You might not expect it in the Netherlands, but the southern slopes of Terschelling’s dune hollows have a proper desert climate. Not many plants can grow here, and that’s what makes the area so unique, so typical of the scenic diversity on Terschelling. You’ll find beaches, woodland, dunes, heathland, polders, mudflats and tidal marshes, seawater and freshwater. The island has the Netherlands’ greatest variety of birds and butterflies, not to mention the nine species of orchids which grow here. Add all that to the wide open spaces and it’ll be love at first sight.

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