Doel - abandoned ghost town and surrounding polders

Description

Departure: Assumption of Mary Church - Hooghuisstraat - Doel

We explore the old village of Doel with the abandoned buildings that were expropriated in favor of the expansion of the Port of Antwerp. An expansion that ultimately never happened.

Afterwards, we head into the polders towards the nuclear power plant. We pass by the Scheldemolen, which offers a beautiful view alongside the nuclear plant - medieval and modern technology side by side.

Then through the Schorren to the hamlet of Oud Doel and further to the village of Prosperpolder with a lovely little church.

This walk is a very special experience to walk amidst a nature reserve and silence, while at the same time seeing the cranes and installations of the port on the horizon, a port that is always expanding and acquiring more and more land.

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