The monastery is the largest building in the village. In 1854, a descendant of the Camerman family made its construction possible. It soon became a girls’ boarding house. Strange histories have...
The monastery is the largest building in the village. In 1854, a descendant of the Camerman family made its construction possible. It soon became a girls’ boarding house. Strange histories have...
The Scheldt Mill is the only windmill on a dike in Flanders. The mill has been there since the early 17th century and served successively as a fortress, water pumping station, windmill, country...
‘Doolen’ is the name for the community center, located in the former Boys’ School of Doel. The Boys’ school was founded at the end of the nineteenth century as a mixed primary...
A house of Plaisance in wartime The most prestigious house in Doel is the Hooghuis, a listed monument, built in Flemish Renaissance style and with a monumental door frame in Baroque style. It was...
Not only the history of this church is special. The rich interior tells about special patron saints, pilgrimages and the fate of the villagers and the village. The beautiful cemetery with the...
The harbor was built in 1614, at the same time as the village. Originally fishing boats and cargo ships were moored there to transport peat, grain and other agricultural products from the polder. The...
Until 2009 the restaurant Het Paviljoentje and the stately Camerman House stood on this site. Only the traces of the mantelpieces remain of the Camerman House. The Camerman House is memorable for...
British monument Doel was liberated relatively late at the end of the Second World War. On September 10, 1944, the Germans had left everywhere in the Waasland except Doel. Heavily armed German...
Doel has attracted painters since the 19th century. The village was the end of “civilization” and the beginning of a world “where infinity flows into sweet reverie” (Eric...
