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    Norderney

    Germany

    Norderney

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    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.

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    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.

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    Norderney Lighthouse
    Historic Landmark

    1Norderney Lighthouse

    The lighthouse, commissioned in 1874, is located on an approximately 10-meter-high dune in the island's center and, at almost 60 meters above sea level, is Norderney's tallest structure. From early April to late October, you climb 252 steps to the viewing gallery.
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    The White Dune Beach
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    2The White Dune Beach

    The Ostbad Weiße Düne is one of the island's four bathing beaches, lying on the approx. 14 km long sandy beach on the north side.
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    Restaurants in Norderney

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    Beach Restaurant Riffkieker

    Bright pavilion with sea view and beach chairs on the terrace, serving North German cuisine and fish dishes.
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    Ristorante da Sergio

    Modern Italian restaurant with pasta, including homemade stuffed pasta pouches, plus pizza and classic mains.
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    Due Fratelli Pizzeria

    Pizzeria located on Winter Street.
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    Province Groningen

    Province Groningen

    The Province of Groningen is the northeasternmost of the Netherlands and borders the Wadden Sea to the north, and Ostfriesland and Emsland to the east. Its center is the university city of Groningen with its old town.The area surrounding the city, the Ommelande, is flat and expansive. Old villages are located there on *Warften*, artificially raised mounds.
    Groningen

    Groningen

    Groningen is the capital of the eponymous province in the north of the Netherlands, about 75 kilometres west of Leer in East Frisia. Come for a university city with a car-free centre around Grote Markt and Vismarkt, for the Martinikerk with its tower, and for the Groninger Museum, whose 1994 building was co-designed by several designers.
    North Sea Coast, Islands

    North Sea Coast, Islands

    Between Ostfriesland and the Danish border, islands, Halligen, and vast beaches line the German North Sea coast. Since 2009, the Wadden Sea has been a UNESCO World Heritage site; the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park alone, covering 4,410 square kilometers, is by far Germany's largest national park.You can travel here from Sylt, the largest North Frisian island, to Norderney, Germany's oldest North Sea resort, walk a beach up to 12 km long in St. Peter-Ording, or explore the seabed at low tide on a guided mudflat tour.
    Leeuwarden

    Leeuwarden

    Leeuwarden, Ljouwert in Frisian, is the administrative capital of Friesland province in the northern Netherlands and was European Capital of Culture in 2018. You come for the leaning tower Oldehove, the Fries Museum of Frisian art & history, and the Keramikmuseum Princessehof, birthplace of graphic artist M. C. Escher.
    Friesland

    Friesland

    Friesland in the northern Netherlands, province of lakes, Wadden Sea, and its own language: West Frisian, official alongside Dutch. The Wadden Islands Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland, Schiermonnikoog belong here.Leeuwarden is the capital. Visitors enjoy watersports on lakes, swimming at the coast and islands, and mudflat hiking. In summer, old sailing cargo ships race in the Skûtsjesilen regatta.