In Culture
- Heligoland gave its name to the Heligoland trap, used in bird ringing.
- Anton Bruckner composed a large scale choral work based on text about Heligoland.
- The text of the German National Anthem was written by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben during his vacation on then British-governed Heligoland.
- "Heligoland" is the name of a song by Overseer
- Part of Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens was filmed here. Part of the dark comedy Shadow of the Vampire, which is a fictionalized account of the filming of Nosferatu, was also set on Heligoland.
- The first part of The Holy Mountain, starring Leni Riefenstahl, directed by Arnold Fanck was filmed here.
- Physicist Werner Heisenberg formulates the idea of the Uncertainty Principle on this island in the play Copenhagen (1998) by Michael Frayn.
- The British trip hop band Massive Attack named their 2010 album Heligoland.
- The Berlin-based football club TSV Helgoland takes its name from the island.
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