Wangerooge

Wangerooge is one of the East Frisian Islands, in the Northwest part of Lower Saxony in Germany. Wangerooge is a small island with a charming village, dune landscapes and a long sandy beach.

Understand

Wangerooge Island

Tourist information

• Wangerooge tourism website (in German)

Get in

By car

Since Wangerooge is a car-free island, day visitors and overnight guests arriving by car must leave their vehicles on the mainland.

By plane

• 1 Wangerooge Airfield (AGE  ^IATA). Wangerooge Airfield is served through FLN Frisia Luftverkehr to Wangerland. (updated Jun 2025)

See

• 1 Island Museum Old Lighthouse (Inselmuseum Alter Leuchtturm), Zedeliusstraße 3, 26486 Wangerooge, ☏ +49 4469 8324.

  

  Alter Leuchtturm

  (updated May 2025)
• 2 Dünen-Spielplatz, Elisabeth-Anna-Straße, 26486 Wangerooge, ☏ +49 4469 990. (updated May 2025)
• 3 Nationalpark-haus Wangerooge, Friedrich-August-Straße 18, 26486 Wangerooge, ☏ +49 4469 8397. (updated May 2025)

Do

• 1 Wangerooger Inselbahn (Wangerooge Island Railway), Wangerooge. This is the only narrow gauge railway operated today by Deutsche Bahn. The metre-gauge line is 6 km (3.7 mi) long and uses small diesel locomotives to haul trains at a speed not exceeding 20 km/h (12 mph). (updated Aug 2019)

Eat

• 1 Restaurant Krüsch, Ob. Strandpromenade 27, 26486 Wangerooge, ☏ +49 4469 9463590. (updated May 2025)

Sleep

• 1 Strandhotel Gerken, 21 Strandpromenade, Zedeliusstraße 47, ☏ +49 4469 8760. (updated May 2025)
• 2 Haus Strandburg, Friedrich-August-Straße 9, 26486 Wangerooge, ☏ +49 4469 281. (updated May 2025)