Sylt: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Keitum is presented as a place where the island’s history is still alive: old captains’ houses and many buildings dating from the 18th century shape this distinctive character. Those interested in culture and history will find a clear thematic focus here. You can rent a holiday apartment in Sylt.

Culture

Morsum is the first village you see when travelling to Sylt by passenger or car train. The island’s historical heritage is also associated with the period when whaling was its most important source of livelihood.

Sylt’s tourism presentation combines beach life, shopping, forests, nightlife, cocktail bars, fine dining and accommodation for visitors who enjoy nature. Michelin-starred cuisine is also mentioned as part of the range of attractions available to visitors.

Activities

Braderup is described as a rural natural landscape with fields and open countryside; hiking and cycling are mentioned as activities there. This makes the village relevant for travel planning when exercise in an open, rural setting is desired.

The Ellenbogen is described as a bird and nature reserve. The area can be explored on foot; a complete circular route is estimated to take around four hours, and the tides must be taken into account.

Nature

Sylt is characterised by dunes, wet dune valleys, temporarily shallow bodies of water and sparsely vegetated sandy landscapes. The waters and sandbanks west of Sylt provide a habitat for harbour porpoises, grey seals and harbour seals.

For geographical orientation, several named map features are located using approximate distances: Bredstedt telecommunications tower and Stollberg are each around 3.6 km to the south, Hallig Habel around 11.6 km to the west, Mühlenberg around 13.6 km to the northeast, Klixbüll Church around 15.6 km to the north, Große Kophallig around 21.2 km to the northwest and the Nolde Foundation around 25.3 km to the northwest.

A ferry service runs from the harbour in List to Havneby on the Danish island of Rømø; excursion boats also depart from there.

For further orientation, the individual village pages lead to Archsum, Hörnum, Kampen, Keitum, List, Morsum, Munkmarsch, Rantum, Sylt-Ost, Tinnum, Wenningstedt, Westerland.

For the main travel overview: Schleswig-Holstein.