The Scheldeland region
The Living Lab
Scheldeland is a tourist region – therefore not an administrative area as such – which forms a corridor between four important art cities: Brussels, Ghent, Mechelen, and Antwerp. The region follows the basins of the Scheldt, Dender, and Rupel rivers, offering a tourism and recreation product primarily focused on leisure activities such as cycling, walking or boating along the waterways. The region combines urban and peri-urban municipalities, with more rural areas and as such offers a variety of cultural and recreational experiences.
Living Lab interventions
Hof van Coolhem: social employment and care project in tourism
Bornem Castle: upgrades historical exhibitions & creates visitor centre
Steam train Dendermonde-Puurs: volunteers protecting industrial heritage
News
Final Scheldeland Living Lab meeting
On the 1st of June, the final Scheldeland Living Lab meeting took place at Fort…
Culture as catalyst: New tourism trends to be explored in the EU-funded SmartCulTour Final Conference in Brussels
Stakeholders of the cultural tourism sector in Europe are invited to join the Final Conference…
Bornem Castle: Upgrading of historical exhibits and creation of a visitor information centre – Scheldeland LL intervention
Bornem Castle (also known as Castle Marnix de Sainte Aldegonde) has a more than thousand…
Exploring Scheldeland during international exchange visits
From 20 to 22 June, the Scheldeland Living Lab received representatives of the living labs…
SmartCulTour celebrates the World Environment Day
World Environment Day on 5 June is the biggest international day for the environment. Led…
Utjoski, Scheldeland and Huesca Living Labs share success stories of sustainable cultural tourism
On 24 and 25 May, Utjoski’s living lab hosted one of the six exchanges programmed…
