World Heritage Wadden Sea
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World Heritage until the horizon
The UNESCO World Heritage Site the Wadden Sea is unique in its kind and offers nature’s beauty in its rawest and purest form with a large variety of plants and animals species, not to mention the millions of migratory birds that make a stop-over at the Wadden Sea every year for a nutritious snack before their long-distance migration. The Wadden Sea, with an acreage of at least 10,000 square kilometres, is the largest contiguous wetland on earth and, with that, a treasury where the tides reign.
Experience the Wadden area
In Harlingen you can experience the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site in many ways. By waking up with a view of the mudflats, by a long walk during sunset (which may feel endless), or by a beautiful sailing trip through the area.
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Falling dry and Mudflat hiking
Sail along on a historical sail ship, fall dry on the Wad and start a mudflat hike. During a daytrip ‘Falling dry and Mudflat hiking’ the skipper and sailor search the most beautiful sandbanks that fell dry, the World Heritage guide gives you a very interesting excursion about the bottom of the sea, while the chef stirs the pans and pots to prepare a meal that satisfies your hunger.
Sunsets
Dazzling skies and endless views. In wind and weather, hidden between threatening clouds, reflecting on a reflective Wadden Sea. A colour game of pink, red, and orange that keeps you amazed. Harlingen is the perfect place to enjoy a beautiful sunset. What sunset do you make Instagram worthy? #sunsetharlingen
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Seal spotting by ship
Sail from the Zuiderhaven in Harlingen to the sandbanks in the Wadden Sea where the harbour seals lie to rest.
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Discover more of the Wadden coast
An extensive coastal area from the Afsluitdijk to the Lauwersmeer area. A land of dikes and mounds, also so-called “wierden”. There is so much more to discover in the surroundings of Harlingen. Go out and discover it from your trusted base in Harlingen. On the site of our partner Visit the Wadden you will find all the information you need.
Other Harlinger Treasuries
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Monuments
Monuments
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Frisian pottery
Frisian pottery
