A flock of sheep graze the lush springtime pasture atop the sea dike not far from the island's wide beachfront. The mainstay of the island economy is tourism, but pasture farming is the leading agricultural activity. Föhr is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfrilandes district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Föhr is the second-largest North Sea island of Germany. Nieblum, Insel Foerr, Friesland, Germany