Borkum
Borkum is an island in Lower Saxony, Germany and has about 5,180 residents. Borkum is situated nearby to the area Westland, as well as near the locality Tüßkendör.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Germany
- Also known as: “Borkum Island” and “Insel Borkum”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haltepunkt Jakob-van-Dyken-Weg and Old Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borkum.
Borkum
Photo: Lucipictor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borkum is the biggest of the East Frisian Islands by area and the second most populous. The town of Borkum stretches across the entire island, which, as a state-approved North Sea health resort, has numerous spa facilities.
Borkum
- Categories: tourist destination and landform
- Location: Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Borkum” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Borkum”
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- Cebuano: “Borkum”
- Chinese: “博尔库姆”
- Chinese: “博尔库姆岛”
- Corsican: “Borkum”
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- Galician: “Borkum”
- Georgian: “ბორკუმი”
- German: “Borkum”
- Hebrew: “בורקום”
- Hungarian: “Borkum”
- Icelandic: “Borkum”
- Ido: “Borkum”
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- Interlingua: “Borkum”
- Interlingue: “Borkum”
- Irish: “Borkum”
- Italian: “Borkum”
- Kazakh: “Боркум”
- Kongo: “Borkum”
- Ligurian: “Borkum”
- Limburgan: “Borkum”
- Low German: “Borkum”
- Luxembourgish: “Borkum”
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- Neapolitan: “Borkum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borkum”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borkum”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Borkum”
- Persian: “برکوم”
- Picard: “Borkum”
- Piemontese: “Borkum”
- Polish: “Borkum”
- Portuguese: “Borkum”
- Romanian: “Borkum”
- Romansh: “Borkum”
- Russian: “Боркум”
- Sardinian: “Borkum”
- Scots: “Borkum”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Borkum”
- Serbian: “Borkum”
- Serbian: “Боркум”
- Sicilian: “Borkum”
- Slovak: “Borkum”
- Slovenian: “Borkum”
- Spanish: “Borkum”
- Swahili: “Borkum”
- Swedish: “Borkum”
- Swiss German: “Borkum”
- Thai: “บอร์คุม”
- Venetian: “Borkum”
- Vietnamese: “Borkum”
- Vlaams: “Borkum”
- Volapük: “Borkum”
- Walloon: “Borkum”
- Welsh: “Borkum”
- Western Frisian: “Boarkum”
- Wolof: “Borkum”
- Zulu: “Borkum”
- “Borkum”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Westland and Tüßkendör.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Greune Stee and Woldedünen.
Lower Saxony: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Hanover, Göttingen, Brunswick, and Wolfsburg.
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