Vlissingen
Vlissingen is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the island of Walcheren.
Vlissingen is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315. In the 17th century the roadstead of Vlissingen was a main harbour for ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It is also known as the birthplace of Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
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Worth seeing in and around Vlissingen
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St James the Great Church
Saint James the Great Church is a large Protestant church in the city of Flushing, Netherlands. The building is on the Old Market; around are the streets called Branderijstraat and Lepelstraat.
1 km · protestant church in Vlissingen, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 02Huis der Boede
Huis der Boede is a country house near Koudekerke in the Dutch province of Zeeland, erected in 1745 for J. van Mandere, mayor of Vlissingen. For its design, he commissioned the Antwerp architect and sculptor Jan Pieter van Baurscheidt the Younger.
2.6 km · Dutch country house · Wikipedia - 03Maritime Muzeeum Zeeland
The Zeeuws Maritime MuZEEum is a maritime museum in the Dutch city of Vlissingen, situated on the marina of the city. It is the successor of the Stedelijk Museum in Vlissingen.
1.1 km · maritime museum in Vlissingen, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The closeness of the sea, the regular sea breeze that blows through town and some of its architecture give Vlissingen a typical maritime character. There are many historic buildings around, reminding of the harbour's golden ages and of the daily life of the people who lived there. Pretty much everything that is of regular tourist interest can be found in the very compact centre, or Binnenstadt.
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Things to do
Most visitors take a walk along the Boulevard. Go to the beach for a swim in summer season or a fresh walk at winter. 1 muZEEum, Nieuwendijk 11,. Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat Sun hols 13:00-17:00. MuZEEum means MuSEAum in Dutch, a word-play as it is the maritime museum of Zeeland. Vlissingen has been a maritime stronghold of Zeeland for centuries with its seafront, harbours and shipbuilding.
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Where to eat
There are plenty of places to eat in the old centre and along the boulevard. Nearly all restaurants serve seafood, the typical food of the region. Mussels (mosselen) are a particular favourite, and advertised all over town, as are squid (inktvis), cod (kabeljauw or kibbeling), sole (sliptong) and plaice (scholvis). At day-time you can also try a bolus, a bread that came from Zeeland.
- 01Soif
Great quality for money, with anything from lobster to the cheap dish of the day.
- 02Albatros
This restaurant/bar serves the seafood common in Vlissingen.
- 03Foppe
Very simple snackbar in between the bars of the Bellamypark.
- 04De Leugenaar
Nicely located on the boulevard with a good view.
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Getting to Vlissingen
- Airports
- Ostend-Bruges (OST), 56 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 82 km · Brussels (BRU), 88 km
- Stations
- Vlissingen railway station, 2.1 km · Vlissingen Souburg railway station, 2.6 km
- Rotterdam → Vlissingen82 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · €11–15
- Eindhoven → Vlissingen132 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · €17–24
- Amsterdam → Vlissingen137 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · €17–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Vlissingen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThere are quite a few worthwhile destinations in the area, and especially those on the Walcheren peninsula are easy enough to reach for a day trip, even by bike.
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