we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. corner. top spot for some. and some great cultural memorials to boot. double trouble for he goes. today i'm off to the north sea going to visit germany's most popular island sits in

the stage of time. if like me you travel here by train your vacation starts at the s. and the train station. and these guys will be the 1st people you meet 4 meters tall they're travelling giants in the windows by much involved. the best part is it's only a 10 minute walk to the beach not too shabby a married. here invest in london where zilch roll as a vacation hot spot to get the island has been a magnet for tourists since the mid 19th century. nowadays though it has a lot of fans and more visitors than residents so this home to about 20000 people

and welcomes some 900000 tourists every year so the plate can get pretty crowded and if you're looking to be the crowds you should definitely come here between the month of november and april today i want to find out what still has to offer in the low season. activities that will chase away your winter blues tips for the great outdoors indoors. our hot spot this week the oyster farm in germany. and you are from hong kong. there's his vacation last week. if you want to hit the beaches on how to deal with the dunes they're everywhere on the island but make sure to stay on the walkways the dunes provide natural coastal protection the grass on the make sure the sand doesn't get blown are washed away

and the islanders really need for it to stay this way. it will. follow me up there will have a great view. but i do know is the island's biggest elevation its 52 metres high a great starting point for my trip around but before we kick things off properly here's a little overview for you guys to get a bit of a feeling for the island. the west beaches more than 40 kilometers of fine white sand. the sea is wild here nowhere else on german coasts to the waves break with such

force that's why surfers love this place. the air here is especially healthy the surf sprays fine droplets of mineral rich sea water and the wind just blows your cares away. hiking and bicycle trails take you across the dunes to the east side of the island . this is the gentler side here the intertidal much flats of the wide stretch. life here is determined by the tide every 6 hours comes in or goes out. and natural landscape especially worth protecting the widened sea with its denizens

has been a unesco world heritage site since 2000 and. 10 villages have a distinctive style. with its upscale it's a place for the well heeled. is the most elegant of the 12 german north sea islands . the freezing village of chi town is steeped in tradition the buildings date from the 18th century they're known as captains houses in the local museum you can find out about the way people used to live. they were seafarers and whalers captains and fisherman. then tourism came towards the end of the 19th

century and turned the fishing island into a vacation island. everyone find something special about. somewhere between the sea and the title flats and the inviting freeze in atmosphere. made my way up to the north of the islands to list. northernmost town it's the northernmost town in all of germany everything beyond list is denmark. starting from list heartburn this ship is going to take me to see what might be the mudflats most popular inhabitants the seals were lucky enough to see some. of the north seas because seal heard slip between the north island. little word of advice don't make the mistake i made and leave your binoculars at

home. there they are. i visited a month last is one of the highlights of any trip but of course around this time of year there's lots more to do around here check out our recommendation. you. helped drive away the winter. the big a burden is the 1st big festival of the year and it always takes place on february 21st it's goodbye to winter. the sound of the sea in your ears and almost nothing else. the great thing in the offseason because the solitude on the beaches. you can

stroll for hours it's ideal for anyone who enjoys braving the elements. or a brisk jog around the dunes. if you're interested in learning more about nature on the island there's a huge selection of guided tours all year round. there's a lot to learn about suits landscape. how do sand dunes migrate and then the wind blows the sand over the windward side pushing the dunes forward and the sand slides back down on the other side you are not fond of them and i divulged as i'm not one. but at some point it's time to go inside and warm up. what better place than

a cosy tea shop. teacher thinking is a beloved ritual all over north ideally with the licious cake to go with it. the tea is strong the perfect pick me up. another place you can go to warm up the beach saunas 5 of them along the west beaches sitting here you have a great view of the sea and you can jump in to cool off. the sauna. usually open in early april and spring makes its comeback. to the landmarks are its light houses there are 5 more of which are still in operation but you can only visit one the hell night house in the far south of the island and that's exactly where i have my next date. you're probably very close

to her the lighthouse. like to tell you a bit about the lighthouse and show you what it looks like inside do you understand the northern dialect. servo how old little of l.a. that prefer to speak standard german. then let's do that how come this way into the lighthouse. there's no detours of the lighthouse several times a week. he doesn't get higher no we're now in the holy of holies of the lighthouse where in the lantern room every light house has its own i did signal. i couldn't even how do they work if no one's doing it manually girls i didn't go to and since the light house was converted to automatic operation it is run automatically no one has to

control it or the north pole and the lighthouse beacon runs from an hour before sunset if to an hour after sunrise this i knew. that was how long it emits light or noise. well i learned something today. quite windy of here but it's a great spot to check out the southern tip of the island this is pretty much the only place where you can get such an amazing view of the south shore. let's now continue our journey our the middle of the week takes us to warmer climes to laos that's where our viewer from hong kong spent his vacation always with his yo-yo at hand and.

quick. my next stop is the forces of nature museum and the clue is in the title here you can experience firsthand how natural forces impact the island when for example it pretty much moves mountains here or at least do. and storm tides there are extremely heavy on the beaches. every year winter storms and storm tides take a heavy toll on the coast the coastal protection service works hard to make sure

the island stays in its current shape throughout the decades the methods they have for keeping the sand on the island have a won't greatly see for yourselves. first they built a growing and hoped the waves would break on it before they hit land a good idea but it didn't work. the spit of land on salt southern tip is the most at risk their enormous tetrapods were installed on the beach in hopes of keeping the sand in place but the sea was stronger now adays sand is retrieved from the sea ship suck it up off the coast like back in cleaners and pipelines pump it onto the beach that costs $46000000.00 euros a year. suit is an island in motion and that process really be stopped i'm talking to dr. who

runs the forces of nature museum. as it is known for its beautiful beaches but the sand keeps causing problems why is that. because the sand gets washed away by storm tides. his prey to coastal erosion that is if sand isn't washed up on to the beach the way it used to be and the beach doesn't grow but naturally gets smaller because the sand is carried away. the muck. and that's even worse when there are storm surges. so if you want to preserve the shoreline the sand has to be added to it every year. and we do that with beach nourishment or sand. force you know what's it look like without human intervention doesn't it's in the nature of a coast to be in a state of flux everything changes it's only a question of time and here owns those it's easy to see that if we didn't take measures to protect the coastline the island would continue to move toward the

mainland that is eastwards. is that really the best solution eyes. the the animals that live 10 kilometers from the coast are very different from those that live near the beach can this interference in the ecosystem become a problem. is that true it is interference but considering the alternative measures still coastal and nature conservationists agree that this is the most environmentally friendly intervention. to take least i mean how is climate change affecting xit i mean we have a rise in sea levels around survived. that means storm surges began at a higher level because the basics the level is already slightly higher we also notice a change in the species composition in the water and seeing national park. that may not be something tourists notice but those of us doing research here really see

changes in the habitat. stock this is stored in the home. by the changes problematic. the term problematic is a very human viewpoint here to change is a part of life it's unstoppable that much is clear. on the one hand we have to consider how we can take climate protection measures where we have a human influence not 20. on the other hand some of these alterations are irreversible and we have to adjust to them and make the best of the situation. ones in general we as a civilization bear a great responsibility to deal with the environment more carefully than we have done in the past for the sake of future generations. to be. honest and that's what the free agents have always done define natural forces and

adapt the. f.a.q. for talking to us thank you. be king of change of the 1950s the friesian month flats were a natural habitat for all the stars but that changed suddenly when they were wiped out due to overfishing but now they're back. in 1986 dick myers i was stunned company began to revive insults oyster tradition oysters are no longer fish they're farmed this is germany's only oyster farm what now comes to your table as a suitor right of is an oyster species native to japan that's been introduced on so it's. been a parent or heads the oyster farm she's responsible for the well being of the shellfish. more than a 1000000 of them

a year are harvested in list. in the spring the oysters are taken to the water and see and stay there all summer so they can grow to a good size to right house need a lot of care the mesh sacks therein have to be turned over and shaken daily. if these are juveniles. as you can see they're still very small they need to go through a few more growth phases we take them in for the winter and put them out again in the summer to continue growing. list bay is a unesco world heritage site so you can only get close to the oysters habitat on a guided tour otherwise it's off limits. the oysters spend the winter in a tank filled with sea water a sea water pipeline keeps them in the right environment.

they. all star in general people say that oysters taken out of cold water tastes better. but personally i like them the way nature delivers them. and if that's 20 degrees celsius they taste like oysters from 20 degree c. water and also the funky. if you like them even hotter so the royals can be steamed or baked and serve any number of toppings. to try them myself what amazing selection but i'll start with the classic the raw oyster. 10 times for the best flavor apparently. it's a good job i'm hungry. my buddies think hamish one will love this place he's

travelling the world and whenever he gets the chance he sent us a video of his adventures this week he's in switzerland and i bet he found some food there to. welcome to winter wonderland well come to switzerland in this episode i'm going to show you around in the young fall region we've got to go skiing we've got to go on top of it mountains and we're going to taste the delicious swiss food let's go.

so we're out on the 1st moment in greenland ski resort of going to the 1st things 1st the 1st cliff walk. bullies we have the whole thing to ourselves because there are many people out there and with this weather today. some of those gloriously fall it's now time to make use of all this snow we got today and hit the slopes. when in switzerland of course you need to eat mushrooms and that's what we have from lunch. the best way to get around in switzerland a space train and here we are taking one of those pictures. crites to the top of

europe today. now we've made it to the top of the euro yoho ok the top of europe on 3571 meters. nothing to do in this in this q. region is this well you know you have to ski tricks. or you. didn't climb in i've been waiting for this moment since i got here i'm going to get

a bird's eye view of that and the best part i get to tell the pilot where i want to go. now so what do you want to see is what i want to fly over the narrows parts and i've visited the herndon lighthouse and like to see that from the above to. it which gets get on the left over there. let's go. then narrowest point is i mean 500 meters wide down there. that's a lot and that's where my trip began. that bin laden house .

now we're flying over the northern tip. of when i was coming up on our right. to live a good view of the lighthouse. and i was there. and they were well flight over the southern tip. back to the ground time flies when you're having fun. little next time. that wasn't already my day ends up has come to an end and what a day it's been the walk on the beach delicious oysters seal spotting and i even got to fly i hope you guys had as much of a good time as i did thanks for watching and see you next time.

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