Heide
Heide is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Heide is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) Dithmarschen. Population: 22,000.
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Worth seeing in and around Heide
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Klaus-Groth-Museum
The Klaus-Groth-Museum is a museum in Heide, Germany. It was established in 1914 in the birthplace of the Low German poet Klaus Groth.
400 m · museum in Heide, Germany · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Heider Wasserturm
Constructed in 1903, the water tower is the highest in Schleswig-Holstein with 45,71 m.
- 02Marktplatz
- 03St. Jürgen Kirche, Markt 26 (southwest corner
- 04Brahmshaus
Mon Tue closed, Wed Thu 11ː30-15ː30, Fri 11ː30-13ː30, Sat 13ː30-15ː30.
- 05Museumsinsel Luettenheid
Luettenheid 40, museumsinsel@stadt-heide.de.
- 06Stadtpark
Large park that offers many green areas to enjoy a small picnic and the sun.
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Things to do
- 01Minigolfplatz
Mon-Fri 14ː00-17ː00, Sat Sun 13ː00-17ː00.
- 02Dithmarscher Wasserwelt
Mon closed, Tue Thu Fri 06ː30-21ː00, Wed 15ː00-21ː00, Sat 09ː00-21ː00, Sun 09ː00-19ː00.
- 03Lichtblick Filmtheater
The cinema is located on a famous shopping street in the center of the city.
- 04Stadttheater Heide
It was founded in 1904 and has 3 halls and a lounge with a total of 465 seats.
- 05Heider Marktfrieden
Mediaeval event, which takes place every two years on the market square.
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Where to eat
- 01Marktpirat
American restaurant with pancakes and sandwiches for breakfast.
- 02Alex Kitchen
Restaurant that buys its ingredients sustainably and regionally.
- 03Restaurant Rhodos
Greek restaurant that prepares dishes in the ancient Greek style.
- 04Restaurant Tripoli
Italian restaurant that offers not only pizza and pasta, but also burgers, salads and seasonal extra dishes (such as chili con carne).
- 05West Waffel
Central café, which serves homemade waffles.
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Getting to Heide
- Airports
- Hamburg Helmut Schmidt (HAM), 86 km · Bremen (BRE), 129 km · Odense Hans Christian Andersen (ODE), 163 km
- Stations
- Heide (Holst) station, 600 m
- Hamburg → Heide93 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · €11–15
- Bremen → Heide126 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · €22–30
- Hannover → Heide207 km · quickest by road, 3h 32m · €26–36
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Heide. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Rømø in Denmark, Sylt is a short ferry hop away.
- Get inHeligoland has ferries not only from Schleswig-Holstein but also from Cuxhaven and Hamburg.
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