
In the first of a three-part series, Veere's artist in residence Andrew Redmond Barr reflects on deep-rooted Scottish links with the Netherlands
MOST Scots have probably never heard of Veere, but this historic port town in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland was once Scotland’s trading gateway to Europe. It was the town through which vast quantities of Scottish goods once flowed, and a considerable Scottish merchant community became established here over several hundred years.