West-Terschelling is the largest village on Terschelling in the province Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 2,602 in January 2017. The skyline of the village is dominated by the Brandaris lighthouse, the village had also been named Sint Brandariusparochie, Sint-Brandariuskerke and just Brandaris in earlier centuries.

History

The town was partially burned on the order of Sir Robert Holmes in 1666, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War, in an event referred to as "Holmes's Bonfire". A pub was named after the Oka 18, a ship that sank near Formerum.

Museums and monuments

West Terschelling has 110 rijksmonuments. There is a museum about the last voyage of Willem Barentsz, 't Behouden Huys.

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