Veere Netherlands Zeeland
208
Cruises availables
At departure or passage at this port
Emerald Waterways (12 Cruises)
Emerald Destiny
8 Cruises
Emerald Sun
4 Cruises
Scenic Cruises (138 Cruises)
Scenic Amber
15 Cruises
Scenic Jewel
13 Cruises
Scenic Opal
25 Cruises
| 23 March | 21 days | One-way from Budapest to Amsterdam |
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| 23 March | 22 days | One-way from Budapest to Amsterdam |
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Scenic Pearl
38 Cruises
Scenic Ruby
44 Cruises
| 24 March | 21 days | One-way from Budapest to Amsterdam |
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| 24 March | 22 days | One-way from Budapest to Amsterdam |
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| 2 June | 29 days | One-way from Budapest to Basel |
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| 23 June | 15 days | One-way from Basel to Amsterdam |
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Viking River Cruises (58 Cruises)
Viking Einar
10 Cruises
Viking Longship Gefjon
20 Cruises
Viking Longships Ve
20 Cruises
| 25 March | 9 days | Round-trip Tulips Windmills |
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| 25 March | 10 days | Round-trip from Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| 23 March | 10 days | Round-trip from Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| 23 March | 9 days | Round-trip Tulips Windmills |
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Viking Sigrun
8 Cruises
| 23 March | 10 days | Round-trip from Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| 23 March | 9 days | Round-trip Tulips Windmills |
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Frequently Asked Questions
A short walk from the miniature centre, on the shores of the Veerse Meer. The town is crossed on foot in an hour, longer if the craft shops and galleries hold your attention.
Because of wool. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Veere held the monopoly on the wool trade with Scotland, and that windfall built a small merchant capital whose setting survives almost intact. The church could hold ten times the town's population.
The Schotse Huizen, two tall sixteenth-century houses facing the harbour that served as offices and warehouses for merchants from Glasgow and Edinburgh. Their carved stone façades now house the town museum.
The era of the great wool trade, Zeeland costume and works by artists drawn to the local light. You learn how bales of Scottish wool passed across these quays before reaching continental markets — the visit gives you the key to everything you will see afterwards in the streets.
A fifteenth-century defensive tower at the harbour mouth that became one of the oldest inns in the country. Having a drink within its thick walls, facing the water, connects you to five centuries of travellers who did exactly the same.
A massive brick vessel whose never-completed tower gives the building an unmistakably squat silhouette. The bare interior, marked by centuries and by military occupations, now hosts exhibitions and concerts.
No. After the catastrophic floods of 1953, the Netherlands launched the Delta Works, a vast programme of dykes and barriers to tame the North Sea. Closing off an arm of the sea in 1961 turned Veere's roadstead into an inland lake.
Watch, first of all: in fine weather dozens of sailing boats trace a silent ballet in front of the terraces. When the call schedule allows, bicycle and small-boat rentals let you explore at your own pace, and paths follow the shoreline for walkers.
Two to three hours is plenty: the museum, the Grote Kerk, the Gothic town hall with its statues of local lords, and a wander through the cobbled lanes with their gardens spilling over with hollyhocks.
Perfectly, and that is exactly its register. Every street corner composes a picture, and painters have set up easels here for more than a century. Do not look for bustle: Veere is a jewel case, not a busy destination.
