Islands Without Cars

Germany’s Helgoland Island

Located between 30 and 40 miles off the North German coast, Heligoland is a rocky island in the North Sea and Germany's only non-coastal island. It features vertical cliffs dropping nearly 200 feet into the waters below and is the only such formation in the North Sea. Except for two taxis and a police car, automobiles are verboten.

Germany’s Helgoland Island

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Located between 30 and 40 miles off the North German coast, Heligoland is a rocky island in the North Sea and Germany's only non-coastal island. It features vertical cliffs dropping nearly 200 feet into the waters below and is the only such formation in the North Sea. Except for two taxis and a police car, automobiles are verboten.

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