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If you want to avoid Middelburg, you may travel like so by public transport:
- Train from Antwerpen Centraal to Gent St Pieters
- Train from Gent St Pieters to Knokke-Heist Duinbergen
- Short walk from the Duinbergen train station to the De Lijn bus station (10 min)
- Bus De Lijn 814 from Knokke-Heist to Breskens
This should take you around 3h30, so only 30 minutes more than through Middelburg.
Another, cheaper option is to take buses:
- Bus Connexxion 19 from Antwerpen, Metrostation Halewijnlaan to Hulst, Busstation
- Bus Connexxion 20, 660 from Hulst, Busstation to Terneuzen, Busstation WST
- Bus Connexxion 1 from Terneuzen, Busstation WST to Oostburg, Watertoren
- Bus Connexxion 42 from Oostburg, Watertoren to Breskens
You might also want to ride a bike: it's flat and it will take you a little less than taking the buses (about 4 hours).