Vlissingen - Definition and Overview

Flushing (Dutch Vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren.

Population centres

• Oost-Souburg
• Ritthem (West-Souburg is just a quarter)
• Flushing

The city of Flushing

Having a strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Flushing has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315.

Railway stations: Vlissingen, Vlissingen Souburg.

External links

• Official website (in Dutch) (http://www.vlissingen.nl)
• Map (http://www.plattegronden.nl/vlissingen/)
• Railway station Vlissingen:
  • departures (pdf) (http://www.ns.nl/vertrekstaten/vs0.pdf)
  • departures, with stops and arrival times (http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/bhftafel.exe/en?evaId=8400652&boardType=dep&time=10:00&productsDefault=1111101000000000&start=yes)
  • station facilities (http://www.9292ov.nl/data/oisi.wrk/html/vs.htm)

Province Zeeland
Borsele - Goes - Hulst - Kapelle - Middelburg - Noord-Beveland - Reimerswaal - Schouwen-Duiveland - Sluis - Terneuzen - Tholen - Veere - Vlissingen
interactive map (http://www.sdu.nl/staatscourant/gemeentes/gemprovin.htm#Z)
Netherlands