Barely known outside the region, the Halligen are sparsely populated.
Each house here is built on top of man-made mounds calledwarftthat keep the structures safe above the waterline.
Hallig Habel, the smallest Hallig in the German Wadden Sea, is a bird sanctuary.
The island is uninhabited but has a small house that hosts an ornithological observatory during the summertime.
In this photo the island is partially flooded by high tide.
Each island house has its own wagon.Originallythey used to be wind powered, but today they run on diesel.
Raising cattle and tourism are the main livelihoods of the residents of the Halligen.
Many Halligen offerwalks on the tidal flata popular pastime among the Dutch and the Germans.
Out of the ten Halligen, only five are inhabited.
The rest are part of the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer National Park.
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A narrow gauge railway in Nordstrandischmoor island.
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