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    FERRIES TO TEXEL

    Jan 28, 2022 3 minutes

    The island of Texel, with a population of around 13,600, is the largest and most populated of the West Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea. TESO operate a ferry service which has linked the island to the Dutch mainland for over a century. Inhabitants of the island were dissatisfied with the price and quality of the previous ferry service, operated by the Alkmaar Packet company from 1882.

    As a result, some of them formed an association in 1907, led by local doctor Adriaan Wagemaker,

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