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Which tower rises above the island, what washed ashore in a barrel, and which explorer was born here? Ten questions about Terschelling.
Sandy-toed visitor 0–4 · Dune wanderer 5–8 · Islander at heart 9–10
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The Brandaris is the oldest lighthouse still standing in the Netherlands. The tower you see today was built in 1594.
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Sailors carried cranberries to stay healthy at sea. The berries from the washed-up barrel took root in the dunes, and today you can buy cranberry jam, juice and cake all over the island.
Photo: Photo by Keith Weller, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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During Oerol, theatre and music are performed on beaches, in dunes, woods, barns and even an old bunker. The whole island really is the stage.
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West-Terschelling has about 110 listed monuments, and its skyline is crowned by the Brandaris. Midsland is the second-largest village.
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Willem Barentsz made three voyages into the Arctic looking for a sea route to China. The Barents Sea, north of Norway and Russia, carries his name. Abel Tasman, of the Tasman Sea, came from Groningen.
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With few trees for timber, islanders used whatever washed ashore, and the islands are surrounded by shipwrecks. Even today, containers that fall off ships sometimes end up on the beach.
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Skylge is the Frisian name for Terschelling, and the island's own anthem is called 'Oan Schylge'. Skiermûntseach is the Frisian name for Schiermonnikoog.
Photo: T. Bosse, nach Vorlage von Woadan, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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When English troops landed in 1666, the old woman is said to have fooled them so that the people of the island were saved. Her statue was placed in 1982.
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Frisian dialects were spoken in the west and east of the island, but Midslands, in the centre, is a dialect of Dutch. Three dialects on one small island!
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On his third voyage, Barentsz and his crew were trapped by ice on Novaya Zemlya, in the Russian Arctic, for almost a year. They built a wooden hut and called it 'Het Behouden Huys', 'the saved house'.
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