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West Terschelling

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Country
  
Netherlands

Province
  
Friesland

Local time
  
Saturday 7:13 AM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 89% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Brandaris, Museum 't Behouden Huys, Centrum voor Natuur en, Eilandhopper, Zeeliedenmonument

West-Terschelling (West Frisian: West-Skylge) is a village on Terschelling in the province Friesland, the Netherlands with a population of around 2580.

Map of West-Terschelling, Netherlands

The town was burned by the English Navy 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.

References

West-Terschelling Wikipedia