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Flushing ( Dutch Vlissingen) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren.

1 Population centres

• Oost-Souburg
• Ritthem (West-Souburg is just a quarter)
• Vlissingen

2 The city of Vlissingen

Having a strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315.

3 External links

• Official website (in Dutch)
• Map
• Railway station Vlissingen:
  • departures (pdf)
  • departures, with stops and arrival times
  • station facilities