St. Peter-Ording

Schleswig-Holstein · 🇩🇪 Germany

Germany's vast North Sea beach — kilometres of tidal sand dotted with iconic stilt-legged houses and kitesurfers.

Sea temperature

~17°C in the warm season

Water

Shallow North Sea over huge tidal flats

Sand

Vast flat pale sand

Swimming

Very shallow with big tides; a vast flats-and-wind beach

Surf

Kite and land-sailing hub

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

Germany's largest beach, famous for stilt houses out on the tidal sand

Beach type

Cold-water coast

Region

Europe

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