Scary and impressive at the same time: One of the longest…read morebuiling in the world: The Nazies wanted to create a holiday factory on one of the most beautiful beache on the baltic sea: The famous Kraft durch Freude (force through joy)- Programm was intendet to get more support by ordinary people (remember NSDAP: S for socialistic). So far nobody was able and willing to pay for the distruction of the impressive ugly thing. Good old German Bunker conrete

Must see! Somewhat reminiscent of Santa Monica Peer in L.A.read more

I do not know Stralsund well but I have visited it twice. We went up the church tower to enjoy the…read morewonderful view overlooking the town and right over towards Rügen where we were staying. We did a trip around the harbour - and from below we saw the Rügendamm bridge and the building of the new bridge - it was last year in June when we first came. The town centre was interesting. Lots of lovely shops and little cafes. We went to the Sea Museum and I discovered a Cultural History Museum where I will go next time I am there. We ate Sprotten fish and fish rolls by the harbour and also had a Sanddorn (buckthorn!) ice cream.