Shopping in West Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Zeeland
Going on holiday means taking souvenirs with you. Whether that is a large piece of local cheese or your new favorite suit: that is completely up to you, but something must and will be taken with you. In the cozy West Zeeland Flanders you will find plenty of cozy boutique shops (where you can sometimes also get a cup of coffee or a sandwich), shops with the nicest (cooking) books, antique items that never go out of fashion, beautiful vintage accessories and other beautiful things for the bag to take home. What's extra nice is that all the stores, shops and boutique places in this list belong to small entrepreneurs. So extra passion and love, plus you support local. Excited? Is it coming:
psst: if you make it a weekend of shopping, you also have to sleep somewhere. You do this with one of these: 8 x overnight stays in West Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.
In Breskens, on the cozy Spuiplein, you will find: Cocoon Lifestyle. Many (women's) brands such as Scotch & Soda, Mos Mosh and Pom Amsterdam, everything to complete your outfit and also all nice stuff for the home. From plates to tea to wicker bird houses for the garden to napkins for that one drink (you'll need it). Plenty to browse at Cocoon Lifestyle. Cocoon Lifestyle.
At Love Lies At the Westhavendam in Breskens you can kill two birds with one stone. You can enjoy breakfast and lunch here (and with a view over the water!) and you can find all kinds of home accessories. On the menu you will find good snacks that you would not easily make at home and not at all in the beautifully dressed way as they do in the kitchen of Liefs Lies. You can fill your Instagram with it. Don't go out immediately after breakfast/lunch, because you will miss a lot. Walk to the store to fill your pockets for home. Love Lies.
If antiques and vintage are your thing, you can't miss a visit to the village of Schoondijke. This is where you will find (S)old Antiques, a large store where they give 'old stuff' a little love and therefore a second life. They are a good choice, because you would almost throw your entire belongings in the trash and get everything from (S)old Antiques. That's not at all the idea behind the sustainable approach, so hold back and stick to a nice industrial lamp or an old letterbox for the wall (very nice to fill with small knick-knacks that would otherwise remain in a drawer, but there actually too good for it). (S)old Antiques.
Also a pearl Antique Key in Groede. A overflowing antique shop in this cozy village. You won't find them online, just drive to Groede (it's not that big) with an empty car and return home filled. In the same category you have Ferini in Nieuwvliet, where you will also find a lot of vintage. Packed with stuff and a kind of gallery/thrift/vintage shop in one. Some things still need a little love, but it is all beautiful.
In Sluis you will find the Beestenmarkt The Eating Boutique. The dining area and the boutique were once in one building, but they have now been split up (still very close to each other, you hardly feel anything. We still like the name we fleek: you can have a good lunch and breakfast there and enjoy all kinds of things in your house. See, it's that simple sometimes. The boutique is also beautiful with everything from wicker baskets to stone vases to mango vinegar. Nice for your own kitchen, and a good place to browse for presents. The Eating Boutique.
Another good place to stroll is LYO in Oostburg, on the corner of the Markt. A fresh and light concept store where they will happily make you a cup of coffee so you can continue shopping. They also have a Parfum Point Refill here: you choose your own LYO scent and buy the bottle once and then have it refilled (with the same or a different one - you choose!). LYO.
All that shopping makes you hungry, so off to one of these addresses: the tastiest and nicest catering industry in West Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.
Shops with cookbooks, beautiful tableware, salad spoons that you didn't know you needed, baking tins that you certainly can't live without and more of that kind of kitchen and dining table stuff you simply can't pass by. Well, exactly that Bianca Bonte in Oostburg. Industrially cozy, add a cup of coffee and a slice of cake and before you know it the afternoon is over and your backseat is full. Bianca Bonte.
Fan of Beach hotel Cadzand-Bad? Of course! A very attractive hotel and you can easily bring that atmosphere into your home. How? A visit to The Sunday Hotel Store, located in the beach hotel itself. The Sunday Hotel Store is a translation of what is so nice about the hotel and what you can take home with you. It's a bit of a expense for the clothes in the store (but beautiful!), or you prefer to keep it a little more to your wallet and choose a jar of local salt. Between those two things there are plenty of clever and local things in between, plenty of choice. The Sunday Hotel Store
