The Meetjesland in the north of East-Flanders, Belgium
Travel Instructions
How to come to our Meetjesland
Is it much further ? No, in Belgium it never is.
If you are in Bruges...
Go east and get onto the Ring Road that encircles Bruges, the R30 and leave that road
when you see the N9 direction Sijsele. Soon you will arrive in
Maldegem and that same N9 takes you further on to
Eeklo.
Of course you might choose the more picturesque and charming route: along the canal towards
Damme. Go see Damme; you won't regret it if you take your time. And then either
go further along that same canal until you come to the
Leopold Canal where you turn right to follow that
canal or else from Damme you follow the signs to Sluis. That's in the Netherlands.
You go visit Sluis; you won't regret it if you take your time. And then you follow the signs
for "België" or for Aardenburg and you arrive in our Meetjesland from the north: in
St.-Laureins,
Maldegem or in
St.-Margriete.
If you are in Ostend or in Brussels...
In Ostend get onto the Motorway, the A10 or the E40 towards Brussels.
Two names for one and the same highway.
In Brussels get onto the inner ring towards Koekelberg and then past the great
basilica onto that same Motorway, the E40 (also called the A10) going in north
western direction towards Ostend. Don't take that E40 toward Leuven
(Louvain) or Liège: that's the wrong direction.
If you're coming down from Ostend or you're coming up from Brussels, leave
the Motorway at the Aalter exit, that's Exit 11. And you arrive on a big
roundabout where you can go to
Lotenhulle and
Poeke or to
Aalter on the N449 or
take the N44 to go north towards Aalterbrug which is on the other side of the
Ghent-Ostend Canal. Just beyond Aalterbrug you can take the N499 on your right
to go to Ursel
and Eeklo or you can stay on the same road to go to
Knesselare and
Maldegem further north.
If you are in Antwerp...
Get to the Kennedy Tunnel, to the left side of the Scheldt river and then stay on
the R1 going north. Then turn west onto the A11, E34 or N49, three names for the
same road going towards Zelzate. That road takes
you under the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal and soon you can turn north towards
Assenede or carry on a few more miles,
sorry kilometers, to turn south towards Ertvelde.
If you go a bit further on that N49 - A11 you will soon see signposts for
Oosteeklo,
Bassevelde,
Kaprijke or
Eeklo. Even further you have
Maldegem but once you're in
Maldegem you have nearly crossed the whole Meetjesland.
If you are in Ghent...
You could get onto the Motorway from Brussels in the direction of
Ostend. See instructions above.
Or else you go north towards St.-Kruis-Winkel
and Wachtebeke. Once you're there you should
see signposts for Zelzate. See instructions from
Antwerp.
You could also try to go north-west: the N456 will take you to
Evergem
and from there onto Sleidinge and
Kaprijke.
Or get onto the N9 going west, follow the Ghent-Bruges Canal for a little
while. And soon the N9 turns north-west away from the canal and on to
Waarschoot
and Eeklo.
If you are in Kortrijk (Courtrai)...
You could go north towards Brugge (Bruges). This is not the shortest
way to get to the Meetjesland but it has other advantages.
Or you can get onto the E17-A14 Motorway going north-east towards Deinze.
You take Exit 7 and onto the N35 through Deinze. But soon you want to take
the N409 towards Aalter and then you're closing
in on Lotenhulle
and Poeke. Those who don't know anything
about Poeke are in for a big surprise: go and admire Poeke Castle. The
grounds are open to the public.
If you are in Bachten de Kupe...
How on earth did you get there ? You're lost ! Come away while you
still can ! Drive away from there in any direction so long as it is north east.
More seriously now, the West-Flanders region between the Yzer River and the French border is
lovely and here we have a
few pictures to prove it.
Our Meetjesland
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