Keitum, Sylt · Sylt Island · Germany

Keitum

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easy

10/10

best: summer, morning

charming, timeless, breezy

A local would say...

Some garden gates in Keitum are made from whalebones — this is what centuries of North Sea whaling looks like when a village keeps its history.

Sylt island's prettiest village, with historic reed-thatched houses bedecked with ivy, lush gardens of colourful blooms, stone walls, and garden gates made from curving whalebones. Once Sylt's most important harbour, Keitum's late-Romanesque sailors' church of St Severin dates from the Middle Ages and is known for its Gothic altar and heritage-listed gravestones.