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Sea, sand, a famous admiral and a sticky sweet bun. Ten questions about Zeeland, the sea province in the south-west of the Netherlands.
Ferry passenger 0–4 · Dyke walker 5–8 · Honorary Zeelander 9–10
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The name Zeeland means 'sea land'. Many of its old islands are now joined by dykes, dams and bridges, but water is never far away.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Yerseke has the only mussel auction in the world, and every August the village celebrates the start of the mussel season with a big Mussel Day. Mussels are even called 'black gold' there.
Photo: HW, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Middelburg is an old trading city with a beautiful town hall and an abbey in the middle. Vlissingen, just down the road, is the busy port on the sea.
Photo: Ad Meskens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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At low tide, seals haul themselves onto the sandbanks to rest and warm up. Boat trips take visitors out to watch them. Sea lions do not live wild in Dutch waters.
Photo: 17 jul 2004 14:35 . . Quistnix (Overleg) . . 270x130 (10363 bytes) (Kaart van de, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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The bolus was brought to Zeeland about 400 years ago by Jewish bakers from Spain and Portugal. While baking, the sugar melts into a sticky caramel coating. There is even a yearly contest for the best bolus baker.
Photo: Takeaway, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Michiel de Ruyter went to sea as a boy and became the most famous admiral in Dutch history. His statue in Vlissingen looks out over the sea. Piet Hein was born in Delfshaven, near Rotterdam.
Photo: Ferdinand Bol, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Engineers first planned to close the Eastern Scheldt with a solid dam. In the end they built giant gates that close only in a storm, so the salt water, fish and shellfish farms behind them could stay.
Photo: Rens Jacobs / Beeldbank V&W ., Wikimedia Commons, Attribution.
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The lion rises out of the water, with the Latin words 'Luctor et emergo': I struggle and emerge. It fits a province that has fought the sea for centuries.
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The rider tries to spear a little ring, hanging above the track, with the tip of a lance. In a tie-break, the ring gets smaller every round. Riders and horses are often dressed up for the occasion.
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The tower was built in the 1400s as part of a church, and in 1818 a light was put on top. When the church burned down in 1831, the tower survived on its own and still guides ships today.
Photo: IJslandGek, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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