Vlissingen 2026: FILM BY THE SEA Recommendations
On Friday the 11th of September, Vlissingen's Film by the Sea festival starts. It's the 28th edition this year, and it has become one of the largest and most glamorous festivals in the Netherlands. Last year saw over 45 thousand tickets sold, and the average audience rating for the films was a whopping 4.2 out of 5. The increase in ticket sales has been considerable each year, so will the festival hit 50K in 2026? We'll see!
It's quite an achievement for a festival which is, geographically, a bit out-of-the-way for most people. Utrecht, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Leiden are within an hour's travel of each other, but Vlissingen (or Flushing) is in Old Zeeland, in the South-West, part of a group of islands and peninsulas adjacent to the West Coast of Belgium. Getting there takes an effort. Vlissingen is a very nice city though, with a harbor and a beach right next to the cinemas. And with its red-carpet premières, gala clothing and a large selection of films from France, you might say this is the Dutch Cannes.
It's quite an achievement for a festival which is, geographically, a bit out-of-the-way for most people. Utrecht, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Leiden are within an hour's travel of each other, but Vlissingen (or Flushing) is in Old Zeeland, in the South-West, part of a group of islands and peninsulas adjacent to the West Coast of Belgium. Getting there takes an effort. Vlissingen is a very nice city though, with a harbor and a beach right next to the cinemas. And with its red-carpet premières, gala clothing and a large selection of films from France, you might say this is the Dutch Cannes.
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