THE UK is home to hundreds of beautiful islands, many of which are accessible to the public. But holidaymakers may not realise that the Netherlands, less than an hour from the UK, has some that are ...

In the winter, a wander along a blustery Texel beach is a popular way to blow the cobwebs away – lekker uitwaaien, as the Dutch would say. Robin Pascoe visited the biggest of the Wadden Sea islands.

The body of a man washed up on a beach on the Wadden Sea island of Texel last October is that of a 22-year-old Syrian electrical engineering student, DNA research has shown. The man is thought to have ...

Texel (pronounced “Tessell”) lies only about three miles off the Dutch mainland but feels like another world. Motor traffic is limited, the beaches are often deserted and in many of the island’s ...

"Texel has everything you need," says guide Henk Slikker laconically. He moved to the island 36 years ago and never considered going back. Henk introduces visitors to the West Frisian island through ...