Family hike to the Sylt Legendary Forest

3,56 km long
Flatly
Difficulty: easy
Condition: very light
Hike
theme trail
  • 0: 50 pm
  • 3,56 km
  • 9 m
  • 9 m
  • 16 m
  • 25 m
  • 9 m
  • Start: Parking lot at Wenningstedt village pond
  • Destination: Parking lot at Wenningstedt village pond
Every family member will enjoy this walk through Sylt's world of legends. The Sylt Legend Forest in Wenningstedt & Kampen invites you to play and learn.

Have you heard of the brave Sylt women with their porridge pots? Or of Ekke Nekkepenn and Inge von Rantum? Do you know why young women stay away from the Keitum church tower? The corresponding stories are playfully answered in the Sylt Forest of Legends. What's special about it: there's something for every age group. The youngest ones gain their first playground experiences, while older siblings can read the legends aloud. The lovingly designed wooden play equipment for each legend stimulates the imagination and blends perfectly into the forest environment. The path offers enough space for strollers and balance bikes. On this tour, you'll discover that Wenningstedt-Braderup is not without reason considered the island's "family haven." In addition to a walk-in megalithic tomb, two other playgrounds await exploration. The ducks at the village pond are just as much a highlight for children as the model builders who make their rounds on the village pond with their boats on Sundays.

waypoints

Start
Parking at the Wenningstedt village pond
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Klabautermann Carousel
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Good to know

Path surfaces

Street
Asphalt
gravel
Way
Path

Best Season

suitable
depending on the weather

Directions

We start at the village pond parking lot and initially follow the Green Path, then turn left and walk a short distance along Osetal Road. After a right-hand bend, we see the signs for the Sylt Legend Forest. We follow these signs along the gravel path until we reach the forest entrance and the Sylt Legend Forest entrance sign. Now we follow the only path through the forest. After the last Wenningstedt station (the Sylt Puken), we continue into the Kampen section of the Sylt Legend Forest. There, we keep left and do a loop before leaving the forest. With a view of the Kampen lighthouse, we walk to the next intersection. There, we turn right again and begin our return journey. Arriving at the road "Bi Kiar," we keep right and see the village pond again. We end our walk with a stroll around it.

Tour features

  • Accessibility

  • Family Friendly

  • Suitable for prams

  • Culturally interesting

  • Flatly

  • Mostly shady

Equipment

During or after rain, the forest can get a bit muddy. Rubber boots and mud pants are a good choice!

Arrival & Parking

Coming from the L24 or the roundabout, turn right onto Kampener Weg shortly after entering the town. At the end of the street, turn left onto "Bi Kiar" Street.
You'll find ample parking along the Bi Kiar road. Alternatively, there's a public parking lot at the Wenningstedt campsite.
Take bus line 1 or 3 to the "Hauptstr. Friesenhof" bus stop, which is 10 minutes away from the start of the hike.

author

Ms. Lynn Scotti

Organization

Sylt Marketing GmbH

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Our tip

For a short halftime break, you can get an ice cream at the reception of the Kampen campsite. Afterwards, you can enjoy it on the benches of the adjacent playground on Möwenweg.

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