The Wadden Sea (Dutch: Waddenzee [ˈʋɑdə (n)zeː] ⓘ; German: Wattenmeer [ˈvatn̩ˌmeːɐ̯] ⓘ; Low German: Wattensee or Waddenzee; Danish: Vadehavet; West Frisian: Waadsee; North Frisian: di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea.

Everything you need for your visit to the Wadden Sea UNESCO World Heritage Site. Discover exciting stories and beautiful routes along the islands. Find the best events, restaurants, hotels and activities.

The Wadden Sea is known for its unique beauty and ecological value and has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2009. With a landscape shaped by the ancient ebb and flow of the tide, this vast nature reserve offers visitors an unparalleled experience of pristine wilderness and wide open spaces.

Mar 22, 2025 · The full Wadden Sea region is way bigger, spanning roughly 500 kilometers from Blåvands Huk in Denmark to Den Helder in the Netherlands. The Wadden Sea coast has the world's longest stretch of eroded sand and mudflats, with over two dozen islands in the region and a total area of nearly 11,500 square kilometers.

Apr 5, 2025 · Wadden Sea, shallow inlet of the North Sea between the West Frisian Islands and the northern Netherlands mainland. The inlet extends from Noord-Holland to the northeast, where the islands gradually curve toward the mainland and the channel narrows to a few miles.

The Wadden Sea is on UNESCO's World Heritage list. This means that the area is classified as particularly unique and of universal importance and inalienable for the whole world. Here you can experience dynamic landscape, diversity, opulence and world-class nature.

The Wadden Sea National Park offers world-class nature experiences all year round. Millions of migratory birds, thousands of seals, oysters, the dance of starlings in the black sun, an ever-changing landscape and huge areas of seabed that are laid dry twice a day.

The Wadden Sea is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It is a shallow body of water with tidal flats and wetlands between the mainlands of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, and the Frisian Islands. Since 2009, the Wadden Sea is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. There are seven national parks in the Wadden Sea region.

The Wadden Sea is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world. The site covers the Dutch Wadden Sea Conservation Area, the German Wadden Sea National Parks of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein, and most of the Danish Wadden Sea maritime conservation area.

UNESCO's designation of the Wadden Sea as a UNESCO World Heritage Site is a global recognition of the work that has been done for decades to protect the area, and it means more benefits and opportunities for the region.