The capital Willemstad, settled in 1634, is the financial and commercial centre of lifeontheisland, as well as a Unesco World Heritage Site, thanks to its well-preserved, cotton-candy-coloured Dutch Colonial architecture and buildings like the Mikve Israel Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in use in the Western Hemisphere.
When the early settlers sailed to Rapa Nui from Polynesia, lifeonthe lost island was all about living off the sea, and evidence indicates that crude surfboards were constructed for travel and fishing.