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Beveland, North and South
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Beveland, North and South

Two islands in the Scheldt river estuary, the Netherlands. They are part of the Zeeland Islands, of which South Beveland is the largest and most fertile. Railways built on dykes connect this island with Walcheren and the mainland.



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Over the years, fleets of ferries which linked the islands have been replaced by masterpieces of Dutch engineering in bridges and tunnels such as the three-mile long Zeeland Bridge completed in 1965, which links the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland and the Westerschelde Tunnel opened in 2003 which runs underground for more than four miles linking both shores of the Westerschelde River.
 
 
 
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