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The Zwin Nature Reserve

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The Zwin Nature Reserve

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The Zwin Nature Reserve

Name: The Zwin Nature Reserve
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Location: Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands

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1. Cadzand-Bad Beach – Het Zwin Nature Reserve loop from Cadzand-Bad

10.9km

02:45

30m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Het Zwin Nature Reserve – View of Het Zwin loop from Oosthoek

22.2km

05:36

40m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. The Zwin Nature Reserve – Sluis Ramparts loop from Sluis

23.4km

05:54

30m

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June 23, 2024

In the 13th and 14th centuries, this sea arm - ’t Zwyn - was an important waterway to Bruges. This waterway was created after the sea had penetrated the land around the beginning of the Christian era. The cities of Bruges, Damme and Sluis were located on the Zwin and became flourishing trading centres. But the channel became increasingly shallow and eventually unnavigable. That is why the Zwin was later largely poldered. Nature then took over here.

Source: hetzeeuwselandschap.nl/natuurgebieden/het-zwin

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Dirk Sadler

April 9, 2023

The path over the dunes towards Cadzand and then the first large bay to the sea. This wonderful expanse of nature. Also very nice for dogs, as there is almost always someone to play with

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June 23, 2024

The Zwin is a slufter: a beach plain behind the dunes that is in open connection with the sea. Directly behind the gully mouth lies a sandy beach, further inward lie dunes and salt marshes. Behind the row of dunes lie two small polders, which are managed by the Zeeuwse Landschap: the Kievittepolder and the Oudelandsepolder.

In the Zwinweide, once a side channel of the Zwin, is a very varied area where fresh and salt alternate at a short distance. Thanks to the alternation between wet and dry, salt and fresh, and clay and sand, the entire area has a great variety in vegetation and birds.

Source and all information for your visit to this Zeeland side of the Zwin at hetzeeuwselandschap.nl/natuurgebieden/het-zwin

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Location: Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands

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1. Cadzand-Bad Beach – Het Zwin Nature Reserve loop from Cadzand-Bad

2. Het Zwin Nature Reserve – View of Het Zwin loop from Oosthoek

3. The Zwin Nature Reserve – Sluis Ramparts loop from Sluis

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