Vlieland is the island of writer and poet Slauerhoff. He often visited the island as a child to treat his asthma attacks with fresh, clean air. He often returned later in life but the sea was always calling to him. He travelled the world as a ship’s doctor while also writing about the islands. Let the landscape of Vlieland inspire you too. Maybe at one of the festivals held on the island, for example: Into The Great Wide Open, Achter Diek or Here Comes The Summer.
Vlieland has all of the landscape you would expect on a Wadden island. But there are no pastures. Vlieland is an island without farmers.
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Take a walk with island poet Gerda Posthumus and discover J.J. Slauerhoff's poems.
You simply don't want to miss the small 'Achter Diek' festival: a party in ‘Betzy’s tuun’.
Music, visual arts, literature and film at ITGWO and its little sister HCTS.
