Neuharlingersiel

Neuharlingersiel is the gateway to Spiekeroog and ranks among the prettiest cutter harbours in East Frisia. The historic harbour with its painterly mooring of colourful cutters looks like a picture book — and that's why Neuharlingersiel has become both film location and postcard motif. Compact: a harbour market with shrimp sold straight from the cutter, the traditional fishing-village core, the Sielhafen Museum, the sea-bath beach. Family-friendly. Get there: car (parking at the harbour), bus 71/171 from Esens. 2.5 hours from Hamburg.