Sankt Peter-Ording Beach & Pile Dwellings
Strand St. Peter-Ording mit Pfahlbauten
A North Sea beach about 12 km long and 1–2 km wide, with more than a dozen stilt-house restaurants and lifeguard stations, which have become the town's symbol.
To protect against storm surges, the beach restaurants, toilets, and lifeguard stations are all built on wooden piles about 7 m high, creating a distinctive ‘stilt-house’ landscape. Restaurants such as Noah's Ark let you eat seafood while watching the sunset. A boardwalk of about 1 km, called the Seebrücke, leads from the Bad district across salt marshes to the beach, with samphire and seabirds along the way. The beach is divided into sections such as Bad, Ording, and Böhl, and some sections allow cars to drive onto the sand to park. In peak season, visitors need a Kurkarte, a health resort tax card. Watch the tide line when the water is coming in.
Opening hours
Open all day (stilt house restaurant approx. 10:00–sunset)
Nearby sights
- Maleens Knoll Dunes
- Wadden Sea Mudflat Hiking
- Dünen-Therme
- Westküstenpark & Robbarium
- Museum der Landschaft Eiderstedt
- Ording Beach (Kitesurfing & Land Sailing)
- Westerheversand Lighthouse
- Eider Barrage