Wadden Sea
An intertidal zone along the North Sea coast of Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, where mudflats are covered and uncovered twice a day. Walks across the flats at low tide are popular, and seals and millions of migratory birds use it. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Where
- Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 53.5333, 6.8833
Get the Wadden Sea stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Wadden Sea. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Lower Saxony volume with your photos and a note.
Near Wadden Sea
Fraeylemaborg 36 km
A borg, a fortified manor house, in the village of Slochteren in Groningen. It is now a historic house museum set in a park with a moat. In 2013 the museum had 31,509 visitors.
Martinitoren 41 km
The tallest church steeple in the city of Groningen and the bell tower of the Martinikerk. It rises above the Grote Markt in the old centre and is a symbol of the city. Visitors can climb it for views over the surrounding flat land.
Groninger Museum 41 km
An art museum in the city of Groningen showing modern and contemporary art by local, national and international artists. Its colourful postmodern building stands on an island in the canal in front of the central station.
Schiermonnikoog 44 km
An island, municipality and national park in the Northern Netherlands, between Ameland and Rottumerplaat in Friesland. Most of it is protected dunes, salt marsh and beach, and cars are not allowed for visitors.
Dwingelderveld National Park 86 km
A national park in Drenthe founded in 1991, covering about 37 square kilometres. It is mainly managed by the State Forest Service and by a private Dutch nature organisation, and holds heathland, pools and woods.
West Frisian Islands 94 km
A chain of islands off the northern Dutch coast, including Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog. They have wide beaches, dunes and tidal flats, and are reached by ferry from the mainland.
Eise Eisinga Planetarium 97 km
An 18th century orrery in the Frisian town of Franeker, built by Eise Eisinga in his own house between 1774 and 1781. It is still a working model of the solar system and is open as a museum.
Heligoland 98 km
A small archipelago in the North Sea that belongs to Schleswig-Holstein. The islands lie in the Heligoland Bight and are the only German islands not in the vicinity of the mainland coast.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Lower Saxony
Questions
Where is Wadden Sea?
Wadden Sea is in Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Fraeylemaborg (36 km), Martinitoren (41 km), Groninger Museum (41 km).
How do I get the Wadden Sea stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Wadden Sea and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Lower Saxony volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Wadden Sea before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Lower Saxony volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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