Nessmersiel Beach, Germany Live Cam

Wicker beach chairs stand in rows on the sand at Nessmersiel, on the East Frisian coast of Lower Saxony. The camera turns along the beach and out over the flats of the Wadden Sea.

Twice a day the sea withdraws for kilometres here and leaves mud and sand behind. Guided walks cross the flats from this shore towards Baltrum, the island lying offshore, and the whole belt has been a UNESCO site since 2009.

The beach is about 350 metres long and includes a stretch where dogs are allowed. Nessmersiel is also the ferry harbour for Baltrum, and its sailings follow the tide rather than a clock, so the timetable shifts by roughly an hour a day.