North Wall Areas 1 to 2 and National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

1. 1. North Wall Areas 1 to 2

   The Danevirke is a wall that has been in the news for a thousand years. It stretches across the base of the Jutland peninsula, where the land narrows between the Baltic inlet of the Schlei and the marshes of the Treene and Rheide rivers, and it was built, extended and rebuilt from about the eighth century by Danish kings. It protected the southern border of the Danes against the Franks and later the Saxons, and its earthen banks, once topped by timber palisades, ran for some thirty kilometres. UNESCO listed it together with the Viking trading town of Hedeby in 2018.

   Read the complete North Wall Areas 1 to 2 write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   North Wall Areas 1 to 2 is where the day begins. Next is National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.

2. 2. National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen

   Here the Wadden Sea comes right up against the dyke. This is the coast of the Wurster Nordseeküste, between the Weser and Elbe estuaries, a country of low sea walls, drained farmland and wide skies, and the mudflats outside the dyke are part of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. Together with the Dutch and Danish parts of the Wadden Sea, the area is a UNESCO World Heritage site, valued above all for the sheer scale of the tidal flats and the millions of birds that pass through on migration. When the tide goes out, it goes a very long way.

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   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   203 km in you reach National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen. Next is back through National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.

3. 3. Back to North Wall Areas 1 to 2

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete North Wall Areas 1 to 2 write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   back through National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei, late in the day. Next is North Wall Areas 1 to 2.

4. 4. North Wall Areas 1 to 2

   Return visit. Read the place description above.

   Read the complete North Wall Areas 1 to 2 write-up.

   Recorded stop-planning note

   May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

   Planning note

   Back at North Wall Areas 1 to 2. That is the ride.