If you were looking for a German stand-in for the US science-fiction film 'Dune', you could probably shoot it here: on the Kniepsand off the North Sea island of Amrum. For almost 15 kilometres a beach stretches out here – or rather, a vast sandbank that looks as if someone had simply picked up the Sahara and set it down on the North Sea coast.
Strictly speaking, Kniepsand is not a classic beach. It is an extensive sandbank in the North Sea that nestles directly against the west coast of the Schleswig-Holstein island of Amrum. Geologically it does not belong to the island, but to the eye it is almost indistinguishable, as it merges almost seamlessly into the dune landscape.
