2016: the ‘ordinary’ ferry Oerd and a fast water taxi from shipping company Wagenborg. Photo Hoge Noorden / Jacob van Essen
The pier of Ameland, a Thursday evening. Fostaborg, Wagenborg’s fast boat, is getting ready for the last crossing to shore. A handful of passengers get on board. Their crossing will take only 20 minutes, more than twice as fast as the regular ferry.