Tag: Wadden
The Marker Wadden: a natural paradise for fish and birds or a depot with dirty junk?
Almost without exception, visitors to the Marker Wadden say: Beautiful! The concept is called ‘Building with nature’: the construction of these natural islands with silt, sand and clay from the…
Tara (12) died in a fatal sailing accident on the Wadden Sea. ‘This is horrible and you will never forget’
The ‘vibrant’ 12-year-old Tara, 2 vwo student from Dalton The Hague, died in the fatal sailing accident on Wednesday in the Wadden Sea. Rector Katrien van de Gevel announced this…
First experimental cargo flight with drone over Wadden Sea now successful
It was canceled at the last minute two weeks ago, but now a drone was able to take off for the first experimental transport flight to Texel. “It went very…
Norway under the spell of lazing walrus Freya (who swam in the Wadden Sea last year): ‘She sinks boats’
Walrus Freya became famous when she chose a submarine of the Dutch Royal Navy to sunbathe in October. The Navy was a big fan of the new mascot. Freya’s new…
Open letter from mayors of Schiermonnikoog and Borkum: ‘Don’t start new gas extraction above the Wadden Sea’ | opinion
Gas extraction north of the Wadden Islands is permitted, but must not continue, argue the mayors Ineke van Gent of Schiermonnikoog and Jürgen Akkermann of the German Borkum. North of…
Drilling for gas above Wadden one step closer thanks to cabinet permit | NOW
State Secretary Hans Vijlbrief (Economic Affairs and Climate) has issued a permit to drill for gas above the Wadden Islands. That made the Ministry announced on Wednesday. This is a…
From heavy fare to nouveau hip: food on the Wadden
The Wadden coast that winds in an S-shape from Texel to Fanø has many similarities, also from a culinary point of view. But farmers and fishermen have virtually disappeared on…
Wadden Fund distributes more than 2 million euros among four projects in Groningen
Country house Oosterhouw in Leens. Photo: Shipowners The Wadden Fund announced on Tuesday that it would allocate more than 2 million euros to four major projects in the province of…
Ed has a grip again and encounters ‘shipwreck’ in the Wadden Sea: “It looks like a graveyard there”
a real mammoth teeth, numerous explosives: the finds are piling up for Ed Mallekoote. The ‘sleuth’ from Den Helder thinks he has won a lot of money again after he…
More and more litter in the Wadden Sea, possibly due to an increase in tourism
The amount of litter in the Wadden Sea has increased since 2018. This mainly concerns plastic, paraffin and ceramics, Rijkswaterstaat and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality reported…