The evening has fallen in picturesque Veere, the moon rises by Jeroen de Jongh Photography

Veere is a historic town on the former island of Walcheren in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It lies northeast of Middelburg on the Walcheren Channel and on Lake Veere. Veere is part of the municipality of the same name.

Veere began as a port town in the 13th century as the hamlet of Kampvere or Ter Veere, located in the parish and the craft of Zandijk. This is evident from a charter from 1282, in which Wolfert van Borsele, craftsman of Zandijk, and his wife Sybille assigned a number of their possessions to Count Floris V's wife, Countess Beatrix. In 1318 there were already Italian bankers, Lombards, in Veere, which indicates that there was already trade.

The rich history of Veere, one of seventeen protected city and village sites in Zeeland, is evident from the many monuments that the small town has:

* The Great Church dates from 1348; from 1811 the church was used by Napoleon's soldiers as a military hospital; the church was a beggar's house and barracks for a while. The building still clearly bears the traces of an eventful past.

* The Town Hall of Veere from the fifteenth century with its beautiful facade.

* The Scottish Houses on the Kaai, built in the 16th century by rich Scottish merchants. These two houses with the names, "Het Lammeken" and "In den Struys", have housed the Museum "De Schotse Huizen" since 1950.

* The Campveerse Toren, built as part of the city defences around 1500; from the 16th century the tower served