Germany, Lower Saxony and Hamburg
Germany, Lower Saxony and Hamburg
UNESCO-Wadden Sea World Heritage Visitor Centre Cuxhaven
Address
Hans-Claußen-Str. 19
Cuxhaven 27476
Germany
Telephone
+49 (0) 4721 28681 / +49 (0) 4721 69245
Email
nationalparkzentrum.cuxhaven@ewetel.net
Website
Activities
Main activities:
- Tidal flat discovery tours
- A microscope with video projection device helps to detect the tiny snails and worms that live in the mud
- Guided tours to the salt marshes and heathlands
- Bird watch tours at the beach of Sahlenburg
- Afternoon events for children
- Groups may inquire for special arrangements
Additional activities:
- Cuxhaven, situated at the tip of Lower Saxony, lies at a stone's throw away from Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein and therefore between the respective Wadden Sea National Parks of these three German Bundesländer
- extensive exhibition including a model of the tidal flat ground, a tide model and fish tanks
- Huge illuminated air picture of the Cuxhaven tidal flat area, satellite image of the whole World Heritage region
- Kids corner
- Sandy bluff with heathlands and a signposted nature trail at walking distance
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