Varel

Varel is a small town in East Frisia, near the Jade River, and south of Wilhelmshaven and Oldenburg. There is a well-known church dating back to 1144, although nowadays the town had a population of 24,000 in 2020, and the church is Lutheran.

Understand
Varel is known mainly due to its seaside resort Dangast, which is part of the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park at the shore of a tidal flat bay Jadebusen (Jade bay).

Get in
Just of the A29 between Oldenburg and Wilhelmshaven.

NordWest Bahn connects Bahnhof Varel with trains from Oldenburg, Wilhelnshaven and Bremen

Go next

 * Leer
 * Bremerhaven