Wadlopen

This is an extreme environmental dispatch. Not only more people live on the canals of Amsterdam but this. Water is clean enough to walk....

Mudflat hiking (wadlopen) is a popular activity in the Netherlands. On the shallow Wadden Sea you can walk from the mainland to the isles of Terschelling (is seldom done - very long way), Ameland, Schiermonnikoog. It requires good planning to use the period of low tide to walk along the watershed of the mudflats. It's a great sensation to see how the sea "opens before your eyes" and makes a path to the islands. Compared to seakayaking it's very basic - forget your kayak gear and just walk to Ameland...

From Hans Heupink. See the happy people walking in endless shallow.