Me to. The journey from hamburg to heligoland takes 3 and a half hours that catamaran takes me there no other boat is faster. Than. Already on arrival the holiday mood kicks in. All the passengers initially have the same route. Everybody passes the colorful ups the huts. And walks along but probably not somewhere here is my hotel. Most of the tourists who arrive here go back in the afternoon there are more or less 3000 visitors here every day but i would like to stay over night so i have more time at no stress to discover this small island. A must on heligoland is a visit to the seals. If you like it youre in for the punk festival. And there is another holiday video of the week this time its from australia. My 1st walk takes me into the countryside all the way up to the. Route along the edge of the rock that forms heligoland leads around the island the cliffs. Water as far as the eye can see the mainland is 50 kilometers away. I passed the tall and up this Free Standing rock is the landmark of heligoland everyone hopes that it can withstand the wind and the waves for a long time. And i continue to germanys smallest nature reserve the lumen says the rock of the given months it is the nesting ground of many sea birds but it is named after the guillemots in june these small feather balls take wing amateur photographers wait for them to take their courageous plunge. There are not many places in europe where you can get so close to wildlife. Birdwatching isnt the only thing you can do here over there is the do and off shore island and even smaller than heligoland germanys largest. Lives over there and you can join a guided tour to get really close to those animals. So models of got it figured out by lying on the beach all day basking in the sun cool off now and then with a quick dip in the sea. Life and heligoland is generally tranquil and unhurried. But do not island ranger make sure it stays that way. Combine for more and more guests coming to see helical land and want to benefit from the high seas air but more and more animals are coming as well to do you know rangers are here to make sure we can all live together and get along all right people can ask me questions and enjoy the beach in harmony. Katherina tillys area responsibility is just 7 tenths of a square kilometer the island of doom and a couple of dunes is about all of this. Relating to dino ranges that only found here because this island is called do you know and i mean do you know ranger. Once a week pelican lands visitors have an opportunity to tag along with the ranger and explore do not islands on an organized nature to the. Very end if you find something and think it looks exciting pick it up and take it along well have a look and im sure we can figure out what it is. Somewhat rare and not easy to find the red flint. And mother i have homes in 3 variations but its always some shade of red or not rust colored and not orange you can find it in yellow and several variations of that but the red flint is whats unique to helical and. For most of the visitors here the true stars of the island are the c. E. O. s. Of the birthing season begins around november and almost as soon as a female is given birth shes able to mace again. So be it so 2 weeks later the 1st pulls up back trying to get at her again. As cute and harmless as the seals may look theyre not necessarily cuddly. Feel the gray seal is germanys biggest predator and it can move a 20 Kilometers Per Hour so its not a good idea to get too close to them even if nothings happened so far the possibility is always there i cant read their minds. But you can clearly see the animals. Monitoring the population as one of her routine tasks along with showing visitors around. The sun sand and surf for man and beast alike. Although this island is very small it has an incredibly eventful history and you can learn more about it in the heligoland museum yep im pleased as the boss here he tells me that this island used to be a pirates nest a navy fort and a trading post in the early 18th century it was just as important as the International Port of hamburg is today heligoland was once part of denmark then of Great Britain it was not until 890. 00 that the island became german a fiercely contested piece of ground. When was the most dramatic moment in the history of the island. The most dramatic moment was definitely the end of world war 2 and the great bombardment. Everybody had to be evacuated and then came the big bang in april 947. 00 resulted in the complete destruction of the islands buildings. The British Occupying forces once tried to destroy all the islands military facilities with a 6. 7 killer tons of explosives never again should it be used for military purposes for many years heligoland remained on inhabitable. Country before the 954 the population began returning to the island and tourism immediately started appear again 1st they slept in tents some dinner because there was no place at all to stay here on the island there were no houses or anything so they stayed a little tense and do not stand so whatever they needed to pass through and by little souvenirs people came in droves to see heligoland again. Soon to risk a massive not because of the beautiful nature but to buy duty free liquor and cigarettes. Or how did the island endure this i just imagine 10 or 12000 visitors here on this really small island it was terrible it must be said it was the room between all the people that were just here to pass the shops through here shoulder to shoulder. You might see something nice and one of the shops he didnt stand a chance of getting to it to buy it was just pushed on ahead by the crowds and so you ended up back at the ship and at the sail home again and how come prices are so cheap on heligoland. Thats a privilege we had from our time with britain and its been preserved through all the changes and rules it was taken on in the treaties so weve always hotter judean tax free status here. It still exists but today the tourists come here for the nature almost as it used to be when heligoland became a seaside resort in the early 19th century at 1st people came here for the good air it was the beginning of helical lands tourism. This island is so small you can easily walk around it and it just takes one or 2 hours hello go and its pretty popular with tourists and we will show you why. Heligoland starts getting crowded every day around noon you can almost set your watch by it thats when the excursion ships arrive from the north sea coast and hamburg. Visitors a ferry to learn from the ships in johnny boats known locally as billeted boats in 2018 they were listed with unesco is intangible World Heritage. Its at some of the most fun when the seaside resort was founded here in 1000. In the 7 we didnt have any harbor no breakwaters or piers we had nothing at all just one of the 1st Passenger Ship arrived a year later they had to drop anchor somewhere and our fishermen and pilots went out in our fishing boats and brought the guests for the 1st time ever to land in a brought a boat. Overboard. Eventually the harbor was built and ferrying passengers was no longer necessary. Soon after the ships couldnt be destroyed in malls for visitors still come to shop duty free. They generally have 4 hours before the ship sails again. The tours that time so that the day trippers can go along to the bank or to a brings them some 25 meters deep inside the red cliffs. This is where the heligoland has sought shelter from the bombings. Its the only remainder of a once vast bunker complex running throughout heligoland. Which is the target of the part where no came through all the bombings in an after the war on damaged. The last bombs fell in february 952 so its important to us many hella glanders especially the older ones older lives through it can forbid you leave. The loves to hurt are typical of heligoland. That few people know they were built here in the 1950 s. And sixtys as part of a planned city. Let us 1st of course the cliff was here and the huge bank of english blew up in 1947. That led to the formation of the lines now called the middle. Or and the last the hearts are now essentially a retaining wall for the loose rock. And this time. An architects competition was announced for the reconstruction 951 over a 1000 architects to punch. Their tongues quest to find the optimum use of the limited space well orienting the houses favorably to the sun and when he said every detail was the water down to the paint it was limited to 14 colors. Today heligoland is like an open air museum of the 1950 s. And sixtys building style almost every house is listed as historical. A closer look at heligoland quickly reveals that its full of fascinating stories and with the longest day or even a return visit. I want to do that to. Get on the boat and go around the island it takes 45 minutes. The excursion boats only put out if the waves are no higher than 2 metres. Bank goodness. In the slipstream of the island it is still peaceful. But soon as we clear the tip of the island the rocking star gets all those 2 metre waves. All you need now is a strong stomach and occasion to leave something to hold on to. Nobody get seasick we all have our sea legs. Watch or wind and waifs thats what our weekly v mail is about as well. Our hero you 100 from singapore loves travelling just like me hes been to the other side of the world to australia and heres his homemade video. Almost 1500 people live on the legal land and the sea is part of almost everyones lives most of them have ancestors who were sailors or fishermen maybe even pirates. Sea shanties and sailors songs are part of the cultural heritage. I am here for a rehearsal the hague will end up in shanty choir. Does he think the song you just sank. Is that a regular sailors song or a shanty you know what i mean no that was actually our theme song it has nothing to do with either theyre going to he was in hell under the friesian dialect and it just means they cant think in are great guys no more than that order killers and we are doing that here i shanties in sailor songs whats the difference does he must you know the sailor songs are simply romantic songs they used to sing but the shanties were the work songs for the seamen of an earlier time it was hard work on the ships doctor one of them would call the tune and the jobs and the choir would answer and do the work the lead singer never had to work and its just the same with us was going on with their money and us and form going mobile whose lead singer for the you know today the lead singers of all if he sings the song of hope often we can i sing a sandy leg read your question or we can do that like i said the lead singers or hell sing the beginning and you know we jump in and swing and you can just sing along it was goofing that thing on my so i phone which is like i go mad i. Know im not often moving. Here for. Long so i know i sound barrier. To her own. Way here or. There a lot of. The old. South. Side of. The o. L. There. That was really good to. Those who really want to join the cox you have to meet 3 conditions be a man live on heligoland and be able to see they have strict rules but if they are friendly guys. Every spring the card think you have an important job they open the punk festival. Thought your available and with their shanties 3 days in a row bands from all over europe gather here on the island. Who opens the festival here on heligoland very different gentleman. Comes out of seizure and he is everyones head amenities before and likes to sing them over a beer shanties and punk actually goes together here. The storm battered seagulls face an invasion of. Weekend guests who flock to dino island for the rock n roll which means Something Like booze cruise. To necessities of good weather and better beer 12 kegs have to be put away and nothing changes fast on him to go down and the weather by the time the 1st rays of sun appear on the do you know restaurants terrorist the 2nd grog has disappeared. You know they dont have any guns just guitars beer more beer and a partnership all their own they had a good and is hosted their 1st punk fest. Well in 2003 with mixed feelings as the former mayor recalls. Yes i 1st gave the Decision Makers here in the town hall a little shock when they heard the words punk festival they called to see it happening and doing it with a nature reserve nudists people over 70 years old and then here comes punk rock how could it work no matter how you do it it wouldnt work then a little administrative voice piped up and said well we could give it a try. 150 fans at the 1st one quickly grew to over 1000 the bands even played for free just for the atmosphere the see the applause and what the fans would give. Up now bands come from all over this end of europe for the rock n roll but have they play and Party Till Midnight then the fans will crawl into their tents unless the wind has swept them away in the mean time. The lobster huts by the harbor are a good place for a snack these used to be warehouses for the fishermen today restaurants have moved in. They mainly offer seafood dishes for example. Crab pincers. But the cutlery is strange. And often id like to tell you. The member of the how much ok so. You have to break it a little like this crack it sound done here. I think my colleagues the finnish would love this all globetrotter always tries the local food on his travels all around the world and this time steve has been to cuba and heres his new video. Has been. Is the couple of largest city major ports in meeting commercial center of cuba the city has a population of 2100000 inhabitants and the trucks over a 1000000 service son yearly where he was 1st. With the classic car what youre. Doing exactly that history i was going around going around about and seeing all the spots. Old tunnel the how about every day how it was declared a unesco World Heritage site in 1982. Which. I did im going to have something very very simple. Just. Leave me right. You. Know visit to have fun is complete without experiencing life music actually its hard not to as music is happening everywhere throughout the old film. Way. It is like the members of the l a times. Because. They get. Its even ing on helical that i am on the cliff path again the best place to wait for the some sit you can only experience that when you stay here overnight. A day trip is nice but its even better to stay 2 or 3 days on the island that makes a real difference because then you can experience the perfect the celebration so just give it a try bye bye see you next time somewhere else in germany. A defector from mr sherman was caught and arrested. 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