Vlissingen

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. Wikipedia

Population 44,358 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Visas and entry What your passport needs for Netherlands
Daylight 7 h 53 in Dec, dark by 16:37 · 16 h 36 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 21 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 49 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 50 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 35 of daylight
  6. June: 16 h 36 of daylight
  7. July: 16 h 11 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 39 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 42 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 45 of daylight
  11. November: 8 h 54 of daylight
  12. December: 7 h 53 of daylight

Getting there

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Where you can go from Vlissingen

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  • 5 h +

From Vlissingen's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.

1 to 2 hours· 1

From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

All 3 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Middelburg 5.6 km

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