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The Lighthouse at De Cocksdorp, one of the famous landmarks on the Island

Texel [1] is an island in the West Frisian Islands region of the Netherlands.

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Texel is an island with four types of landscape: dunes and beaches in the west, flatland and polders in the east and hilly in the center of the island (the remains of the ice age). Inland you find the fourth landscape - wetlands - with beautiful walking trails in the center west coast of the island, like The Slufter. Along the wadden-coast in the east there are comparably smaller Wetlands. In the dunes, valleys like The Muy are quite popular with tourists.

Both tourists and birds are abundant. The tourists visit mostly in the summer.

The islanders call their hilly area the Hoge Berg ("High Mountain"). Its highest point is about 15 meters above sea level and gives a fabulous view over the island. It's not the summit of the island. The dune Loodsmansduin in the south reaches 30 meters above sea level. Originally, the locals spoke their own dialect, known as "Tessels". Nowadays it's dying out and is replaced by a more Standard-Dutch tongue, altough still with specific words and accents. The inhabitants have their own name for the mainland: de Overkant, litterally "the Other Side".

The official name is Texel. The x in it is normally pronounced as ss, so the name sounds like "Tessel". In Standard-Dutch, the correct pronunciation is Tessel, but a lot of Dutchmen pronounce it with an x-sound. The locals however always pronounce it as "Tessel".

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[edit] By ferry

Teso [2] operates a 30 min ferry trip from Den Helder to Texel. Ferry departures from 6:30am until 9:30pm, every hour, less departures on Sunday. In summer and on busy days, 2 boats are deployed.

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Texel has a little airport (EHTX) [3] , but no regular flights are maintained.

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Go to the train station of Den Helder, and take bus 33 or walk to the ferry.

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The island is best experienced by bicycle, in the summer. There are many place to hire bikes on the island.

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During the summer a special touristic boat service to the neighboring island of Vlieland, is available. This boat leaves near De Cocksdorp. Also Waddenzee sealife is visited on this trip.

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A lot of hotels and campsites are found on Texel.

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• Hotel 't Anker, Kikkertstraat 24, De Cocksdorp, ☎ +31 (0)222 316274, [4]. A very nice but relatively small hotel. € ± 40,- per person per night.  edit

• Holiday-Park de Krim, Roggeslootweg 6, De Cocksdorp, ☎ +31 (0)222 390112, [5]. With spacious bungalows, luxury chalets, a five-star campsite and many other facilities.  edit

• Vacation home Rabbit, Roggeslootweg 393, De Cocksdorp, ☎ +49 (0)2261 41495, [6]. checkin: Friday; checkout: Friday. Vacation home in Holidaypark De Krim, onlinebooking.  edit

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