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Veere Waterfront and Historic Harbor

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3. Historic Center of Veere – Veere Town Hall loop from De Banjaard

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

November 29, 2022

Always a nice experience at this location. Enjoy the comings and goings of travelers starting or ending their adventure. Taking the Veer is a little bit of traveling and gives many users a holiday feeling.

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

September 18, 2023

Veere started as a port in the 13th century as the hamlet of Kampvere or Ter Veere. Veere is still a port town, which is full of the most beautiful yachts and sailing boats in the summer!

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Stephan N

May 24, 2024

In the late 15th century and the middle of the 16th century, Veere was an important, wealthy port town. In the centre, pretty patrician houses, an imposing town hall and a colossal cathedral are reminders of this golden age. Today, water sports and tourism dominate life around the old brick defence tower Campveerse Toren.

A lavish celebration. Long tables in the elegant fireplace room, with a view of the Veerse Meer on both sides. Ships sail majestically past. That is probably how it was on June 21, 1575. At that time, the French Princess Charlotte de Bourbon and Prince Willem of Orange, the later King of the Netherlands, celebrated their wedding here. Today, the Campveerse Toren restaurant looks almost the same.

The truly royal hall is located in a fortress that is over 500 years old, and from some of the rooms in the romantic hotel and from the restaurant you have a clear view of the inland waters. The building was already functioning as a city hostel in 1440. And after the royals in the 16th century, many other celebrities followed - Prince Rainier of Monaco and his Grace Patricia dined here on June 30, 1958, for example.

The high density of celebrities is not the only surprising thing about the small town, which has around 5,000 inhabitants and is picturesquely situated on the water. If you stroll from the old harbor to the center, you will quickly realize that Veere was a rich, important trading city centuries ago.

Where tour boats chug along today, 50 or 60 large sea-trading ships once docked every day. At that time, businessmen traded primarily with Scotland, since the ruler of Veere married the daughter of the Scottish king in 1444.

The "Scottish houses" (Schotse Huizen) on the quay have been preserved from the trade relations that began thereafter; the two gabled houses with the numbers 25 and 27 are now museums and can be visited. The glory of the Golden Age of the Netherlands is still reflected in Veere today in the magnificent patrician houses and opulently designed public buildings such as the late Gothic town hall on the market square.

The latter is now partly a museum in which the rich history of the city is presented. Veere is not an isolated case, as the Dutch Hanseatic cities also experienced their heyday long before the Golden Century of the Netherlands.

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Location: Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands

Veere Waterfront and Historic Harbor

1. Veere Harbor – Historic Center of Veere loop from De Banjaard

2. Westkapelle Lighthouse – Historic Center of Veere loop from Westkapelle

3. Historic Center of Veere – Veere Town Hall loop from De Banjaard

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