Wangerooge is one of the 32 Frisian Islands in the North Sea located close to the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark.

It is the easternmost and smallest of the inhabited islands in this group (according to some other measurements, Baltrum is the smallest) and the only one that belonged to the historical Grand Duchy and Free State of Oldenburg between 1815 and 1947, whereas Borkum, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog and Spiekeroog always belonged to the county of Ostfriesland.

The island's slogan, visible on a sign at the harbor, emphasizes this: "God created time, but he never mentioned haste."

During a bombing mission on Hamburg on New Year's Eve, 1944, a B-17 squadron was attacked by German fighter planes on its homeward flight.

One of the pilots managed to take control of the two aircraft and steer them back towards the German coast for an emergency landing.

At the time, the two entangled aircraft were described as resembling breeding dragonflies as the ball turrets of each plane were caught in the chassis of the other.

In the east, this beach merges into a 500 meter wide and 3 kilometer long field with sand deposits.

The National Park House, located there, serves as a local information and education center on nature conservation.

The island features several youth, children’s, and rural school homes, as well as mother-and-child spa facilities.

[7] Wangerooge is free of cars and motor vehicles, with exceptions for emergency vehicles operated by the volunteer fire department, the rescue service, and the German Society for the Rescue of Shipwrecked Persons (Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffsbrüchiger), as well as construction machinery.

Tourists arriving at the island's railway station often transport their luggage to their accommodations using handcarts provided by the landlords.

Ferry transport operated by DB Fernverkehr departs from the western pier in the southwest of the island.

The pier, known locally as "Kanonenbrücke" (Cannon Bridge), was built in 1912 for military purposes to transport heavy artillery.

Wangerooge's mainland harbor is Harlesiel, near Carolinensiel, which handles the majority of passenger and freight traffic to the island.

Additionally, a tide-dependent marina in the island's center, south of the Saline area, was in operation until the late 1990s.

The airfield is served hourly by planes from FLN Frisia-Luftverkehr, which operate from the nearby Flugplatz Harle, just five flight minutes away.

It regularly transports passengers and freight arriving via the ferry connection from Harlesiel over a three-kilometer route from the west pier (Westanleger) to the centrally located village railway station.

Due to the tide-dependent ferry schedules, the island railway's timetable also varies daily.