Comparison of Wadden islands

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By Tarah, Reva en Iris

Comparison of Wadden islands

We have the islands: Ameland (the Netherlands), Borkum (Germany), Fanom (Denmark)

Have you been to any of these islands?

What do you know about the islands?

Comparison 

- Land area

- Population

- Land use

- Accessiblity

Land area;

Ameland: 286,5 km

Borkum: 30.74 km

Fano: 55.8 km

Population

Ameland: 3673 people

Borkum: 5198 people

Fano: 3207 people

Land use:

Ameland: 34% Agricultural area, 55% forest and nature, 5% recreation, 3% buildings, 2% traffic, 1% other land

Land use

Borkum: 10% Agricultural area, 59% Forest and nature, 9% buildings, 6% traffic, 15% other 1% water

Land use

Fano: 10% agricultural area, 61% Forest and nature, 15% buildings, 14% other land

Accessiblilty

Ameland; by a wagon boat

Borkum; Boat, train

Fano; ferry

Which island has the most land area?

1. Ameland
2. Borkum
3. Fano

Which island has the highest population?

1. Ameland
2. Borkum
3. Fano

What is simular between Borkum and Fano

1. The population
2. The "Bos en natuur"
3. The language
4. The "agrarisch gebied"

Compare tourism

-Which island is the most suitable for tourists?

-Which attraction and events are there on your islands? And which opportunities for water sports and mudflat hiking

- Which tourist activities are also on the islands?

- Which islands look the most fun to go as a tourist

Which island is the most suitable for tourists?

Ameland, because it has more space for tourists and because it has a lot of agricultural areas. 

Which attraction and events are there?

With the long coastlines you can walk far. You can also go sailing, surfing, sport fishing, canoeing, mudflat walking, sailing with a motorboat or dry out with a flat-bottomed boat. Fanø has a marina, Borkum also has a marina and a diving club and Ameland has a surf town and a marina. 

Which tourist activities are also on the islands?

Popular Sights Churches & Cathedrals Sacred & Religious Sites Architectural Buildings Historic Sites Nearby Fano Tours. In Ameland you can go to the popular lighthouse and climb it, you can spot seals and also in Borkum you can climb the new lighthouse, swim in the Gezeitenland or cycle on Borkum. 

Which islands look the most fun to go as a tourist

Borkum looks to us the most fun to visit because you have a diving club there and a beautiful new lighthouse.  

Which island do you like to go?

The typicial tourist

-How many day trippers and how many overnight tourists come per year?

- which activities can be undertaken are specific to the Wadden Sea

How many day trippers and how many overnight tourists come per year?

- Ameland 1,300,000 passengers

- which activities can be undertaken are specific to the Wadden Sea

- Mud flat walking, ocean race

Questions?

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