Interreg (Be)Liveable Scheldt Interreg (Be)Liveable Scheldt

(Be)leefbare Schelde is a cross-border cooperation project between partners in the Netherlands and Flanders. The project aims to strengthen the tourist appeal of the Scheldt region, stretching from Zeeland and West Brabant to East and West Flanders and Antwerp.

Through innovative storylines, immersive routes, physical and digital “gateways,” and collaboration between governments, heritage institutions, and recreational partners, the region is positioned as a cohesive area. Themes such as water, landscape, climate, culture, and history are central to this.

De Bevelanden as part of the bigger story

The five Beveland municipalities: Kapelle, Noord-Beveland, Zuid-Beveland, Borsele, Goes, and Reimerswaal form an essential part of the Scheldt Delta. The landscape has been shaped by centuries of interaction between humans and water: from reclamations and dikes to harbours, fruit cultivation, and drowned villages.

With debevelanden.nl we bring this story together on one regional platform. The portal connects visitors, entrepreneurs and residents, making the offerings in the areas of nature, culture, recreation, events and accommodation clear and accessible.

Contribution to sustainable tourism development

Thanks to the support from (Be)leefbare Schelde, we can:

• To strengthen the tourist visibility of the Bevelanden
• to better tap into and connect the regional supply
• contributing to sustainable visitor dispersal within the Scheldt region

With this collaboration, we are helping to build a strong, future-proof, and liveable Scheldt region.

Formal subsidy declaration

The development of the regional tourism platform debevelanden.nl has been made possible in part thanks to a financial contribution from the project Liveable Scheldt, which is executed within the program Interreg Flanders-Netherlands.

This programme is supported by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) It stimulates cross-border cooperation between partners in Flanders and the Netherlands.

This contribution aims to strengthen the tourism and recreational development of the Scheldt region, enhance the experience of the area, and sustainably connect regional initiatives.