Fehmarn

German Baltic island in Schleswig-Holstein, on the Fehmarn Belt.

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The Insane Scale of Europe’s New Mega-TunnelThe B1MsettingThe video opens on the quiet German holiday island of Fehmarn, which gives the Belt its name.

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The Insane Scale of Europe’s New Mega-Tunnel — The B1M (2025)

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the quiet German island of Fehmarn

  • Role: setting
  • In the video: The video opens on the quiet German holiday island of Fehmarn, which gives the Belt its name. Campaigners on the German side oppose the tunnel for its effects on tourism and ecology.
  • Why it matters: The island is the German side of the story: the opposition and the holiday-island character the tunnel threatens.