"Moin Moin in Greetsiel" Greetsiel by tessy

Greetsiel Travel Guide: 43 reviews and 68 photos

Greetsiel - little harbour

Welcome to the little village of Greetsiel. I don't know if you'll find it on a map. It is in the nort west of Germany, in the north of Emden (8 miles). But it's worth a visit.

A seagull

seagull

near the harbour. Greetsiel is a little fisher village. And the harbour is quite in the center of the village, just beside the market square.

Pilsum lighthouse

lighthouse

This lighthouse ist near Greetsiel, but it doesn't work any more. We know it from lots of movies with Otto, a comedian from that region. Have a look at the website, but take care, it is in german!
http://www.leuchttonne.de/leuchtfeuer/pilsum.html

Last visit to Greetsiel: Oct 2002
Intro Updated Jun 18, 2003
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Twin windmills Favorites (2)

The windmills are standing one next to the other. So they are called twin windmills. You see them when entering... more travel advice

Restaurants round the market Restaurants (1)

There are lots of restaurants round the market, most of them with local food like fish. In summer time, they there are... more travel advice

Beautiful houses Favorites (2)

These houses are near the harbour. more travel advice

Tea shop Shopping (1)

As the people in Ostfriesland like tea a lot, there are lots of tea shops there. I like just going in, smelling,... more travel advice

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Trekki May 1, 2006 at 12:43 PM

Genau, sieht schnuckelig aus. Ahh, Teeläden, vermutlich käm ich da nie mehr raus, bei all den Teedüften :-)
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Nemorino Oct 13, 2005 at 2:47 PM

Erzählen die Leute in Greetsiel auch Ostfriesenwitze? Eher nicht, nehme ich an. Sieht aber ganz witzig/putzig aus! Viele Grüße, Don
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scottishvisitor Sep 19, 2005 at 11:24 AM

Lovely seaside village - see you also like seagulls Happy Travels
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richiecdisc Jul 24, 2005 at 4:03 AM

I was like, this does NOT look like Germany and then you said, they were really into drinking tea and then I knew it couldn't be! lol
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globetrott May 5, 2004 at 2:43 PM

Great pics of a really lovely place with mindmills, lovely houses and Otto's lighthouse... - Tessy & Otto - find ich gut !!
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nighthawk Jan 29, 2004 at 12:29 AM

lovely greetsiel page, will look it up to see if we can go visit there once .. tx
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herzog63 Oct 28, 2003 at 2:43 AM

Very nice page!! Greetsiel looks quite lovely!!
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truus_s Oct 17, 2003 at 12:35 PM

Lovely page..looks a great place to visit..Lovely photos van great houses..I like houses in Germany
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chancay Sep 23, 2003 at 1:02 AM

Fantastisch! Eine Greetsielseite, ich trau meinen Augen kaum... sehr schön!!!
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pepples46 Sep 23, 2003 at 12:23 AM

Ostfriesland ist richtig schoen, thanks for a lovely page tessy :)