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A beautiful cycling route through nature.

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: https://www.hetzeeuwselandschap.nl/natuurgebieden/het-zwin

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: https://www.hetzeeuwselandschap.nl/natuurgebieden/het-zwin

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 https://www.hetzeeuwselandschap.nl/natuurgebieden/het-zwin

The area is quite varied, between dunes and coastal forest. It's exciting to see how the oaks become smaller and gnarled the closer you get to the sea.

It's a very nice ride through the forest. It's completely off the main roads, from Domburg towards Vrouwenpolder.

Pure nature, accompanied by sheep while cycling

The Zwin, whether it is Belgian or Dutch, does not matter, it is a beautiful nature reserve. 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, the Kievittepolder and the Oudelandsepolder.