The situation on the island is otherwise quiet: punks celebrate on Sylt with Sternburg castles and rubber unicorns

Sylt, the island of the rich and beautiful - at least normally.

The situation on the island is otherwise quiet: punks celebrate on Sylt with Sternburg castles and rubber unicorns

Sylt, the island of the rich and beautiful - at least normally. Because on this Pentecost weekend, the promenade of the holiday island looks more like a punk festival. Dozens of alternative links have come from all over Germany. The mood is exuberant, the feared chaos has not materialized so far.

On Sylt, visitors and residents are currently presented with a rather unusual picture: in Westerland, where women with designer handbags and men in elegant suits usually stroll, dozens of punks are now sitting, drinking beer, passing around bottles of schnapps and playing flunkyball. The unusual guests for the island, which is notorious for being snobbish, not only have Sternburg boxes, sleeping bags and hammocks with them, but also a large inflatable unicorn with them, as can be seen in pictures on Twitter. There is a party mood. There is no trace of chaos.

Many people used the 9-euro ticket on the Saturday before Pentecost. Places on the Baltic Sea and North Sea were among the favorite destinations, often when the June weather was beautiful. Numerous tourists and day visitors also arrived on Sylt by train. The trains are packed, and the car trains are fully booked, reports a local reporter. Many train passengers are left out and would like to celebrate.

Nevertheless, the situation on the popular holiday island has been calm so far, said a police spokesman. There were no major operations during the night either. The group of 50 to 80 punks, who have been on the island for a few days, was "a little loud" at times, but that was nothing special either.

They probably followed the calls of left-wing groups on the net to board the island with the 9-euro ticket. The people of Sylt are said to have previously expressed concerns that too many cheap tourists would arrive with the cheap ticket. The islanders actually only wanted to draw attention to the fact that the train will reach its capacity limit due to the additional guests, and the trains are likely to be even fuller than usual.

The calls to destroy Sylt, to board Sylt, brought back memories of 1995, when autonomists had called for people to travel there with the then new 15-mark weekend train ticket and spread "chaos". Several dozen rioters were arrested at Westerland train station on a weekend at the end of March 1995, after having rioted on two Deutsche Bahn trains.

The events of that time do not appear to be repeating themselves today. Sylt's Mayor Nikolas Häckel also emphasized that the situation was relaxed. In addition, the Sylt tourists seem to be only a little disturbed by the colorful visitors. "As long as they don't break anything here and just celebrate a little louder, I think it's absolutely fine that they're here," said a smartly dressed senior to "Focus". These young people also had two years of Corona behind them. "And they too have the right to come here by train for nine euros."