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worked on this church. One
unusual feature in Hulst is the
trio of hostels, once safe houses
for the monks from the Flemish
abbeys Ten Duinen, Baudelo
and Cambron.
Nearby is the former village
of Hulsterloo, famous from the
medieval epic Reynard the Fox.

i Terneuzen
Road Map A5. * 24,500. @
n Noordstraat 62 (0115-760122).
( Wed, Fri.
Terneuzen has an important
port. The mighty sea locks in
the Kanaal van Gent naar
Terneuzen (Gent-Terneuzen
canal), built between 1825 and Gentse Poort, the gateway to the Flemish-tinged town of Hulst
1827, are also impressive. The
town has industrial areas to the powerful towns in Flanders. p Cadzand
north and nature reserves to This can still be seen from Road Map A5. * 800.
the west (de Braakman) and the St-Baafskerk, a flawless n Boulevard de Wielingen 44d
east (Otheense Kreek). 13th-century example of the (0117-391298). ( Jul & Aug: Mon pm.
Scheldt Gothic style famous
for its painted sarcophagi. The The modern seaside resort
o Sluis Gemeentelijk Archeo logisch Cadzand is particularly popular
Museum Aardenburg for its wide stretch of sand. A
Road Map A5. * 2,100. @ n
Groote Markt 1 (0117-461700). ( Fri. (Aardenburg municipal common pursuit here is to
archaeological museum) search for fossilized sharks’ teeth.
The Zeeland-Flanders landscape deals solely with the Romans. Along the dunes are dignified
is scarred by the effects of seaside hotels reminiscent of
floods and the dykes built to E Gemeentelijk Archeolo gisch those of Domburg. A little way
deal with them. Both polders Museum Aardenburg past Cadzand is the Zwin nature
and inner dykes bear witness to Marktstraat 18. Tel 0117-492888. reserve, which extends as far
the constant struggle with the Open May–Sep: 10am–5pm Tue–Fri, as Knokke in Belgium. The
sea. The liberation of Zeeland- 1–5pm Sat–Sun. Closed Oct–Mar. & resort of Nieuwvliet lies to
Flanders in 1944 was also hard- 8 ∑ museumaardenburg.nl the east of Cadzand.
fought, devastating towns and
villages such as Sluis. The
14th-century Stadhuis, with its
belfry, the only one existing in
the Netherlands, was restored
in its former style after 1945,
including the bell tower with
the statue, which has the
nickname Jantje van Sluis.
Environs
St-Anna-ter-Muiden, 2 km
(1.5 miles) to the west of Sluis,
is a village beloved by artists.
Once prosperous, the town now
has just a few houses around
the square, with a village pump
and the stump of a tower. To
the south is the oldest town
in Zeeland: Aardenburg. The
Romans built a fort here in the
2nd century to ward off Saxon
pirates. Aardenburg later
became one of the most The broad sandy beaches of Cadzand, always popular in summer

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