A smarter approach to spotting birds of prey on Walcheren

Anyone wandering through the Walcheren countryside in spring may occasionally spot them gliding low over the reeds or circling high above the fields: birds of prey. For many ...Lees verder

Gravensteen 500 Years

Zierikzee travels back to the late Middle Ages In 2026, it will be exactly 500 years since the Gravensteen in Zierikzee was completed. This will be celebrated with ...Lees verder

Connection begins with listening

A dream of connection Before the evening begins, Jorien Mesu-Minderhoud arranges the chairs in a circle. No tables. No lectern. No rows of seats like at an information ...Lees verder

Scratch Messiah Zeeland concludes with an unforgettable jubilee

With a standing ovation, a sold-out Sint Jacobskerk and hundreds of enthusiastic participants, a special chapter in Zeeland’s musical history came to an end on Saturday 7 March ...Lees verder

Beer riots, slavery and a stick man

The Oostkerk as few Middelburg residents know it Anyone stepping inside the imposing Oostkerk in Middelburg today sees, above all, a magnificent monument. The high dome, the distinctive ...Lees verder

Floating jetties

Anyone visiting the Stads- en Commerciewerf on Vissersdijk in Zierikzee will immediately notice the passion with which people here work to preserve Zeeland’s maritime heritage. Volunteers restore historic ...Lees verder

Book: “Grijpskerke in the Battle of the Scheldt”

Stories that must not be forgotten A village with a remarkable wartime history At first glance, Grijpskerke during the Second World War might not seem like a subject ...Lees verder

Update 8 restoration Mausoleum

On 1 December, the secretariat received an upbeat email from Rien de Graaf, church warden of the Reformed Church in Stavenisse: At last, there is some good news ...Lees verder

The Utrecht Cathedral Choir is coming to Zeeland!

The Utrecht Cathedral Choir (KKU) has a long history dating back to 1869, when the St. Gregorius Magnus male voice choir was founded at St Catherine’s Cathedral in ...Lees verder

A carefree holiday for everyone!

For many people, a holiday is a natural opportunity for relaxation, adventure and spending time together. But for people with physical disabilities, things are often different. Travelling is ...Lees verder

Book: “The Red and the Black Squire” by Daniela Hooghiemstra

Two brothers, raised in the same upper-class milieu, choose radically different paths. One resists during the war and becomes an icon within Dutch social democracy; the other ends ...Lees verder

Book “Brothers in Post-War Netherlands” by Carolijn Visser

In January 1945, two brothers walk through the snow-covered meadows of Amsterdam back to their family home in Papendrecht: having escaped the Arbeitseinsatz. Ar has just received his ...Lees verder