Northern Netherlands
Friesland
Terschelling

Brandaris

The Brandaris is a lighthouse on the island , in . It is the oldest lighthouse in the , listed as a Rijksmonument, number 35032 and rated with a very high historical value.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: lighthouse on the island Terschelling, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Brandaris Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Centrum voor Natuur en Landschap and ’t Behouden Huys.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 130 metres northeast of Brandaris.

Museum
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't Behouden Huys or Het Behouden Huis is a museum in , Netherlands. The museum is named after the shelter used by Willem Barentsz on his third Arctic expedition, when they became trapped in ice off northern Russia. is situated 290 metres south of Brandaris.

Church
Photo: MarcoSwart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 230 metres south of Brandaris.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West-Terschelling and Dellewal.

Village
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is the largest village on in the province , the . It had a population of around 2,602 in January 2017.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Brandaris

Latitude
53.36032° or 53° 21′ 37″ north
Longitude
5.21424° or 5° 12′ 51″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Inception
1594
Height
54 metres (177 feet)
Open location code
9F579667+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 270707952
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2758414
Wiki­data ID
Q897813
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Satellite Map

Discover Brandaris from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Brandaris” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Brandaris”
  • Afrikaans: “Brandarius”
  • Danish: “Brandaris”
  • Danish: “Brandarius”
  • Danish: “Fyrtårn Terschelling”
  • Danish: “rijksmonumentnummer 35032”
  • Dutch: “Brandaris zeeverkeerscentrale”
  • Dutch: “Brandaris”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 35032”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren Terschelling”
  • Faroese: “Brandaris”
  • Faroese: “Brandarius”
  • French: “phare de Brandaris”
  • French: “Phare de Brandaris”
  • German: “Brandaris”
  • German: “Leuchtturm Brandaris”
  • German: “Leuchtturm Terschelling”
  • Italian: “Faro di Brandaris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brandaris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brandarius”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brandaris”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brandarius”
  • Spanish: “Faro de Brandaris”
  • Swedish: “Brandaris fyr”
  • Swedish: “Brandarius”
  • Western Frisian: “Brandaris”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brandaris”. Photo: spectrephoto, CC BY 2.0.