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Just a short 130 mile train ride from Hamburg, Sylt is famous for its incredibly long beaches, its pure ocean air, the wandering sandbanks (Wanderdunen) and picturesque lighthouses.

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Sylt is sunshinbbbbe, sand dunes and sea - and sinking.

Well, perhaps shrinking is a better word for it. Sylt is the northern most “tip” of Germany, technically reaching up and over the Danish border from its location in the North Sea. It’s the largest of the North Frisian Islands and a favorite, if not at times somewhat crowded holiday destination. Though also considered to be one of Germany´s playgrounds for the rich and famous, those of us who are neither can have a fantastic and affordable time of it here, as well.

Just a short 130 mile train ride from Hamburg, Sylt is famous for its incredibly long beaches, its pure ocean air, the wandering sandbanks (Wanderdunen) and picturesque lighthouses. And these very wandering sandbanks are part of “the problem” here. Scientists have warned that the western coast of Sylt, which is basically one giant 25 mile long beach, is slowly being reclaimed by the North Sea. And you don’t have to be a scientist to figure this one out. A returning visitor can see with his own eyes just how devastating the erosion’s work has been from one year to the next.

The entire island is really nothing more than a long, thin, sandy strip, about 500 meters in width at its narrowest point. There is very little rock and very much sand and much of this sand is slowly losing its grip upon the valuable grasses and other vegetation which have held off the onslaught of erosion up until now. The giant dunes are continually shifting (Die Wanderdunen) as the strong North Sea winds continually pound upon the island’s western coast. And the regularly occurring and unfortunately rather violent winter storms have been leaving an even greater impact.

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