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Willemstad
About Willemstad
Willemstad is the capital of the Netherlands Antilles, located on Curaçao. It’s a rather popular tourist resort and very tourist oriented. Willemstad is a free port: this means that it is either free of customs or with special (favorable) customs regulations. It’s a place for beaches and scuba-diving, and maybe a walk around the block to look at the colorful buildings.
Local highlights
Explore the city
- Willemstad Seaquarium
- Christoffel National Park
Explore its many famous museums and historical sights, such as
- Our Lady of the Rosary cathedral
- Kura Hulanda Museum – exhibits: Lands of Abraham, the black holocaust, pre-Columbian gold, Contemporary Art
- Fort Amsterdam
- Fort Church Museum
- Cathedral of Pietermaai
- Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue
Highlights in the vicinity
Explore the environment of Willemstad, such as
- Curaçao underwater marine park
- Hato Caves
Good to know
- No. of inhabitants: 125 Thousand
- Timezone: UTC -4
- Weather: Tropical maritime climate, with pretty constant temperatures: between 25˚C in winter and 30˚C in summer, all year ‘round. Average annual precipitation is 56 cm, October till December being the wet season.
- Police tel. number: 114
- Tourist Assistance Service: Curaçao Tourism Development Bureau tel. nr.: (9)-616-000
- Road patrol: Curacao Road Services N.V. (CRS) tel. nr.: (599-9) 199
Local transport
- Taxis–TX license plates
- Bus
- Ferryboats
Inbound transport
- Nearest airport: Hato International Airport
- Boat: large harbor with good import and export possibilities and wonderful cruise lines to the Caribbean, Europe and the US
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