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Oost-Souburg is a town in the municipality of Vlissingen in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands.

Vlissingen (English name: Flushing) is a terminus railway station in Vlissingen, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 September 1873. The station is at the western end of the Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway and has 3 platforms. This station is less than 100 metres (330 ft) short of being the westernmost station in the Netherlands: that is Vlissingen Souburg, the second station in Vlissingen. The station Vlissingen was formerly called Station Vlissingen-Haven. The station was largely destroyed in World War II. A new station was built in 1950, designed by Sybold van Ravesteyn, using some parts of the 19th century structure such as the platforms.The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen and the bus services by Connexxion.

The Vlissingen train accident took place on 2 June 1899 in Vlissingen, Netherlands when a passenger train derailed upon ramming the buffer stop of the Vlissingen station after their brakes failed to operate properly, resulting in the deaths of 3 people with a further 2 injured.

Vlissingen Souburg (English: Flushing Souburg) is a railway station located in Oost-Souburg, Netherlands. The station was opened on 31 May 1986 and is located on the Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway. It is the westernmost station in the Netherlands. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

West-Souburg is a neighbourhood of Vlissingen and former village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is part of the municipality of Vlissingen, and has been annexed by the city.The village was first mentioned in 1162 as Sutburch, and used to mean "southern fortified place", because it was the most southern of three defensive structures to defend against the Vikings. West was added later to distinguish from Oost-Souburg. In 1873, the Canal through Walcheren was dug and the town was split into Oost- and West-Souburg.West-Souburg was home to 357 people in 1840. It was an independent municipality until 1835, when it was merged with Oost-Souburg to create the municipality of Oost- en West-Souburg which merged with Vlissingen in 1966. In 2012, place name signs with West-Souburg were returned after much lobbying.

Sint Joosland is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It existed until 1816, when it was merged with Nieuwland to form the new municipality of Nieuw- en Sint Joosland. The municipality consisted of a single polder southeast of the current village of Nieuw- en Sint Joosland.

Bouches-de-l'Escaut ([buʃ.də.lɛ.sko], "Mouths of the Scheldt"; Dutch: Monden van de Schelde) was a department of the First French Empire in the present-day Netherlands. It was formed in 1810, when the Kingdom of Holland was annexed by France. Its territory corresponded with the present-day Dutch province of Zeeland, minus Zeelandic Flanders, which was part of the department of Escaut. Its capital was Middelburg. The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812): Middelburg, cantons: Middelburg, Veere and Vlissingen. Goes, cantons: Goes, Heinkenszand, Kortgene and Kruiningen. Zierikzee, cantons: Zierikzee, Brouwershaven and Tholen.Its population in 1812 was 76,820, and its area was 63,000 hectares.After Napoleon was defeated in 1814, the department became part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The Battle of Flushing was a naval battle of the Eighty Years' War, fought on April 17, 1573 near the city of Flushing, Netherlands. The Spanish fleet was led by Sancho d'Avila, the Dutch fleet by Lieven Keersmaker. The Dutch fleet initially left Flushing, but returned when the Spanish fleet was hit by the city's cannons. Five Spanish ships were seized, but the remainder managed to reach the cities of Middelburg and Arnemuiden.

Nieuw- en Sint Joosland of Nieuwland (Zeeuws: 't Nieuwland) is a village and a former municipality in the southeast of Walcheren, at the edge of the island, in the municipality Middelburg, in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It has about 1300 inhabitants. Because of its relatively late foundation, Nieuw- en Sint Joosland is not a churchvillage, but more of a wegdorp, despite its clear village centre.

Middelburg is a railway station in southern Middelburg, Netherlands. The station opened on 1 March 1872 and is located on the Roosendaal–Vlissingen railway. The services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station lies on the south side of Middelburg across the canal from the centre. The station area has undergone a metamorphosis since 2000. A new, modern bus station was built (previously the stops were located on the other side of the canal).

The Canal through Walcheren in the Netherlands crosses the east of Walcheren. It connects the Westerschelde and the Veerse Meer.

The Zeeland Library (Zeeuwse Bibliotheek) in Middelburg, Netherlands, is the official library of Zeeland and the academic library of University College Roosevelt.