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About Terra Maris
Terra Maris is a museum for nature and landscape of Zeeland , located in the village of Oostkapelle. The museum is located on the Manteling van Walcheren , only 750 meters from the beach. The museum is the successor of the Zeeuws Biologisch Museum, which was acquired by Het Zeeuwse Landschap in 2004. The museum includes a landscape garden of 2.5 hectares, in which different landscape types are presented. There is a museum café and a museum shop.
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Marie Tak van Poortvliet Museum Domburg
1.65km from Terra Maris
The Marie Tak van Poortvliet Museum in the Zeeland city of Domburg is a museum for visual arts . The museum organizes exhibitions two or three times a year and has a sculpture garden and a modest collection of its own that is not on permanent display. The museum is housed in a replica designed by Cees Dam in 1994 of the original exhibition room, which Marie Tak van Poortvliet had built and which housed a large number of artists.
Villa Carmen Sylva
1.75km from Terra Maris
Villa Carmen Sylva is a national monument located in the dunes near Domburg. It was built in 1885. THe villa is built in eclectic style, as a summer residence. Tghis ivilla is currently in use as a summer residence and is private property of a family from Wassennar.
Manteling van Walcheren
2.24km from Terra Maris
The Manteling van Walcheren is a Natura 2000 area in the 'dunes' category on the Kop van Walcheren in Zeeland between Domburg and the Veerse Gatdam . The nature reserve is approximately 740 hectares in size and consists of country estates, forests and low-lime dunes with wet dune valleys, dune grasslands and dune shrubbery. The Oranjezon dune area is also an integral part of the Natura 2000 area.
Domburgsche Golfclub
2.29km from Terra Maris
The Domburgse Golf Club is a Dutch golf club west of Domburg in the province of Zeeland. The course was built in 1914 and is located close to the sea. There are nine holes . Each hole has a double tee, so the course can be played as an 18-hole course. There are a number of grass bunkers that were created from bomb craters from the Second World War.
De Manteling van Walcheren
4.54km from Terra Maris
The Manteling van Walcheren is a Natura 2000 area in the 'dunes' category on the Kop van Walcheren in Zeeland between Domburg and the Veerse Gatdam . The nature reserve is approximately 740 hectares in size and consists of country estates, forests and low-lime dunes with wet dune valleys, dune grasslands and dune shrubbery. The Oranjezon dune area is also an integral part of the Natura 2000 area.
Natuurgebied Oranjezon
4.81km from Terra Maris
Oranjezon is a Dutch nature reserve of approximately 400 hectares on the Zeeland Walcheren near Vrouwenpolder. Until 1995 it was used as a water extraction area. The area provided drinking water for Middelburg and later Walcheren ; an open water extraction channel was dug for this purpose as part of the employment provision. Although the area no longer serves as a water extraction area, the pumping station of the same name is still being maintained.
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Zeeland is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. It consists of a number of islands and peninsulas. Tourism plays a major role in the province’s economy as the local beaches become tourist hotspots in the summer. German tourists, in particular, flock to Zeeland to enjoy its beautiful weather and stunning beaches.