Oost-Vlieland

Oost-Vlieland (West Frisian: East-Flylân) is the only village on the island of Vlieland in the province Friesland of the Netherlands.

Oost-Vlieland is first mentioned in the sources[which?]

First inhabited mainly by poor farmers and fishermen, the settlement became wealthier in the 17th century when the Vlie estuary was used as moorage by the expanding Dutch trade fleets.

There used to be a second village on Vlieland, West-Vlieland, but this was destroyed by a flood in 1736.

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