Muurschilderingen Veldstraat - Zwarteweg

Let’s go back in time for a moment: the streets you walk along today used to be empty. There were a few vegetable gardens (hence Moesstraat) and there was the ‘Weg naar de Rijskampen’. Rice? No, willows. Wood from willow trees is called ‘rijshout’, and the trees grew here like weeds. The ‘Weg naar de Rijskampen’ was renamed Zwarteweg in the 19th century. Why that name? The road surface at the time was that colour. It can be as simple as that. These days, it’s hard to imagine that there used to be virtually nothing here. All the cosy skippers’ cottages, the palm tree and the eccentric characters wandering about make for a lively neighbourhood. It’s a living colouring book thanks to the murals by Mathieu Keuter that you’ll spot here and there. So keep your eyes peeled.