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{{short description|Municipality in Zeeland, Netherlands}}
{{other uses}}
{{other uses of|Flushing}}
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'''Vlissingen''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈvlɪsɪŋə(n)|lang|252 Vlissingen.ogg}}; {{langx|zea|label=[[Zeelandic]]|Vlissienge}}) is a [[Municipalities of the Netherlands|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. It was granted [[City rights in the Netherlands|city rights]] in 1315. In the 17th century the roadstead of Vlissingen was a main harbour for ships of the [[Dutch East India Company]] (VOC). It is also known as the birthplace of Lieutenant-Admiral [[Michiel de Ruyter]].

Vlissingen is mainly noted for the yards on the [[Scheldt]] where most of the ships of the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]] (''Koninklijke Marine'') are built.

== Geography ==
The municipality of Vlissingen consists of the following places:
* City: Vlissingen
* Villages: [[Oost-Souburg]], [[Ritthem]], and [[West-Souburg]]
* Hamlet: [[Groot-Abeele]]

==History==
[[File:Pieter Pourbus - collectie Musea Brugge - Detail Kaart van het Brugse Vrije 413.jpg|thumb|left|250px| Vlissingen during the Spanish occupation depicted on the ''Kaart van het Brugse Vrije'' by [[Pieter Pourbus]], 1571]]
[[File:Schilderij Vlissingen 30-08-06.JPG|left|thumb|Vlissingen from the sea, 1662]]
[[File:VROOM Hendrick Cornelisz The Arrival at Vlissingen of the Elector Palatinate Frederick V.jpg|left|thumb|The Arrival at Vlissingen of [[Frederick V, Elector Palatine]], by [[Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom]], oil on canvas.]]
[[File:Het opbrengen van het Franse oorlogsschip Le Bourbon door de Vlissinger kaperschepen Neptunus en Concordia ter rede van Vlissingen (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|The bringing in of the French warship ''Le Bourbon'', [[Battle of Vigo Bay|captured at Vigo Bay]], to the roadstead of Vlissingen, 1702.]]
The fishermen's hamlet that came into existence at the estuary of the [[Schelde]] around AD 620 has grown over its 1,400-year history into the third-most important port of the [[Netherlands]]. The [[Counts of Holland]], [[County of Flanders|Flanders]], and [[County of Zeeland|Zeeland]] had the first harbours dug. Over the centuries, Vlissingen developed into a hub for fishing, especially the [[herring]] fishery, commerce, privateering and the [[History of slavery|slave trade]].  

The first reliable records of Old Vlissengen date from a charter of 1247, when the town already had a church and an infirmary; another in 1264 mentions a ''steenhuus'' or castle, the foundations of which were uncovered during the construction of a new town hall in 1965. In 1294, the town was purchased by [[Floris V, Count of Holland]], who recognised the strategic and economic potential of its location and began its development. The port facilities were further extended in the mid-15th century, financed by a local monopoly in the herring trade. In the mid-16th century, the town fell into poverty due to the [[Eighty Years' War]], the Dutch revolt against Spanish occupation, and particularly owing to the punitive taxes imposed by the [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]]. In April 1572, the townspeople staged a successful uprising, expelling the Flemish garrison, firing at ships bringing reinforcements and hanging a Spanish nobleman in front of the town hall.<ref name="Peters">{{cite web |url=https://www.vlissingen.nl/fileadmin/_migrated/content_uploads/Geschiedenis_in_het_Engels.pdf |title=FLUSHING THROUGHOUT THE AGES: Short History |last=Peters |first=C. H. J. |date= |website=www.vlissingen.nl |publisher=De Gemeente Vlissingen |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref> Under the [[Treaty of Nonsuch]] in 1585, [[Cautionary Towns|English garrisons]] were stationed here and at [[Brielle|Brill]] to keep these ports out of Spanish hands. The towns were sold back to the Dutch in 1616.<ref>[[Garrett Mattingly]] (1959), ''[[The Armada (book)|The Armada]]'', Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, Ch. V, "Plans of Operations", p. 44.</ref>  

During the heyday of the [[Dutch Golden Age]], ships from Vlissingen set sail for the various outposts of the [[Dutch colonial empire]] and contributed to the world power of the [[Dutch Republic|Seven Provinces]].

The history of Vlissingen was also marked by invasion, oppression and bombardments. Because of its strategic position at the mouth of the [[Schelde]], the most important passageway to [[Antwerp]], it has attracted the interest, at one time or another, of the British, the French, the Germans and the Spanish. Floods have also been a constant threat. Vlissingen declined during the 18th century. The [[Napoleonic Wars]] were particularly disastrous. After 1870, the economy revived after the construction of new docks and the [[Walcheren]] canal, the arrival of the railway and the establishment of the shipyard called De Schelde. The [[Second World War]] interrupted this growth. The city was heavily damaged by shelling and inundation but [[Operation Infatuate|was captured]] and liberated by British [[No. 4 Commando|Commando]]s of [[4th Special Service Brigade]] on 3 November 1944.

The city was rebuilt after the war. In the 1960s, the seaport and industrial area of Vlissingen-Oost developed and flourished. Now this area is the economic driving force behind central [[Zeeland]], generating many thousands of jobs. Nowadays approx. 50,000 ships annually from all corners of the world pass through the Schelde.<ref>[http://www.zeegat.nl/ www.zeegat.nl/]</ref>

[[File:Vlissingen (aerial photo).jpg|thumb|right|Vlissingen's seaside boulevard at the start of the 21st century.]]

==Name==

===Etymology===
The derivation of the name Vlissingen is unclear, though most scholars relate the name to the word ''fles'' ("bottle") in one way or another.

According to one story,{{by whom?|date=February 2025}} when [[Willibrord|Saint Willibrord]] landed in Vlissingen with a bottle in the 7th century, he shared its contents with the beggars he found there while trying to convert them. A miracle occurred, typical of [[hagiography]], when the contents of the bottle did not diminish. When the bishop realised the beggars did not want to listen to his words, he gave them his bottle. After that, he supposedly called the city ''Flessinghe''.

Another source{{who?|date=February 2025}} states that the name had its origins in an old ferry-service house, on which a bottle was attached by way of a sign. The monk Jacob van Dreischor, who visited the city in 967, then apparently called the ferry-house ''het veer aan de Flesse'' ("the ferry at the Bottle"). Because many cities in the region later received the appendix ''-inge'', the name, according to this etymology, evolved to ''Vles-inge''.

According to another source,{{who?|date=February 2025}} the name was derived from the Danish word ''Vles'', which means "tides".

The eastern cape of [[Novaya Zemlya]], [[Cape Flissingsky]] was named after the city in 1596 by [[Willem Barentsz]].

===Historical English name "Flushing"===
Vlissingen was historically called "Flushing" in English. In the 17th century, Vlissingen was important enough for English speakers that it had acquired an anglicised name. For example, [[Samuel Pepys]] referred to the town as "Flushing" in his diaries. In 1673, Sir William Temple referred to Vlissingen as "Flushing" once and "Flussingue" twice in his book about the Netherlands.<ref>Sir William Temple, ''Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands'', ed. Sir George Clark (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1672), pp. 40, 48 & 116</ref> Some English writers in the Netherlands also used the Dutch name.

The American settlement of [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], originally a Dutch colonial village founded in 1645 and now part of [[Queens]], [[New York City]], was first called Vlissingen after the town in the Netherlands. The English settlers who also came to live in the village<ref>Russell Shorto, ''The Island at the Centre of the World'' (Black Swan, 2004) pp. 338-9</ref> shortened the name to "Vlissing" by 1657 and then began to call it by its English name "Flushing". The Anglicisation of "Vlissingen" into "Flushing" did not occur after the conquest of [[New Netherland]], but in England well before then. This village was the site of the [[Flushing Remonstrance]].

The village of [[Flushing, Cornwall|Flushing]] in Cornwall was also named after Vlissingen. Originally named Nankersey, the village was given its name by Dutch engineers from Vlissingen in the Netherlands who built the three main quays in the village. Michigan and Ohio in the US have villages called Flushing as well.

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Vlissingen Beursgebouw R01.jpg|The Market building at Beursplein (Marketsquare)
File:Vlissingen, monumentale winkelpanden foto5 2010-09-18 10.03.JPG|Part of the shopping street Walstraat in 2010
File:Vlissingen, standbeeld Michiel de Ruyter RM37831 foto3 2014-02-23 11.56.jpg|Statue Michiel de Ruyter
File:Vlissingen, de Oranjemolen RM37834 foto10 2014-02-23 11.26.jpg|[[Windmill]]: de Oranjemolen
File:Vlissingen, straatzicht Nieuwendijk foto8 2015-09-29 14.50.jpg|View to a port and a street (de Nieuwendijk)
</gallery>

==Topography==
[[File:Vlissingen-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|610px|Topographic map image of Vlissingen (city), Sept. 2014]]

'''Topographic map of Vlissingen (city), Sept. 2014'''

==Climate==
Vlissingen has a temperate [[oceanic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Cfb'') that is milder than the rest of the Netherlands due to its more southern location on the coast.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=1360&cityname=Vlissingen%2C+Netherlands&units= Climate Summary for Vlissingen, Netherlands]</ref> It is approximately 1.5 degrees Celsius warmer annually than [[Groningen]] in the northeast. It is also one of the sunniest cities in the Netherlands, receiving approximately 180 more sunshine hours than [[Maastricht]] in the southeast. Its all-time record is {{cvt|36.8|C}} set on 27 July 2018 and {{cvt|-18.9|C}} on 21 February 1956.

{{Weather box
|location = Vlissingen (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1906−present)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 14.2
| Feb record high C = 16.9
| Mar record high C = 21.1
| Apr record high C = 29.9
| May record high C = 34.9
| Jun record high C = 34.6
| Jul record high C = 37.3
| Aug record high C = 34.2
| Sep record high C = 33.2
| Oct record high C = 25.0
| Nov record high C = 18.3
| Dec record high C = 14.8
|year record high C = 37.3
| Jan high C = 6.4
| Feb high C = 6.8
| Mar high C = 9.6
| Apr high C = 13.3
| May high C = 16.8
| Jun high C = 19.6
| Jul high C = 21.8
| Aug high C = 22.0
| Sep high C = 19.0
| Oct high C = 14.8
| Nov high C = 10.4
| Dec high C = 7.2
|year high C = 14.0
| Jan mean C = 4.5
| Feb mean C = 4.6
| Mar mean C = 6.8
| Apr mean C = 9.8
| May mean C = 13.3
| Jun mean C = 16.1
| Jul mean C = 18.4
| Aug mean C = 18.6
| Sep mean C = 16.1
| Oct mean C = 12.4
| Nov mean C = 8.5
| Dec mean C = 5.4
|year mean C = 11.2
| Jan low C = 2.6
| Feb low C = 2.6
| Mar low C = 4.4
| Apr low C = 6.9
| May low C = 10.2
| Jun low C = 13.0
| Jul low C = 15.4
| Aug low C = 15.6
| Sep low C = 13.4
| Oct low C = 10.1
| Nov low C = 6.5
| Dec low C = 3.5
|year low C = 8.7
| Jan record low C = -15.3
| Feb record low C = -18.9
| Mar record low C = -6.5
| Apr record low C = -3.3
| May record low C = 0.8
| Jun record low C = 5.0
| Jul record low C = 8.3
| Aug record low C = 8.9
| Sep record low C = 3.9
| Oct record low C = -1.9
| Nov record low C = -7.5
| Dec record low C = -13.5
|year record low C = -18.9
|precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 58.9
| Feb precipitation mm = 52.8
| Mar precipitation mm = 44.6
| Apr precipitation mm = 35.0
| May precipitation mm = 49.4
| Jun precipitation mm = 62.0
| Jul precipitation mm = 72.4
| Aug precipitation mm = 81.8
| Sep precipitation mm = 73.6
| Oct precipitation mm = 73.8
| Nov precipitation mm = 78.9
| Dec precipitation mm = 75.7
|year precipitation mm = 758.9
|unit precipitation days = 1&nbsp;mm
| Jan precipitation days = 12
| Feb precipitation days = 9
| Mar precipitation days = 11
| Apr precipitation days = 9
| May precipitation days = 10
| Jun precipitation days = 10
| Jul precipitation days = 9
| Aug precipitation days = 10
| Sep precipitation days = 11
| Oct precipitation days = 12
| Nov precipitation days = 13
| Dec precipitation days = 13
|year precipitation days = 128
| Jan snow days = 5
| Feb snow days = 5
| Mar snow days = 2
| Apr snow days = 1
| May snow days = 0
| Jun snow days = 0
| Jul snow days = 0
| Aug snow days = 0
| Sep snow days = 0
| Oct snow days = 0
| Nov snow days = 2
| Dec snow days = 3
|year snow days = 18
| Jan humidity = 86.9
| Feb humidity = 85.1
| Mar humidity = 82.1
| Apr humidity = 77.1
| May humidity = 76.8
| Jun humidity = 77.4
| Jul humidity = 77.4
| Aug humidity = 77.5
| Sep humidity = 79.6
| Oct humidity = 83.3
| Nov humidity = 86.9
| Dec humidity = 87.4
|year humidity = 81.5
| Jan sun = 76.3
| Feb sun = 99.0
| Mar sun = 155.5
| Apr sun = 207.5
| May sun = 233.8
| Jun sun = 230.1
| Jul sun = 232.1
| Aug sun = 217.0
| Sep sun = 170.8
| Oct sun = 127.0
| Nov sun = 77.4
| Dec sun = 62.5
|year sun = 1889.0
|Jan percentsun = 29.1
|Feb percentsun = 35.0
|Mar percentsun = 42.2
|Apr percentsun = 49.7
|May percentsun = 48.4
|Jun percentsun = 46.4
|Jul percentsun = 46.5
|Aug percentsun = 47.9
|Sep percentsun = 44.9
|Oct percentsun = 38.2
|Nov percentsun = 28.8
|Dec percentsun = 25.4
|year percentsun =40.2
|source 1 = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]] (1991–2020 normals, precipitation days normals for 1981–2010, snowy days normals for 1971–2000)<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.knmi.nl/klimaat-viewer/grafieken-tabellen/meteorologische-stations/stations-maand/stations-maand_1991-2020
|title=Klimaatviewer 1991-2020
| publisher = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]
| access-date = June 25, 2022}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
  |       url = http://www.klimaatatlas.nl/tabel/stationsdata/klimtab_8110_310.pdf
  |     title = Klimaattabel Vlissingen, langjarige gemiddelden, tijdvak 1981–2010
  | publisher = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]
  |  language = nl
  |access-date = 10 September 2013
}}</ref>
|source 2 = Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute<ref>
{{cite web
| url = https://weerstatistieken.nl/vlissingen
| title = Weerstatistieken Vlissingen
| publisher = [[Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute]]
| access-date = June 25, 2022}}</ref>
}}

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!Colspan=14|Climate data for Vlissingen
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!Month
!Jan
!Feb
!Mar
!Apr
!May
!Jun
!Jul
!Aug
!Sep
!Oct
!Nov
!Dec
!style="border-left-width:medium"|Year
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!Average sea temperature °C 
|style="background:#9090FF;color:#000000;"|6.6<br />
|style="background:#8484FF;color:#000000;"|5.8<br />
|style="background:#7E7EFF;color:#000000;"|6.9<br />
|style="background:#8888FF;color:#000000;"|9.5<br />
|style="background:#9C9CFF;color:#000000;"|13.2<br />
|style="background:#B8B8FF;color:#000000;"|16.6<br />
|style="background:#D3D3FF;color:#000000;"|19.0<br />
|style="background:#DFDFFF;color:#000000;"|20.0<br />
|style="background:#DEDEFF;color:#000000;"|18.4<br />
|style="background:#D3D3FF;color:#000000;"|15.3<br />
|style="background:#C4C4FF;color:#000000;"|11.4<br />
|style="background:#A9A9FF;color:#000000;"|8.0<br />
|style="background:#B0B0FF;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium"|12.6<br />
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!Mean daily daylight hours
|style="background:#E2E200;color:#000000;"|8.0
|style="background:#F0F011;color:#000000;"|10.0
|style="background:#FFFF33;color:#000000;"|12.0
|style="background:#FFFF55;color:#000000;"|14.0
|style="background:#FFFF77;color:#000000;"|16.0
|style="background:#FFFF88;color:#000000;"|17.0
|style="background:#FFFF77;color:#000000;"|16.0
|style="background:#FFFF66;color:#000000;"|15.0
|style="background:#FFFF44;color:#000000;"|13.0
|style="background:#F7F722;color:#000000;"|11.0
|style="background:#E9E900;color:#000000;"|9.0
|style="background:#E2E200;color:#000000;"|8.0
|style="background:#FFFF3A;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium"|12.4
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!Average [[Ultraviolet index]]
|style="background:#289500;color:#000000;"|0
|style="background:#289500;color:#000000;"|1
|style="background:#289500;color:#000000;"|2
|style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;"|4
|style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;"|5
|style="background:#f85900;color:#000000;"|7
|style="background:#f85900;color:#000000;"|7
|style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;"|6
|style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;"|4
|style="background:#289500;color:#000000;"|3
|style="background:#289500;color:#000000;"|1
|style="background:#289500;color:#000000;"|1
|style="background:#f7e400;color:#000000;border-left-width:medium"|3.5
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!Colspan=14 style="background:#f8f9fa;font-weight:normal;font-size:95%;"|Source: Weather Atlas<ref name="Weather Atlas">{{cite web |url=https://www.weather-atlas.com/en/netherlands/vlissingen-climate |title=Vlissingen, Netherlands – Monthly weather forecast and Climate data |publisher=Weather Atlas |access-date=25 January 2019 }}</ref>
|}

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==Notable people==
[[File:Petrus Cunaeus.jpg|130px|thumb|Petrus Cunaeus, ca.1630]]
=== The arts ===
* [[Petrus Cunaeus]] (1586–1638), Dutch Christian scholar, wrote ''The Hebrew Republic''
* [[Adriaan Dortsman]] (1635–1682), a Dutch Golden Age architect of Amsterdam
* [[Betje Wolff]] (1738–1804), a Dutch novelist <ref>{{Cite EB9 |wstitle= Bekker, Elizabeth |volume= III |page=511 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jacobus Bellamy]] (1757–1786), a Dutch poet
* [[Paula de Waart]] (1876–1938), a Dutch film actress <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0212326/  IMDb Database] retrieved 30 July 2019</ref>
* [[Helene Koppejan]] (1927–1998), a Dutch astrologer and entrepreneur
* [[Fred Florusse]] (1938–2023), a Dutch actor, comedian, stage director and TV and radio presenter
* [[Hans Verhagen]] (1939-2020), a Dutch journalist, poet, painter and filmmaker
* Jean-Pierre Guiran (born 1957), accordion player with [[Accordéon Mélancolique]] 
* [[Arendo Joustra]] (born 1957), a Dutch writer and journalist

=== Science ===
[[File:Martin Kalbfleisch.jpg|130px|thumb|Martin Kalbfleisch, 1893]]
* [[Jan Bekker Teerlink]] (1759–1832), a Dutch plant and seed collector and winemaker
* [[Martin Kalbfleisch]] (1804–1873), a Dutch pioneer in the chemical industry and a US politician.<ref>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle= Kalbfleisch, Martin |volume = III |page = 491 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Egbert Cornelis Nicolaas van Hoepen]] (1884–1966), a Dutch-born South African [[paleontologist]] 
* Prof. [[Bonno Thoden van Velzen]] (1933–2020), a Dutch [[anthropologist]]
* [[Maarten de Rijke]] (born 1961), a Dutch computer scientist, worked on [[modal logic]] and [[knowledge representation]]

=== Admirals ===
[[File:Bol, Michiel de Ruyter.jpg|130px|thumb|Michiel de Ruyter, 1667]]
* [[Joos de Moor]] (1548 or 1558 – 1618), a Dutch Vice Admiral of Zeeland
* [[Laurens Alteras]] (died 1622), a Dutch (Zealandic) vice admiral 
* [[Joost Banckert]] (c.1597–1647), a Dutch Vice Admiral
* [[Johan Evertsen]] (1600–1666), a Dutch admiral  
* [[Mårten Anckarhielm]] (died 1657), a Dutch admiral who entered into Swedish service
* [[Abraham Crijnssen]] (died 1669), a Dutch naval commander
* [[Michiel de Ruyter]] (1607–1676), a widely celebrated Dutch admiral
* [[Cornelis Evertsen the Elder]] (1610–1666), a Dutch admiral. 
* [[Adriaen Banckert]] (c.1615–1684), a Dutch admiral
* [[Cornelis Evertsen the Younger]] (1628–1679), a Dutch Admiral
* [[Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest]] (1642–1706), a Dutch admiral
* [[Engel de Ruyter]] (1649–1683), a Dutch vice-admiral

===Other maritime travellers===
[[File:Van Horn, Striking Down a Coward, from the Pirates of the Spanish Main series (N19) for Allen &amp; Ginter Cigarettes MET DP835000.jpg|130px|thumb|Nicholas van Horn, printed 1888]]
* [[Willem Verstegen]] (c.1612–1659), a merchant in service of the [[Dutch East India Company]] and [[VOC Opperhoofden in Japan|chief trader of factory]] 
* [[Pieter Ita]] (active 1620s), a Dutch privateer and an admiral in the [[Dutch West India Company]]
* [[Nicholas van Hoorn]] (c.1635–1683), a merchant sailor, privateer and pirate.<ref>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle= Horn, Van de |volume = III |page = 263 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Jasper Danckaerts]] (1639–1702/1704), the founder of a colony of [[Labadists]] in [[Maryland]]
* [[Jan Erasmus Reyning]] (1640–1697), a Dutch pirate, privateer and naval officer
* [[Samuel van der Putte]] (1690–1745), a Dutch explorer, linguist and naturalist; journeyed in Asia, especially to Tibet
[[File:Els Vader 1980.jpg|130px|thumb|Els Vader, 1980]]

=== Sport ===
* [[Joris Tjebbes]] (1929–2001), a Dutch freestyle swimmer, competed at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Nel Fritz]] (born 1937), a retired Dutch gymnast, competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Els Vader]] (1959–2021), a Dutch track and field sprinter, competed at the [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]], [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] and [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Danny Blind]] (born 1961), a former Dutch international football player
* [[Lex Veldhuis]] (born 1983), [[Dutch people|Dutch]] professional [[poker]] player

==Transport==
* [[Railway stations]]: [[Vlissingen railway station|Vlissingen]], [[Vlissingen Souburg railway station|Vlissingen Souburg]].
* [[Ferry]] connection to [[Breskens]], since March 2003 (opening of the [[Western Scheldt Tunnel]]) for pedestrians and cyclists only.
:* There used to be a [[ferry]] service to [[Sheerness]] operated by [[Olau Line]]. It was discontinued in 1994.
[[File:Vliss StJacob.jpg|thumb|right|St. Jacobskerk]]

==In popular culture==
*Vlissingen is the setting for part of [[Arthur Ransome]]'s children's adventure novel ''[[We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea]]''.
*Vlissingen is also the setting for most of the film ''[[The Fourth Man (1983 film)|The Fourth Man]]''.
*Vlissingen is also the hometown of Mynheer Claessens and his daughter Johanna, the heroine of Rafael Sabatini's 1929 novel "The Romantic Prince".  The Hero, Count Anthony and Master Danvelt, having landed by ferry from Breskens, enter the massive fortifications by the Scheldt Gate and ride the short distance to the Claessen's handsome house by the Groote.<ref>p49 of the House of Stratus edition, ch4. The Romantic Prince, Rafael Sabatini, 2001</ref>
*[[The Forgotten Battle]], a [[Netflix]] movie.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official|vlissingen.nl}}

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