The Wadden Sea

Group of seals a with high population density in the Danish Wadden Sea . Photo: Svend Tougaard
The Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer in German, Waddenzee in Dutch, Waadsee in Frisian, Wattensee in Low Saxon, Vadehavet in Danish) is the name of a body of water and its associated coastal wetlands lying between a section of the coast of north-western Europe and the North Sea.