North Frisian Islands
The North Frisian Islands, German: die Nordfriesische Inseln, North Frisian: Nuurdfresk Eilunen, are an archipelago in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, separated from the mainland by the Wadden Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Heligoland and Sylt.
Heligoland
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Heligoland is a small German archipelago in the North Sea. It's a somewhat popular destination for one-day ship cruises. A feature of the island is almost total absence of car traffic, which makes it a safe and quiet location, and a hotspot for birdwatching.
Sylt
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Sylt belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Germany. It is a narrow island with a 40-km white beach and dunes on the western side and opens to mudflats on the eastern side.
Pellworm
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Pellworm is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The municipality is located on the island of Pellworm – one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea coast of Germany.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Föhr and Amrum.
Föhr
Föhr is one of the North Frisian Islands. One of the island's main attraction is the 12 km sand beach on the southern shore.
Amrum
Amrum is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German North Sea coast, south of Sylt and west of Föhr. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and has approximately 2,300 inhabitants.
North Frisian Islands
- Type: Island
- Description: group of islands in the Wadden Sea
- Category: island group
- Location: North Sea Coast, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“North Frisian Islands” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Noord-Friese Eilande”
- Arabic: “الجزر الفريزية الشمالية”
- Asturian: “Islles Frisias septentrionales”
- Belarusian: “Паўночна-Фрызскія астравы”
- Breton: “Inizi Friz an Hanternoz”
- Catalan: “Illes Frisones Septentrionals”
- Cebuano: “North Frisian Islands”
- Chinese: “北弗里西亚群岛”
- Czech: “Severofríské ostrovy”
- Danish: “De Nordfrisiske Øer”
- Danish: “Nordfrisiske Øer”
- Dutch: “Noord-Friese Eilanden”
- Dutch: “Noord-Friese Waddeneilanden”
- Esperanto: “Nordfrisaj insuloj”
- Finnish: “Pohjoisfriiseinsaaret”
- French: “Îles de la Frise du nord”
- French: “Iles frisonnes septentrionales”
- French: “îles frisonnes septentrionales”
- French: “Îles frisonnes septentrionales”
- German: “Nordfriesische Inseln”
- Greek: “Νησιά βόρειας Φρισίας”
- Hungarian: “Észak-Fríz szigetek”
- Hungarian: “Északi-Fríz-szigetek”
- Icelandic: “Norðurfrísnesku eyjarnar”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Frisia Utara”
- Italian: “Isole Frisone Settentrionali”
- Japanese: “北フリジア諸島”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės Fryzų salos”
- Low German: “Noordfreesch Eilannen”
- Low German: “Noordfreesch Inseln”
- Low German: “Noordfreesche Eilannen”
- Low German: “Noordfreesche Inseln”
- Low German: “Noordfreeschen Inseln”
- Macedonian: “Севернофризиски Острови”
- Northern Frisian: “Nuurdfresk eilunen”
- Northern Frisian: “Nuurdfresk Eilunen”
- Northern Frisian: “Nuurďfriisk Ailönen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “De nordfrisiske øyer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordfrisisike øyer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei nordfrisiske øyane”
- Persian: “جزایر فریسی شمالی”
- Polish: “Nordfriesische Inseln”
- Polish: “Wyspy Północnofryzyjskie”
- Russian: “Северо-Фризские острова”
- Saterfriesisch: “Noudfräiske Ailounde”
- Slovak: “Severofrízske ostrovy”
- Slovenian: “Severnofrizijski otoki”
- Spanish: “Islas Frisias septentrionales”
- Swedish: “Nordfrisiska öarna”
- Ukrainian: “Північнофризькі острови”
- Vlaams: “Nôord-Friesche Waddneilandn”
- Western Frisian: “Noard-Fryske Eilannen”
- Western Frisian: “Noardfryske eilannen”
- Western Frisian: “Noardfryske Eilannen”
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