![](https://images.suitcasemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10141011/10-lesser-visited-places-in-germany-we-cant-wait-to-visit-post-lockdown_653cb8a715b23.jpeg)
Helgoland
Pocked by fisherman’s huts slicked in dazzlingly bright lacquers
of paint and set on an archipelago in the North Sea, this charming
little island feels more Scandinavian than it does Germanic. Once a
colony of the Danes and later the Brits, Helgoland today
dances to the beat of its own drum – islanders have a dialect and
traditional dress all of their own. Come here for delightfully
sparse, sandy beaches and a wealth of biodiversity. Twitchers,
bring your binoculars.