2023-08-10 11:24:29
Borkum: Sea climate with magnificent dunes
Quiet, seals, bike paths: The East Frisian island of Borkum is a casual alternative for city dwellers who are addicted to the sea. It is right on the Dutch border, 30 kilometers off the coast. “We have a sea climate!” beams the lady from the tourist office and explains: “The air is allergen-free, the salt is good for the nose, lungs and skin.”
Of course, vacationers come for a different reason: They are magically attracted by the 26-kilometer-long and up to 500-meter-wide beach – a fine sandy gem. If the hustle and bustle of Borkum town is too much for you, you can hike or cycle over 130 kilometers of marked paths, through meadows and magnificent dunes along the north side of the island. There you can walk barefoot through the sand for hours, look for shells and lie in the sun between the dunes.
Additional Information: borkum.de
Wangerland: coastal break on the North Sea
North Sea without hustle and bustle: This is East Friesland. The mainland behind the East Frisian Islands may not be as famous as the islands in front of it. But it is easily accessible and very child-friendly. You can see lush meadows as far as the horizon, black and white cows, and you live in brick houses with cozy holiday apartments.
To get to the sea, you climb over the dike where sheep are grazing
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And there is also a beach at the Cape of Good Recreation, as the Frisians themselves call the bend in the coast called Wangerland. To get to the sea, you only climb briefly over the dyke, on which the picturesque sheep graze, since this year there is no longer an entrance fee to the beach.
But where is the water? At low tide it retreats for kilometers and offers a clear view of the Wadden Sea National Park. But don’t worry: it will come back reliably when the tide comes in. And the fine white sand with the colorful beach chairs always stays there anyway.
Additional Information: ostfriesland.travel
Pellworm: Green beaches and a lighthouse
Sand? There isn’t one on Pellworm. But the North Frisian marsh island south of Amrum and Föhr has several “green beaches” with beach chairs on lush meadows. Pellworm lies like a giant green plate in the North Sea, surrounded by an eight meter high and 28 kilometer long dyke. There are twice as many sheep as people.
Apart from the lighthouse, there are not many sights on Pellworm – but the island is still worth seeing
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At high tide you climb small steps into the water, at low tide you can explore the Wadden Sea. Or you cycle across the island. However, the sights are quickly ticked off: a couple of shrimp cutters in the harbor of Tammensiel, the old church from the 11th century and the 38 meter high lighthouse built in 1906.
More tips for holidays at the North Sea:
At high tide it is worth going to the seal sandbanks, where you can watch the animals sunbathing. Even in midsummer there is wonderfully little going on. And that’s exactly what the regulars love so much.
Additional Information: pellworm.de
Weißenhäuser Strand: holiday park with a glass roof
The weather can really affect a holiday on the Baltic Sea, but it’s simply locked out at the Weißenhäuser Strand holiday center. The promenade and coffee house zone between the wave pool and the restaurant wing is called the “Dune Gallery”, where the palm trees grow and thrive even in an icy climate. Even when the rain is drumming down on the glass roof, you can stroll comfortably from the jazz brunch to the 157-metre water slide and the “subtropical bathing paradise” with whitewater canal and bathing grotto.
A kilometer-long beach awaits you not far from the holiday park
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With so much artificial sun, you could almost forget that a kilometer-long sandy beach and the new water park are waiting outside. The low-rise holiday home complex disappears behind gently rolling dunes, on which purple, white and yellow carefully tended beach flowers bloom. It’s nice that guests would rather walk 500 meters to the beach than build the honeycomb directly on the water.
Additional Information: weissenhaeuserstrand.de
Dahme: Vacation like in grandma’s time
Where did grandpa and grandma go for their summer vacation? Right: to Dahme on the Baltic Sea. It’s good that there are still places that have retained this simple charm. Of course, today you have the modern exercise pool, tennis, kite and sailing school. But in principle, Dahme has remained the family pool of yesteryear.
Dahme has retained its original charm to this day
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Building sandcastles is still tolerated here; and if the parents want to be alone, a guest kindergarten takes care of the little ones. The grown-ups, meanwhile, stroll along the lakeside promenade with its pretty thatched-roof cafes and shops (even the outhouses have them), march out onto the jetty, or wander south to the cliffs and lighthouse, where you can even get married.
Additional Information: dahme.com
Boltenhagen: Green belt behind the beach
Germany can be so romantic: It is only 30 kilometers from Lübeck to Boltenhagen. The road leads through small villages with lovingly restored facades to the villa settlement in the forest. There, the wild cliffs give way to a bathtub-flat, four-kilometer-long fine sandy beach. Even small children can splash around there without danger, because even after a hundred meters the water is barely up to your stomach.
A 290 meter long pier leads from Boltenhagen to the Baltic Sea
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And then it goes far out to sea: the 290 meter long pier is the main attraction of the unpretentious family pool. Blessed is he who has his bike with him on this holiday. Because the typical Mecklenburg green belt between the beach and town is particularly wide here, on the two promenades it’s like cycling through a tunnel made of leaves.
More tips for holidays on the Baltic Sea:
To the east of the local beach, the coastline curves towards the Tarnewitz nature reserve. Where the National People’s Army had stationed a border brigade in GDR times, the holiday resort “Weiße Wiek” shines today – including childcare, marina and wellness facility like on the Mediterranean.
Additional Information: boltenhagen.de
Kuehlungsborn: Baederbahn and lake promenade
Tuut – the spa steam locomotive Molli, coming from Bad Doberan, rolls into the station in Kühlungsborn. Mecklenburg’s largest seaside resort has also made a name for itself in terms of tourism. Here you will find the most extensive activity program and the densest pub scene on the coast. Perfectly renovated houses in the style of spa architecture between modern apartment complexes with lots of greenery characterize the townscape.
The steam-powered narrow-gauge railway “Molli” connects the towns of Kuehlungsborn and Bad Doberan over a distance of 15.43 kilometers
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At almost four kilometers, the beach promenade is one of the longest in Germany. Near the marina, the pier leads 240 meters out to sea. There the motor ship “Baltica” docks and lures you to trips in the direction of Warnemünde or Rerik.
The fact that Kühlungsborn grew together from three places is not only evident from the long distances: there are three of everything, even the dog bathing beaches. Next door shines the “White City by the Sea”, today’s luxury hotel “Heiligendamm”. However, the magnificent building is more impressive than the narrow pebble beach in front of it.
Additional Information: kuehlungsborn.de
Ahrenshoop: Beautiful artist colony
coast or island? Fischland is the name of the narrow strip of sand between the Bodden and the open sea in the transition from Mecklenburg to Western Pomerania. Every winter, nature reclaims a piece of land. At the narrowest point, the ridge of the Fischland, so to speak, a village crouches between the dunes: Ahrenshoop.
Ahrenshoop attracted artists from all over Germany more than a hundred years ago
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With its wonderfully preserved thatched roof cottages, fine sand and dunes, the picture-perfect village attracted artists from all over Germany more than a hundred years ago. Bert Brecht and Anna Seghers were sitting here in a beach chair. Culture is still the trump card: the art museum Ahrenshoop brings together many works created on site, numerous studios and galleries deepen the inspiration and the special flair of the Baltic Sea resort.
The bright blue painted “Art Cottage” provides information about the varied programme. In the direction of Prerow, the Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park with the unique Darßwald begins right behind the town sign.
Additional Information: ostseebad-ahrenshoop.de
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