West-Terschelling West-Skylge | |
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Village | |
View from the harbour | |
![]() Location of the village on Terschelling | |
Coordinates: 53°21′39″N5°12′56″E / 53.36083°N 5.21556°E | |
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Population (1 January 2017) | |
• Total | 2,602 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 8881 |
Dialing code | 0562 |
West-Terschelling (West Frisian : West-Skylge) is the largest village on Terschelling in the province Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 2,602 in January 2017. [1]
The skyline of the village is dominated by the Brandaris lighthouse, the village had also been named Sint Brandariusparochie, Sint-Brandariuskerke and just Brandaris in earlier centuries.
The town was partially burned on the order of Sir Robert Holmes in 1666, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, in an event referred to as "Holmes's Bonfire".
A pub was named after the Oka 18, a ship that sank near Formerum.
West Terschelling has 110 rijksmonuments. [2]
There is a museum about the last voyage of Willem Barentsz, 't Behouden Huys. [3]
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