How the sky is torn open here, silently and splitting like silk, as the birds cut through it in the Rantumer Basin nature reserve: this can only be found here. Fritz J. Raddatz has fallen in love with this place: My Sylt is the passionate declaration of love from the restless instigator to his island, which is a constantly renewing wonder to him - as theatrical and intoxicating as it is lonely, enchanted, and toxic. Fritz J. Raddatz's Sylt begins just a five-minute walk from Kampen's Whisky Mile. Far away from the luxury hustle and bustle, he strolls through the dunes, reminiscing about encounters with Rudolf Augstein, Hubert Fichte, or bartender Karlchen, and guides with spirit and elegance through the history of his island, which has captivated him with its blend of southern splendor and northern stubbornness. "On this shocking sea, I have lived deeply." Thomas Mann.