There are ten Halligen in front of Germany's North Sea coast and the Hallig Hooge is the second largest of them. It belongs to Northern Friesland, a very stormy and rough landscape with rather sparse vegetation and an extremely wide, open and clear perspective to the edge of horizon. I for myself love Northern Friesland and its islands especially for the vastness and breathtaking silence. You can really and literally encounter yourself while wandering through the wind-blown meadows and looking out to the sea ...

I connected the serial's title with Rungholt: it is the name of a legendary, ancient small Friesian town, which is said to be lost in the North Sea's floods by God's will because of its utter corruptness ... - old legends rumour that the bells of Rungholt can be heard yet today before storm tides ... - While my wanderings across and around Hallig Hooge I often thought about this old legend so it seems to me an rather appropriate title ...

This is life in the absolutely closest contact to nature's tides, its howling storms and its deepest ... S i l e n c e . . .