The Netherlands - isle of Vlieland September 2020
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| The former ice rink |
Reflection of an oak in the water |
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| Pheasant (male) |
The former rescue boat store house, now a shop |
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| Dunes and North Sea; at the back the isle of Terschelling |
Dried button seaweed on the beach |
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| Bunker complex (part of the Atlantikwall) from the Second World war |
Viewing point at the North Sea |
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| Tower pond near the light house |
Path on the 'fire shed dune' |
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| The light house on the 43 meter high dune |
People standing on the 'red brownie' |
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| View from the light house: village and Wadden Sea |
View from the light house: wood, dunes and North Sea |
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| Tromp's House from 1575, museum |
Former living room in the museum |
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| Fishing boat in de harbour |
The 'harbour beach' at the south east of the island |
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| Compass jellyfish on the beach |
Shield (internal shell) of a cuttlefish (a small octopus) |
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| One of the piers to protect the dunes; at the back the isle of Terschelling |
The ferry makes a bend here via the North Sea around a large sandbank |
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| Herring gull |
Sanderling |
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| Poorhouse, shelter for the elderly, the poor and orphans from 1678 to 1950 |
The former town hall from 1598 |
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| Lighthouse and surroundings, seen form the Wadden Sea |
Seals at and on the sandbank 'Edge' in the Wadden Sea |
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| Caught flatfish, hermit crabs, sea spider and shrimp |
Caught pipefish and table knife lifter |
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| Dunes with buckthorne |
Dune with path to the sea |
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| Dune, beach and sea |
Sea gulls on the beach |
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| A daw on the bike |
The former post house (office) from 1837 halfway across the island |
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| The 'post house salt march', to the right the Wadden Sea |
Kroon's polders |
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| The polders turned out not to be suitable for agriculture; they flooded |
Kroon's polders, now a bird sanctuary |
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| Dune formation on the beach on the west side of the 'Vliehors' |
Marram grass |
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| The Old Cage,a former duck decoy in a wood |
Former duck decoy, catch tube |
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| A humid dune valley near the Wadden Sea |
In the past, many goats were reared for milk |
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| A (rare) meadow with horses |
Heath land |
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| Old houses in the (only) village |
One of many back streets, called 'glop' |
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| The name of this glop |
Also a well-known name |
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| Breakwater with cormorants in the Wadden Sea |
Full moon over the Wadden Sea |
© Kees Hiddinga. Copying only with permission.