Even in Kühlungsborn, the "green town on the sea”, you can feel the naturally mild, stimulating climate that makes a stay in the original, partly rough landscape of the Baltic Sea coast so relaxing.

By the way, the basket maker Wilhelm Bartelmann, who came from Kühlungsborn, is said to have invented the beach chair because a single guest in Warnemünde wanted to have something like it.

Further to the west is the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula – an almost untouched piece of nature that is still considered to be an insider tip. Before swimming and spa guests discovered the Baltic Sea coast for themselves, it was mainly artists that found a bubbling spring of inspiration in the tranquility here.

Between the island and the mainland is the national park “Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft”, a wild and romantic refuge for rare animals and plants. Tens of thousands of cranes stop here in the autumn.

Towards the sunrise, on the other side of the Hanseatic town of Stralsund on the mainland is Rügen, known for its chalk cliffs, which is not only considered to be the largest, but also the most varied German island.

There, along enchanted alleys, called the green tunnel, you can reach the traditional seaside resorts of Binz, Sellin, and Göhren where the Wilheminian resort architecture brought forth its most beautiful blossoms. 

Finally, in the extreme east is the sunniest region of Germany: the Pomeranian island of Usedom. As a result of the “Bäderbahn” (the resort train), Usedom became the “bathtub of Berlin” in 1876.

Here as well, you can find clear, salty seawater, wonderful white sand beaches, and with a little luck, perhaps even a piece of the gold of the sea – amber.