Oesterij, Zeeland Province, The Netherlands

5Christel8 5:00 PM May 31, 2018

Beautiful place
If you come to Yerseke, you have to visit this place. Actually you can see the original oyster bassins (I believe dated from 1873 when they started the oyster nursery there). So just make a walk and learn something more about oysters and mussels. The nice thing is that they also have a restaurant were you can taste oysters, mussels and some other seafood. When you are luckily and you can sit outside, you simple overlook the oyster bassins. During weekends, this is always a busy place so do not be disappointed when you cannot get seated immediately. Furthermore they also have a shop where they also sell - among some other things - of course fresh oysters. A really beautiful place to taste seafood against reasonable prices (also the wine is reasonable priced).

4whitevanman2014 5:00 PM Sep 16, 2016

We love to learn about seafood..............
The waterfront at Yerseke is 100% about Oysters and Mussels. Broadly one end deals with the storing, sorting and selling of Oysters and has the Oesterij and many restaurants, the other end is a line of about eight factories which at the time of our visit were going flat out primarily with Mussels. On our visit mid August there was not a lot happening in the Oesterij although we were able to view the exhibits and read up about Oyster and Mussel culture in the Oesterij. We were told that the Dutch Oyster harvest didn't get underway until September whilst the Oysters on sale in the restaurants were being sourced mostly from Ireland. However our visit to Yerseke was very informative and interesting. As a large party on a group holiday from the UK we had prebooked with the Yerseke Tourist Office to visit a working Mussel factory on the waterfront. For a one hour tour for up to 25 people with English speaking guide we were charged E 69. The huge volume of mussels being sorted in this one factory couldn't fail to impress whilst the very knowledgeable guide explained how the factory sourced, purified, sorted and packed the mussels for everything from supermarkets to bulk export. After the mussel factory the guide then took us to the Oesterij and the Oyster pens which although empty he explained how they worked along with a history of the Oyster industry in the area. We found this a great cost effective way of learning all about the Oysters and Mussels coming out of Yerseke and being consumed not only in Holland but in Belgium, Germany and beyond.