View of the city over the Husum inland port

Husum is the principal city on the North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein. The combination of city life, nature and typical North Frisian tradition makes Husum a very special travel destination on the North Sea. The region is popular with locals and migratory birds.

Understand

Husum is the birthplace of Theodor Storm, North Frisia's "national poet" whose most famous work "The Rider on the White Horse" ("Der Schimmelreiter" in the German original) deals with the tragic story of a storm flood. The town indeed has its history with storm floods; Husum was flooded in a desastrous flooding in 1362, which resulted in the construction of the Husum port. Before this flooding, Husum had not been situated directly at the coast. During the 19th century Husum changed hands from Denmark to Prussia and ultimately the newly formed German Empire, which however changed little about the ethnic makeup of the town. The Prussian authorities forbade the open display of the Danish flag ("Dannebrog") which led some local Danes to breed the "Husumer Protestschwein" ("Husum protest pig") whose skin has a pattern similar to the Danish white cross on red ground.

As of 2018, it had a population of 23,000 people.

Get in

By train

• 1 Husum station  

See

Museumsverband Nordfriesland

The following three sites are run by the "Museumsverband Nordfriesland"

• 1 Nordfriesland Museum  
• 2 Schloss vor Husum  
• 3 Ostenfelder Bauernhaus  

Churches

• 4 Marienkirche  
• 5 Kirchlein am Meer  

Other sites

• 6 Weihnachtshaus Husum  
• 7 Asmussen-Woldsen-Denkmal  
• 8 Wasserturm Husum  
• 9 Schifffahrtsmuseum Nordfriesland  

Do

Swimming pools

• 1 Husum Bad, Flensburger Chaussee, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 8997155. Indoor pool. 
• 2 Freibad Schobüll, Nordseestraße 35, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 663510. Open air pool. 

Events

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Eat

• 1 Al Porto, Kleikuhle 7, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 2629. A pizza place. You can call ahead to reserve a table. 
• 2 Ban Thai, Norderstraße 57, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 2823, fax: +49 4841 2823, [email protected]. Thai food 
• 3 Dragseth's Gasthof, Ziegel 11, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 779995, fax: +49 4841 775240, [email protected]. Local food 
• 4 Fischhaus Loof, Kleikuhle 7, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 2034. Fish place with a nice outdoor section. 
• 5 Das Eucken, Süderstraße 2, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 833-0. Inside the vaults of the old Gymnasium. 

Sleep

Camping

• 1 Campingplatz Seeblick, Nordseestr. 39, 25813 Husum OT Schobüll, ☏ +49 4841 3321, fax: +49 4841 5773, [email protected]. 
• 2 Husumer Campingplatz, Dockkoogstraße 17, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 61911, fax: +49 4841 4402, [email protected]. 

Budget

• 3 Jugendherberge Husum (youth hostel), Schobüller Str. 34, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 48 41 27 14, fax: +49 48 41 81 568, [email protected]. 

Mid-range

• 4 Altes Zollamt, Kleikuhle 1-2, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 2033, [email protected]. 
• 5 Gästehaus Winther, Engelsburger Weg 2, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 73608. 

Splurge

• 6 Hotel & SPA Rosenburg, Schleswiger Chaussee 65, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 96050, fax: +49 4841 73893, [email protected]. 
• 7 Hotel Altes Gymnasium, Süderstraße 2-10, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 833-0, fax: +49 4841 833-12, [email protected]. 
• 8 Thomas, Zingel 7-9, 25813 Husum, ☏ +49 4841 66200, fax: +49 4841 6620439, [email protected]. Double from €99 including breakfast. (updated Jun 2019)