The Brandaris lighthouse on Terschelling Island may be called the patriarch of the Dutch lighthouses.
First built in 1323. It has helped safe passage across the shallow shoals of the Waddensea – guiding ships to the Hanze trade centres along the Yssel and later to Amsterdam and other smaller harbours around the Zuiderzee.
The first Brandaris lighthouse fell into the sea, but the new Brandaris was built immediately after in 1594, funded by the merchants from Amsterdam. Senior as it is, it has also been a place of new ideas with new lighting lenses and bird warning lights.
Towering more than 50 meters high, used to this day to tell one where to go and where not.
More info: https://terschelling.org/en/lighthouse/9190/lighthouse-brandaris-terschelling.html
Produced by: Frank van Steenbergen
Region: Netherlands, Europe
Year: 2019
Language: English
