalien/cc-by-sa-3.0-nl
The area is visited by 4 million tourists annually. The main attractions are the beaches and
marinas . The
Storm Surge Barrier on the
Oosterschelde is the most popular visitor attraction in Zeeland. The
Scoutcentrum Zeeland on the coast of the Veerse Meer attracts
Scout visitors from around the world.
The town of Veere forms the setting for “
Van Loon’s Lives “, a book of
contemporary fantasy written by
Hendrik Willem Van Loon in 1942, in which the protagonists are able to magically summon the great men and women of history for weekend dinner parties, leading to often humorous incidents. The book was written at the time when Veere, like the rest of the Netherlands, lay under Nazi occupation, and despite its light-hearted tone clearly indicates the longing of the writer – living in the US – for his homeland whose liberation he was doomed never to see.
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Overview of all Theme Weeks .
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Veere ,
Zeeland.com – Veere ,
stayokay.com – Château Westhove ,
Wikivoyage Veere and
Wikipedia Veere . Learn more about the
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Global Passport Power Rank -
Travel Risk Map -
Democracy Index -
GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank -
Global Competitiveness Report -
Corruption Perceptions Index -
Press Freedom Index -
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