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Mermaid of Westenschouwen

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

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    Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    May 6, 2023

    “Westen Schouwen, you will regret that you have taken my lady. Westen Schouwen will perish, and the plump tower will remain.” This curse was pronounced by a ferocious mermaid over the Zeeland fishing village of Westenschouwen. Since then, the harbor of Westenschouwen silted up, the village was abandoned and the Plompe Toren still stands lonely on the dike. Folktales about mermaids who utter curses about fishing villages are widely represented in the Netherlands, where do these stories come from and what happened to the drowned villages?
    Triggered? Click through to ishistorie.nl/nieuws/de-zeemeermin-van-westenschouwen

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      January 28, 2025

      Nice roundabout design. Illuminated with fairy lights at Christmas time

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