Culture on Texel

... when people lit fires to chase away the winter sprites to make way for the spirits of spring and summer. The Meierblis is held on 30 April except if that is a Sunday, when it is on 29 April.

Locatie: Multiple Locations

... Roadstead, the most important anchorage of the Golden Age, in the award-winning entrance. This living museum features interactive exhibitions as well as crafts, beach-combing stories and workshops.

Location: Heemskerckstraat 9, Oudeschild

... you can watch and listen to great shows, demonstrations and music performed by these creative sailors in Den Burg and Oudeschild. It’s enchanting!

Location: Multiple locations

... various demonstrations and activities, including a tractor show, a gooseherd, a wood artist and much more. The youngest visitors can visit the petting farm.

Location: Kleiweg, near Den Hoorn. 

... sheared, milked and their hooves trimmed. Watch sheepmilking and sheepshearing contests or buy souvenirs. The venue is next to Den Hoorn’s church, or Novalishoeve if the weather is bad.

Location: Den Hoorn 

... the creation of the vineyard, its grape varieties, the growth and blossoming of the vines and how wine is made. Each tour ends with a wine-tasting session.

Location: Rozendijk 32, Den Burg

... Stroll past the fish stalls at HavenVistijn and how the various species are related. Sample freshly fried or smoked fish, take part in an activity or sail with the lifeboat crew.

Location: Oudeschild

... its own traditions for Ouwe Sunderklaas. Exciting events of the past year are relived by villagers in fancy dress. Afterwards, everyone reveals his or her identity and shares a drink on the streets.

Locatie: Multiple Locations

 ....The Second World War has left its marks on the old walls of the lighthouse, where the shooting holes are still visible. The lighthouse known to be the landmark of Texel.

Location: Vuurtorenweg 184, De Cocksdorp

... than just a museum. It’s a combination of landscape, history and silence. The total footpath is 8.5 kilometres, but you can choose to take the shorter, 3-km route.

Location: Hoornderweg 29, Den Burg

... houses on Texel. Stepping into the house is like stepping back in time. See and feel how people once lived. Read Aagje Luijten’s moving letters to her husband who sailed with the East India Company. 

Location: Kogerstraat 1, Den Burg

... there are shops, restaurants and a café, bringing the village to life. A large, weekly flea market is held in the summer months. 

Location: Oosterend

... Oudeschild was internationally renowned, thanks to the Texel Roadstead. The East India Company’s ships left from here, so the village went through a golden age. To find out more, visit Museum Kaap Skil.

Location: Oudeschild

...From chicken runs to greenhouses: have a look. The cows are milked daily in the shed and ice-cream maker Fabrizio turns it into awesome creamy ice-cream. Come for a look and a taste! 

Location: Hoornderweg 46, Den Burg

Fly through aviation history and experience Texel’s dramatic war memories. In April 2018, the modernised exhibition were given better explanations of the aircraft, parts and stories. 

Location: Postweg 126, De Cocksdorp

...operate in a search game or a puzzle. And all, of course, from materials washed up by the sea. The Museum Gallery offers an amusing and informative day for young and old, with good weather as well as bad weather.

Location: Burgwal 20, Den Burg  

 ...a variety of movies about ship strandings and beach combing. At the end of your visit, the little museums café is the perfect place to come to rest while the children can play on the big playground.

Location: Pontweg 141 A, De Koog

... reminisce about your own school days. The building’s original elements are now visible. There is a focus on the history of art education and if you can squeeze onto the bench, you can draw!

Location: Postweg 72, De Cocksdorp

...on the one hundred works wall. In the summer and autumn of 2019 pastels and paintings will be on display as well as En Plein Air, ceramics and aqualels in Fruit & Vegetables and the exhibition Moon by Lenneke Saraber.  

Location: Brink 14, De Koog  

...beautiful (Murano) glass, African art, various prints by Jan Mankes and oil paints by Blok v/d Velden to be seen. Opening hours Thursday to Sunday from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm and by appointment.

Location: Klif 27, Den Hoorn

...its winding, narrow streets which have attracted many artists. The village features several galleries with work by “old Texel masters”. In June, the village devotes itself to the “Long June” festival.

Location: Den Hoorn

 ... are a perfect place for shopping. Its charming centre has lots of cosy restaurants and sidewalk cafés and a market on Monday morning. Climb the highest church tower for views of the whole island!

Location: Den Burg

... is full of charming farms and old houses, so it’s worth well a visit. Waalenburg, the polder next to the village, is home to lots of birds. The shallow pools are great for skating in winter.

Location: De Waal

... shows per month. You can have a coffee with some homemade apple-pie or lunch at De Toegift, or relax in the sun on the terrace.

Location: Klif 12, Den Hoorn

... that surround the island are each translated in their own way into paint and clay. A visit to their "Island of Arts in the polder" is a surprising experience!

Location: Postweg 72, Zuid Eierland

... paints a picture of Texel’s cultural past. It features a fine collection of carriages and tools. Listen to authentic stories and watch the blacksmith, lace-makers and spinners at work

Location: Hogereind 6, De Waal

 ... a cosy wolboet. You’ll be tucked in under a soft sheepswool blanket and left to dream while the natural lotion in the wool does its work. Wool baths are an ancient custom among farmers. 

Location: Postweg 134, De Cocksdorp