Vlieland is one of the West Frisian Islands off the coast of northern Netherlands. This island is a combination of sand dunes, wooded areas and meadows. There is only one village on the island, Oost-Vlieland as the second village was lost to the sea in 1736. We had been told by many that this was a nice island to explore – it had plenty of hiking and biking trails and very little traffic as only the residence are allowed to have cars. All tourists that come by ferry must either walk or bicycle or take a taxi (very few of them). The ferry has an excellent system for taking everyone’s baggage into carriers (similar to what you see at airports) and then it is transported to the various hotels and campgrounds for the people. When
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