The Wadden Sea Islands and their unique mudflats comprise a UNESCO World Heritage site shared by Germany, Netherlands, and Denmark. A lighthouse towers over the dune-covered island of Sylt in Germany.

I’d come to the northern coast of the Netherlands to partake in this quintessential Dutch pastime, called wadlopen, or hiking the floor of the Wadden Sea.Tracing about 500 kilometers along the ...

The Wadden Sea World Heritage Center will let researchers and visitors experience a unique UNESCO site in the Netherlands. See renderings of the project here.

Climate change is a major threat to the Wadden Sea on the North Sea coast. The “Halligen”, ... The poet Theodor Storm once called them "swimming dreams". Just under 300 people live together with ...

Wadden Sea is one of the last remaining large-scale, intertidal ecosystems where natural processes continue to function largely undisturbed. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0. La ...