North Sea islands after storm surges: The beach is missing sand

2024-03-17T13:26:51.057Z

Highlights: 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.

The 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?