Sylt has long been a playground for Germany’s rich and famous, and is called the "German Hamptons" for good reason. Pronounced "Zoolt," Sylt is a surreally beautiful, 25-mile long island on Germany’s North Sea coast, that has one of the longest unbroken stretches of immaculate sandy beach in all of Europe. Sylt is famous for its invigorating sea air and sense of space. This summer enjoy magnificent vistas of the sparkling sea, huge sand dunes and endless fields of bright-yellow flowering rape!
Facts
Population: |
21,000 |
Currency: |
Euro (EUR) €1 = 100 cents |
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Emergency numbers: |
Police 110 Ambulance and fire brigade 112 |
Newspapers: |
Sylter Rundschau is Sylt’s daily newspaper. There are two weekly papers listing what’s going on Sylt. Sylter Spiegel and Sylt Life are published every Wednesday. |
Opening hours: |
Most shops are open 9am-6pm Monday to Friday, and 9am-4pm on Saturday (In the Summer months on Sundays from 12am–6pm). Banks are open 8.30am-4pm. |
Tourist information: |
Strandstraße 35 25980 Sylt / Westerland Tel.: +49 4651 99 80 |
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