Beaches in Germany
2 beaches · 2 beach worlds
Two short coasts with a shared problem. The North Sea side is Wadden Sea and Frisian island — the largest intertidal system in the world, a UNESCO site, and islands that are actively eroding and are held in place by sand pumped from offshore. The Baltic side is calmer, warmer and shallower. Both are cold by most standards, both have a season of about three months, and both have a beach institution found almost nowhere else: the Strandkorb, a hooded wicker chair hired by the day and set out in rows. Two practical peculiarities. Spa taxes are charged on most of the coast, collected by the resort and covering beach access and facilities. And the Wadden Sea's tidal flats can only be walked with a guide, because the returning tide fills channels from behind faster than people expect — guided mudflat walking is a regional institution rather than a precaution. Naturist sections are common, long-established and signed.
The two are different kinds of shore. The sand is quartz sand throughout, and both are resort-built. Together they account for 52 km of shore. · computed from the 2 records below
