Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

The Half Golden Rider

The Half Golden Rider

Highlight • Monument

The Half Golden Rider

Cycling

4.5

(89)

Save

Location: Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands

Save

See nearby routes

Take Me There

Tips

Dominiek Van Dooren

September 15, 2025

Cycling

In 1966, more than 1,000 gold coins from the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries were found in a leek field on Dorpsstraat in Serooskerke. The coins were auctioned in November 1966 at the Jacques Schulman auction house in Amsterdam. The proceeds: 645,940 guilders (293,115 euros). Half went to the finders, the other to the municipality. With its share, the municipality built a medical center and an outdoor swimming pool in Serooskerke, aptly named De Goudvijver (The Gold Pond), which still exists today.

Translated by

•

🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

November 30, 2022

Cycling

The work of art stands on the grass at the Oostkapelseweg-Van Vollenhovenweg three-way intersection. It depicts a seventeenth-century gold coin, the half gold rider, from the gold hoard discovered in 1965.

Artwork was made in bronze by Iris Le Rutte.

Translated by

•

Aedt

June 8, 2023

Cycling

After a house was demolished in the village street, a leek field was created. In 1966, several thousand pieces of gold from 1622 were found during the harvest.
An inscription commemorates this:

De halve golden Rijder

Iris Le Rutte
2018 brons

Tere van de gouden munten vondst in
Serooskerke in 1966

* * * * *

Half the Golden Rider

Iris Le Rutte
Bronze 2018

In honor of the gold coin find in
Serooskerke in 1966

more: Peter Blom, De goudschat van Serooskerke

Translated by

•

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Nearby routes

Best routes near The Half Golden Rider

4.9

(21)

161

riders

#1.

Veerse Watergang – d'Arke Corn Mill, Oostkapelle loop from Veere

20.9km

01:16

20m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate with device

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

4.6

(7)

142

riders

#2.

Beautiful windmill – The Half Golden Rider loop from Vrouwenpolder

11.6km

00:41

10m

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate with device

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

4.9

(17)

136

riders

#3.