Expedition Uthlande: Föhr southeast - seaside resort, beach, churches and reed

The tour is part of the series "Expedition Uthlande - A landscape in the sea and its people". The printed brochures with detailed information are available for a donation at the Insel- und Halligkonferenz e.V., www.ihko.de, Tel. 04681-3468.

We start our tour at the ferry pier Wyk on Föhr with the storm surge pole. The starting point of the expedition is easily accessible from all arriving ships and is also connected to all Föhr bus lines due to its central location (bus stop at the port or industrial area). From the storm surge pole you pass the road and keep right to reach the dike via stairs. Follow the path on the dike and cross the Heymannsweg via a traffic light. Follow the footpath and cycle path parallel to the road until you reach the Marschweg, which you follow until you reach the large street Am Hafen. After approx. 250 m you will see the small road Buernstraat on your left hand side: Here you can look to the right into the wide march. After the wide view of the flat marshes, you will return to the village on the Geest. Follow the Buernstraat to the end and keep right on the path Holm. After about 100 metres, turn right into the path Dörps End until the end of the path and then left into the small footpath, the Bop. Follow the Bop until Neuer Weg, keep left for 50 m and then turn right again into the Bop. At the end of the path turn right for a few meters, then left into the last section of the "Bop". At the end of the bop, turn left up to the main road. Here you will find the Wrixumer Mühle. Behind the mill, turn right into Fötjem (the apple orchard offers an opportunity for a short break), at the end of which turn left into Karkstieg and you will reach the church of St. Nicolai. From the gate of the churchyard, turn left along the Kirchweg to the Rundföhrstraße, which you cross and walk towards Nieblum. After approx. 50 m the "foot and bicycle path to the beach" branches off to the left. Follow this path for a few minutes until you reach a road, which you follow diagonally to the right until you reach a sand path at the edge of the forest. At the end keep right and after a few meters you will pass a barrier on the right hand side, next to which a bench is located, to enter the forest. On the forest path keep diagonally left. After a few meters a sign to the "Singdrossel" tells us that we are in the "Föhrer Forst". Stay on the forest path until you reach an asphalt road. Here you follow the sign "Wanderweg Nieblum" to the left in southern direction for about 250 m until a long, straight path with the sign "Nieblum 3,6 km" branches off to the right. Shortcut: Is the whole tour too long for you ? Just go straight on between the airfield and the golf course, then turn left across the road following the sign "Hundestrand" to the beach. From here, just follow the directions from station 12, you will come closer to the Rundföhrstraße again, but turn left at the next opportunity into the field path, which is lined with some fruit trees here. At the next T-junction turn right, then left again. After 200 m you will reach a stone with an arrow pointing to Nieblum. Here we are at station 7 "Osterland - Westerland". Follow the road to the right in the direction of Nieblum until you reach the big road at the entrance of the town. Walk towards the village and take the first street on the right ("Drunkenmannsstieg"). At the end of the street turn left until you reach St. Johannis church. After visiting the church, leave the churchyard through the second gate and turn left into the Namine-Witt-Wai, cross the big street and enter Bernhard-Farwer-Strat. Let's take a little time here for the "village of the captains". At the end of Bernhard-Farwer-Strat keep to the right and take the first left after the bend. You will reach the beach road, which you follow to the left until it becomes a gravel road, the Meetsweg. Follow this road to the beach. Once there, keep left on the Bohlenweg and look out over the Nieblumer Watt. Follow the Bohlenweg and after a while you will reach a tarred dike. Along the way it is worthwhile to pay attention to the rinsing seam. Here the sea often presents some of its otherwise hidden secrets like Mytilus edulis. You continue to follow the edge of the water and reach the first houses of Wyk. One of the benches is ideal for learning about the history of the "seaside resort Wyk". Shortly before the beach bar "Schapers" you go left up the stairs into the North Sea - spa gardens. In the Kurpark keep straight on (the path runs slightly diagonally to the right). Leave the park through a small alley and you will reach Gmelinstraße. Turn right here and after about 100 m turn left into the "Grünstreifen" - a small gravel path for pedestrians and cyclists, lined with trees. You cross two streets, keep right after the second street and reach a playground, where you will surely find an opportunity for reading. Continue north through the green belt following the signs for Rebbelstieg/Post.  Cross the Rebbelstieg and turn right into Feldstraße until you reach the crossing with Badestraße. This will take you to the last stop, the "Storchengehege". From here, follow Feldstraße and turn left into Mühlenstraße after a few minutes. Follow this street until you reach the market place, on the back of which you will find our starting point.