North Sea Coast, Islands

Sankt Peter-Ording is in southwestern Eiderstedt peninsula, Nordfriesland, a seaside resort since 1877. The town's districts are Böhl, Dorf, Bad, and Ording. It is the terminus of the railway from Husum.In front of the town lies a beach up to 12 kilometers long, becoming 2 kilometers wide at low tide. Landmarks include the 1911-built pile dwellings and the 1095-meter-long pier in the Bad district.

The Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park was established in 1985 and, with 4,410 square kilometers, is by far Germany's largest national park. Since 2009, the Wadden Sea has been a UNESCO World Heritage site; approximately 30 percent of its area periodically falls dry at low tide.In spring and autumn, around ten million migratory birds rest in the Wadden Sea. In 2017, about 13,000 seals were counted. The best way to experience the seabed is on a guided mudflat hike; the main information center is the Multimar Wattforum in Tönning.

Sylt is the largest North Frisian and northernmost German island, 38 kilometers long and 12.6 kilometers wide at its broadest point. You reach it via the 11 km Hindenburgdamm (opened 1927) by train or car shuttle from Niebüll, or by ferry from Rømø to List.An almost 40-kilometer-long sandy beach stretches along the west side. Between Wenningstedt and Kampen, the approx. 30-meter-high Red Cliff glows, with the Uwe-Düne, the island's highest point, rising directly behind it. Westerland is the main town, while Keitum boasts old captain's houses.

Norderney, covering 26.29 square kilometers, is the second-largest East Frisian Island and Germany's oldest North Sea resort: In 1797, the first Royal Prussian seaside resort on the German North Sea coast was founded here. The ferry departs from the pier in Norddeich.Along its northern side stretches an approximately 14-kilometer-long sandy beach. In the island's center stands the nearly 60-meter-high lighthouse, and at the Weiße Düne, the Walter-Großmann-Düne reaches the island's highest natural point at 24.4 meters.

Rømø is the southernmost Danish island in the Wadden Sea, directly north of Sylt. To the west lies Lakolk's kilometre-wide beach, where cars are permitted, and to the east, the mudflats. In between are dune heath, pine forest, and small villages with thatched captain's houses from the whaling era.