Tönning Overview

To reach the hunting lodge style Jugendherberge Tönning 1 , Badallee 28, turn left from the train station and follow Badallee for 15min. The building doubles as an environmental center and offers programs on Watt biology. (☎04861 12 80. Breakfast included. €18.10, over 27 €21.10.) Halfway to the hostel, Camping Eiderblick 1 , Strandweg 19, is an enormous complex with a swimming pool and tennis courts nearby, and minigolf on site. (☎04861 15 69. Reception ­8am-­1pm and ­2:30-­8pm. Laundry €3.50. Dry €3.50. Bike Rental €5-7 per day. €3 per adult, €2 per child, €5 per tent. Small singles with shared bath and TV from €20 per night. AmEx/MC/V.) Restaurants near the market are generally less expensive and offer more variety than those along the harbor. Near the train station, Restaurant Nordfriesland 3 , Westerstr. 24, serves fresh local fish within china plate-studded walls. (☎04681 318. Entrees €8-14. Open daily ­8am-­9:30pm. Cash only.) Fischimbiß 2 , am Hafen 33, serves scrumptious fish sandwiches (€1.30-3.50) and plates (€4-10.70). (☎04681 740. Open daily in summer ­9am-­7pm; in winter ­9am-­5pm. Cash only.) For groceries, visit the Edeka, Am Markt 8. (Open M-F ­7:30am-­6pm, Sa ­7:30am-­12:30pm, in summer also Su ­9am-noon.)

NOB regional trains run every hour to St. Peter-Ording (25min., €4.20) and Husum (30min., €5.10). The city center is a 5min. walk directly out the front door of the train station. Across the square near the St. Laurentis church is the tourist office, Am Markt 1. (☎04681 614 20. Open May 15-Sept. 30 M-F ­9am-noon and ­2-5pm, Sa ­10am-noon; Oct.-May 14 M-Th ­9am-noon and ­2-3pm, F ­9am-noon.) Accommodations listings are outside the office door. In the side entrance of the same building, the Stadtbibliothek offers Internet for €1 per 30min. The main National Park Information Center, at Schloßgarten 1, is an administrative center; direct questions about park visits to the Multimar Wattforum or the National Park Hotline. (☎04681 96200; www.wattenmeer-nationalpark.de.)