Heligoland

Heligoland is a small archipelago in the North Sea, administratively part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The islands are located in the Heligoland Bight in the southeastern corner of the North Sea and are the only German islands not in the vicinity of the mainland: they lie approximately 69 kilometres by sea from Cuxhaven at the mouth of the River Elbe. Wikipedia

Population 1,253 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 7 h 23 in Dec, dark by 16:04 · 17 h 09 in Jun
  1. January: 7 h 55 of daylight
  2. February: 9 h 46 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 47 of daylight
  4. April: 14 h 02 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 59 of daylight
  6. June: 17 h 09 of daylight
  7. July: 16 h 40 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 56 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 46 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 37 of daylight
  11. November: 8 h 33 of daylight
  12. December: 7 h 23 of daylight
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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

All 23 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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