one square kilometer off red rock in the middle of the north sea this is tell it will lead to germany's only high seas island. you're enjoying nature letting the wind blow all around you and relaxing that's what many people who come here want. me to. the journey from hamburg to heligoland takes 3 and a half hours a catamaran takes me there no other boat is faster. there are already on arrival the holiday mood kicks in. all the passengers initially have the same route. everybody

passes the colorful up stops. and walks along the problem not somewhere here is my hotel. and most of the tourists who arrive here go back in the afternoon there are more or less 3000 visitors here every day but i would like to stay over night so i have more time at no stress to discover this small island. a must on heligoland is a visit to the seals. if you like it lay out your in for the punk festival helping a little bit off. and there is another holiday video of the week this time it's from australia.

my 1st walk takes me into the countryside all the way up to the overland. route along the edge of the rock that forms heligoland leads around the island the cliffs. water watcher as far as the eye can see the mainland is 50 kilometers away. i pass the law the tall and up this free standing rock is the landmark of heligoland everyone hopes that it can withstand the wind and the waves for a long time. and i continue to germany's small this nature reserve the lumen pheasant the rock of the given months it is the nesting ground of many sea birds but it is named after the guillemots in june these small feather balls take wing amateur photographers wait for them to take their courageous plunge. there are

not many places in europe where you can get so close to wildlife. birdwatching isn't the only thing you can do here over there is the do you know an off shore island and even smaller than heligoland germany's largest greasy economy lives over there and you can join a guided tour to get really close to those animals. some animals have got it figured out. they learned the beach all day basking in the sun and cool off now and then with a quick dip in the sea. life in heligoland is generally tranquil and unhurried. but the june island ranger makes sure it stays that way. just so common for more and more guests coming to see helical and want to benefit from the high seas but more.

animals are coming as well and they do you know rangers are here to make sure we can all live together and get along all right people can ask me questions and enjoy the beach in harmony. katherina to lese area responsibility is just 7 tenths of a square kilometer the island of dude and a couple of dunes is about all it is. really into you know ranges that only found here because this island is called tuna and i mean do you know ranger. once a week visitors have an opportunity to title along with the ranger and explore do not islands on an organized nature to. if you find something and think it looks exciting pick it up and take it along we'll have a look and i'm sure we can figure out what it is. somewhat rare and not easy to find the red flint. and mother i have homes and 3 variations but it's always some shade of red. not rust colored and not orange you can find it in yellow and

several variations of that but the red flint is what's unique to helical and. the flora and fauna are interesting too for most of the visitors here the true stars of the island are the c.e.o.'s. of the birthing season begins around november and almost as soon as the females given birth she's able to mace again. so 2 weeks later the 1st bulls are back trying to get at her again. as cute and harmless as the seals may look they're not necessarily cuddly. feel the gray seal is germany's biggest predator and it can move a 20 kilometers per hour so it's not a good idea to get too close to them even if nothing's happened so far the possibility is always there i can't read their minds. but you can count the animals. monitoring the population as one of her routine tasks along with

showing visitors around. to see the stars in the sun surf for man and beast alike. although this island is very small it has an incredibly eventful history and you can learn more about it in the heligoland museum. is the boss here he tells me that this island used to be a pirate's nest a navy fort and a trading post in the early 18th century it was just as important as the international port of hamburg is today heligoland was once part of denmark then of great britain it was not until 890 that the island became german a fiercely contested piece of ground. when was the most dramatic moment in the

history of the island. the most dramatic moment was definitely the end of world war 2 and the great bombardment. everybody had to be evacuated and then came the big bang in april $947.00 resulted in the complete destruction of the islands buildings . the british occupying forces once tried to destroy all the islands military facilities with 6.7 kilograms of explosives never again should it be used for military purposes for many years heligoland remained on inhabitable. before 1954 the population began returning to the island and tourism immediately started appearing again 1st they slept in tents on dinner because there was no place at all to stay here on the island there were no houses or anything so they stayed a little tense and doona and stand sold whatever they needed to pass through and by little souvenirs people came in droves to see heligoland again. soon to risk

a mass it's not because of the beautiful nature but to buy duty free liquor and cigarettes. or how did the island in the year that is i just imagine 10 or 12000 visitors here on this really small island it was terrible it must be said there was no room between all the people. we just heard a past the shops and through here shoulder to shoulder. you might see something nice and one of the shops be didn't stand a chance of getting to it to buy it was just pushed on ahead by the crowds and so you ended up back at the ship and at the sale home again and how come prices are so cheap on heligoland. that's a privilege we had for time with britain but it's been preserved through all the changes and rules it was taken on in the treaties so we've always hotter judean tax free status here. it still exists but today the tourists come here for the nature

almost as it used to be when heligoland became a seaside resort in the early 19th century at 1st people came here for the good air it was the beginning of hell of a lens tourism. this island is so small you can easily walk around it and it just takes one or 2 hours hello go and it's pretty popular with tourists and we will show you why. henniker land starts getting crowded every day around noon you can almost sense your watch by it that's when the excursion ships arrive from the north sea coast and hamburg. visitors a ferry to learn from the ships in jolly boats known locally as billeted boats in 2018 they were listed with unesco's intangible world heritage.

when the seaside resort was founded here an $827.00 we didn't have any harbor breakwaters or pierce we had nothing at all when the 1st passenger ship arrived a year later they had to drop anchor somewhere and our fishermen and pilots went out in our fishing boats and brought the guests for the 1st time ever to land in there brought a boat. of my brother called. eventually the harbor was built and ferrying passengers was no longer necessary. soon after the ships put in the bay destroying walls for visitors still come to shop duty free. they generally have 4 hours before they ship sails again. the tours that time so that the day trip is can go along to the bank or to a brings them some 25 meters deep inside the red cliffs. this is where the heligoland is sought shelter from the bombings. it's the only

remainder of a once vast bunker complex running throughout heligoland. which is the target audience the part where no came through all the bombings and after the war on damaged. the last bombs fell in february 952 so it's important to us many hella glanders especially the older ones older lives too it can forbid. the lumps to hats are typical of heligoland. that few people know they were built here in the 1950 s. and sixty's as part of a planned city. as i look at 1st of course the cliff was here and the huge bank of english blew up in 1947. as you move through that led to the formation of the lines now called the middle. or and the last the hearts are now essentially a retaining wall for the loose rock. at the english time. an architect's competition was announced for the reconstruction 951 over

a 1000 architects to punch. their turns quiz to find the optimum use of the limited space well orienting the houses favorably to the sun and wind every detail was thought up down to the paint it was limited to 14 callus. today heligoland is like an open air museum of the 1950 s. and sixty's building style almost every house is listed as historical. a closer look at heligoland quickly reveals that it's full of fascinating stories and worth the longest day or even a return visit. the i want to do that to. get on the boat and go around the island it takes 45 minutes. the excursion boats only put out if the waves are no

higher than 2 metres. thank goodness. in the slipstream of the island it is still peaceful. but soon as we clear the tip of the island the rocking star gets almost 2 metre waves. all you need now is a strong stomach and occasionally something to hold on to. nobody get seasick we all have our sea legs. watch or wind and wave that's what our weekly v mail is about

as well. our viewer he 100 from singapore loves travelling just like me he's been to the other side of the world to australia and here's his home i may have been e.o. .

almost 1500 people live on the legal land and the sea is part of almost everyone's lives most of them has ancestors who were sailors or fishermen maybe even pirates. sea shanties and sailors songs are part of the cultural heritage. i'm

here for a rehearsal off the head with a cock singing shanti choir. does it for the song you just sank. is that a regular sailor's song or a shanty you know what i mean no that was actually our theme song it has nothing to do with either you're going to it was in the friesian dialect and it just means the car kinchen are great guys no more than that we're told are killers and we are going to get here i shanties and sailors songs what's the difference there's a month you know sailors songs are simply romantic songs they used to sing but the shanties were the work songs for the seamen of an earlier time it was hard work on the ships docked one of them would call the tune in the champs and the choir would answer and do the work the lead singer never had to work and it's just the same with us was going on with a human a god and doesn't fall into that mold who's lead singer for the you know today the lead singer as a whole if he sings the song of hope often we can i sing

a shandy leg read your question or we can do that if you go before like i said the lead singers or he'll sing the beginning or we jump in and swing and you can just sing along it was going that thing on my so i'm going to just like so i'm going to dine. a number you know of no no we're here for. a. while so i sat there you know. you go over. there is. no.

way a whole. lot so there are no. it was really good to. see those who really want to join the cox have to meet 3 conditions be a man live on heligoland and be able to sing they have strict rules but if they are friendly guys. every spring the card think you have an important job they open the punk festival.

here and heligoland with their shanties 3 days in a row bands from all over europe gather here on the island. since the festival here on heligoland ladies and gentleman. comes out of see if shanties everyone's had the melodies before and likes to sing them over a beer shanties and punk actually go together here. the storm battered seagulls face an invasion of. weekend guests who flock to dino island for the rock n roll which means something like booze cruise. to necessities of good weather and better beer 12 kegs have to be put away and nothing changes fast on hedegaard and the weather by the time the 1st rays of sun appear on the do

you know restaurants terrorist the 2nd grog has disappeared. you know they don't have any guns just guitars beer more beer and a partition all their own they had to go and is hosted their 1st punk festa. well in 2003 with mixed feelings as the former mayor recalls. yes i 1st gave the decision makers here in the town hall a little shock when they heard the words punk festival because the see it happening and doing it with the nature reserve nudists people over 70 years old and then here comes punk rock how could it work no matter how you do it it wouldn't work then a little administrative voice piped up and said well we could give it a try. the 150 fans of the 1st one quickly grew to over 1000 the bands

even played for free just for the atmosphere to see the applause and what the fans would give for. now bands come from all over this end of europe for the rock n roll but have they play and party till midnight then the fans will crawl into their tents unless the wind has swept them away in the mean time. the lobster huts by the harbor are a good place for a snack these used to be warehouses for the fishermen today restaurants have moved in. they mainly offer seafood dishes for example. crab pincers. but the cutlery is strange. and i'd like to tell you. the number of the how much. though.

you have to break it a little like this crack it sound done here. i think my colleagues the finnish would love this all globetrotter always tries the local food on his travels all around the world and this time steve has been to cuba and here's his new video. has been is the capital of largest city major ports and leading commercial center of cuba the city has a population of 2100000 inhabitants and the trucks over a 1000000 tourists on usually. first. with the classic car so what you're. doing exactly that history i was going around going around and seeing all the spots. old tunnel the how about a v.a.

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it is a good. show because. to me. it's even ing on helical that i am on the cliff path again the best place to wait for the sunset you can only experience that when you stay here overnight.

a day trip is nice but it's even better to stay 2 or 3 days on the island that makes a real difference because then you can experience the perfect the celebration so just give it a try bye bye see you next time somewhere else in germany. kickoff

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