Wadden Sea

For the Wadden you don't have to go to an island. Along the Groningen coast you will find wide views, sturdy dykes, salt marshes full of life and nature that constantly changes with the tides. Here you feel how big the landscape is and how strong the sea has left its traces. From the endless horizon in Oldambt to the nature in National Park Lauwersmeer. Along the coast of the Wadden Sea there is surprisingly much to see and do.

Discover the rugged beauty of salt marshes and polders. Walk on the seabed when the Wadden is dry. See seals resting on the sandbanks, waiting for the water to return and new food to appear. Look around among the thousands of migratory birds roaming the mudflats and along the edges of the Dollard. The area invites you to visit more often. It shows you something different every time.

Discover the Wadden

You only really get to know the Wadden Sea by going out. And there are many ways to do so. Head out on a mudflat walk, taste what grows and is made here or look out for the Big Five of the Wadden area. When evening falls, the starry sky attracts all attention. Familiar or unfamiliar with the area: there is always something new to see.

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Even inland, you can still see traces of the Wadden Sea. Take the Reitdiep area, where the winding Hunze once connected the city of Groningen with the open sea. Ebb and flow had free reign here for a long time and left their mark on the landscape. The many mounds also remind us of the time when the water regularly came onto the land at high tide. Along the Ems-Dollard, new land was even reclaimed well into the 20th century. So don't drive to the sea dyke or the ferry without looking around: the influence of the Wadden is everywhere.

Waddenland
Waddenland
Crossing the mudflats
Crossing the mudflats
Wadden museums
Wadden museums
Nature
Nature

Discover the Wadden

Waddenland

Crossing the mudflats

Wadden museums

Nature

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