Wadden Sea World Heritage Site

Experience the power of ebb and flow

The Wadden Sea is all about the Wadden Islands? Literally maybe, but figuratively certainly not. For the splendour of the Wadden, you don't have to go to an island. From the endless horizon in Oldambt to the nature in National Park Lauwersmeer; the coast of Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site offers incredible things to see and do.

Waddenland along the dyke

Discover the unexpected beauty of the salt marshes and polders. Walk on the bottom of the sea when the Wadden is dry. Watch the seals on the sandbanks waiting for the flood to bring new food. Feast your eyes on the thousands of migratory birds snacking on the Wadden and along the edges of the Dollard. What will you do here?

Discover the Wadden

The Wadden is best experienced by going there. There are many ways to explore. Go mudflat hiking, discover the taste of the Wadden Sea or spot 'the big five'. At night, let yourself be amazed by the beautiful starry sky. Known or unknown in the area: there is always something new to see.

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Power of the Wadden

Even further inland, the landscape was shaped centuries ago by the Wadden Sea. Like the Reitdiep area, where the meandering Hunze once connected the city of Groningen with the open sea. Ebb and flow still had great influence on the surrounding land back then. The many wierden (residential mounds) are also reminders of the time when the Wadden Sea still regularly flooded the land at high tide. Poldering along the Ems-Dollard continued well into the 20th century. This created the land of the endless horizon. So don't drive to the sea dyke or the ferry without looking around: you have long since been surrounded by the power of the Wadden Sea.

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