Vlissingen birni ne, da ke a kudu maso yamma a tsohuwar tsibirin Walcheren. Tare da matsayinta na dabaru tsakanin kogin Scheldt da Tekun Arewa, Vlissingen ya kasance tashar jirgin ruwa mai mahimmanci shekaru aru aru.
An ba ta haƙƙin birni a cikin 1315. Kuma a cikin karni na 17 Vlissingen ya riga ya kasance babbar tashar jiragen ruwa don jiragen ruwa na Kamfanin Dutch East India Company. An kuma san shi da wurin haihuwar Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
Vlissingen galibi sananne ne ga wuraren jirgin ruwa na Scheldt, inda aka gina yawancin jirgi na Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine).
Wannan ƙauyen ƙauyen an haife shi ne a cikin mashigar Scheldt kusan 620 AD wanda ya girma cikin tarihinta na 1400 har ya zama tashar jirgin ruwa mafi mahimmanci na uku a cikin Netherlands. Hakanan a cikin karnoni, Vlissingen ya zama cibiyar kamun kifi, musamman kiwo, kasuwanci, zaman kansa, da cinikin bayi.
Tarihin Vlissingen kuma ya kasance alama ce ta mamayewa, zalunci da ruwan bama-bamai. Saboda matsayinta na dabaru a bakin Scheldt, mafi mahimmancin izinin tafiya na Antwerp, ya jawo hankalin attractedan Ingila, Faransa, Jamusawa da Sifen. Har ila yau ambaliyar ruwa ta kasance barazanar ta koyaushe.
Yakunan Napoleonic sun kasance masifa ga garin. Bayan shekarar 1870, tattalin arziki ya sake farfado bayan gina sabbin tashoshin jiragen ruwa, tare da isowa da layin dogo da kuma kirkirar filin jirgin ruwa da ake kira De Schelde. Tare da yakin duniya na biyu garin ya sami mummunar lalacewa daga tashin bamabamai da ambaliyar ruwa.
An sake gina garin bayan yakin. A cikin shekarun 1960, yankin tashar jiragen ruwa ya bunkasa kuma ya bunkasa. Yau kimanin. Jiragen ruwa dubu 50.000 a kowace shekara daga dukkan kusurwowin duniya suna ratsawa ta hanyar jirgin ruwa na Scheldt.
Masu sha'awar yawon bude ido suna zuwa Vlissingen ba wai kawai saboda tarihinta da halayyar teku ba, har ma saboda babu inda a duniya da manyan jiragen ruwa suke wucewa kusa da gabar teku.