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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
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