Sylt

Sylt belongs to the 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sylt Airport and Westerland station.

Aerodrome
is the on the island of Sylt located in . It mostly features summer seasonal scheduled traffic to major German cities as well as general aviation and gliding.

Railway station
is a terminus railway station in the town of , , . The station lies on the Marsh Railway and the train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Nord-Ostsee-Bahn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westerland and Wenningstedt-Braderup.

Town
is a seaside resort and a former municipality located on the island of Sylt. Since 1 January 2009, has been part of the municipality .

Village
is a municipality and seaside resort on the island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland, in , . It is located north of the town of and is part of the Amt .

Village
Photo: Marschmensch, Public domain.
is a village on the island of Sylt in the district of Nordfriesland in , . Today, it is an Ortsteil of the .

Sylt

Latitude
54.9044° or 54° 54′ 16″ north
Longitude
8.3382° or 8° 20′ 18″ east
Population
18,100
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
9F6CW83Q+Q7
Geo­Names ID
2824454
Wiki­data ID
Q3107
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sylt” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Sylt
  • Arabic: زولت
  • Arabic: سيلت
  • Aragonese: Sylt
  • Armenian: Զիլտ
  • Arpitan: Sylt
  • Asturian: Sylt
  • Basque: Sylt
  • Bavarian: Sylt
  • Breton: Sylt
  • Bulgarian: Зилт
  • Bulgarian: Зюлт
  • Catalan: Sylt
  • Cebuano: Sylt
  • Chinese: 叙尔特岛
  • Chinese: 敘爾特島
  • Corsican: Sylt
  • Croatian: Sylt
  • Czech: Sylt
  • Danish: Sild
  • Danish: Sylt
  • Dutch: Sylt
  • Egyptian Arabic: سيلت
  • Esperanto: Sylt
  • Estonian: Sylt
  • Finnish: Sylt
  • French: Sylt
  • Friulian: Sylt
  • Galician: Sylt
  • Georgian: ზილტი
  • German: Sylt
  • Greek: Ζυλτ
  • Greek: Συλτ
  • Hebrew: זילט
  • Hungarian: Sylt
  • Icelandic: Sylt
  • Ido: Sylt
  • Indonesian: Sylt
  • Interlingua: Sylt
  • Interlingue: Sylt
  • Irish: Sylt
  • Italian: Sylt
  • Japanese: ジルト島
  • Japanese: ズィルト
  • Japanese: ズィルト島
  • Japanese: ズュルト
  • Japanese: ズリュト
  • Kölsch: Sylt
  • Kongo: Sylt
  • Korean: 질트섬
  • Latvian: Zilte
  • Ligurian: Sylt
  • Limburgan: Sylt
  • Lithuanian: Ziltas
  • Lithuanian: Ziultas
  • Low German: Sylt
  • Lower Sorbian: Sylt
  • Luxembourgish: Sylt
  • Macedonian: Зилт
  • Malagasy: Sylt
  • Malay: Sylt
  • Minangkabau: Sylt
  • Mingrelian: ზილტი
  • Narom: Sylt
  • Neapolitan: Sylt
  • Northern Frisian: Söl‘
  • Northern Frisian: Söl’
  • Northern Frisian: Söl
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sild
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sylt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Sylt
  • Norwegian: Sylt
  • Novial: Sylt
  • Occitan (post 1500): Sylt
  • Persian: زیلت
  • Picard: Sylt
  • Piemontese: Sylt
  • Polish: Sylt
  • Portuguese: Sylt
  • Romanian: Sylt
  • Romansh: Sylt
  • Russian: Зильт
  • Sardinian: Sylt
  • Saterfriesisch: Sylt
  • Scots: Sylt
  • Scottish Gaelic: Sylt
  • Serbian: Sylt
  • Serbian: Зилт (острво)
  • Serbian: Зилт
  • Sicilian: Sylt
  • Slovak: Sylt
  • Slovenian: Sylt
  • Spanish: Sylt
  • Swahili: Sylt
  • Swedish: Sylt
  • Swiss German: Sylt
  • Thai: เกาะซึลท์
  • Ukrainian: Зюльт
  • Upper Sorbian: Sylt
  • Venetian: Sylt
  • Vietnamese: Sylt
  • Vlaams: Sylt
  • Volapük: Sylt
  • Walloon: Sylt
  • Welsh: Sylt
  • Western Frisian: Söl
  • Western Panjabi: سلٹ
  • Wolof: Sylt
  • Wu Chinese: 叙尔特岛
  • Zulu: Sylt
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sylt”. Photo: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0.