Winter storms have almost completely washed away the beaches of some North Sea islands. “Quite a catastrophe,” is what people say in Wangerooge.

What does this mean for the holiday season? Norderney: An island reinvents itself. Spiekeroog as “Star Island”: Don’t chat for long, keep your head down. A building council is putting pressure on:Are thousands of holiday apartments on Sylt illegal? N orderney: Two brothers are building the new Sylt.