Top Things to See and Do in Rugen Island | Germany Has Islands?
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- Are you planning a trip to Rugen? If so watch this video to see the best things to check out while you are there. In this video we spend a week on Rugen island exploring the best things to see and do. Before moving to Germany we had no idea that Germany had such great sandy beaches. We visited several great beaches, the Prora Sand sculpture exhibit, a former Nazi beach resort, rode on a historic steam train, went to a couple lighthouses and so much more. Thanks for watching!
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Nice place been there too from SA 🇿🇦
We loved it! It was so nice and peaceful.
This brought back some of my child / teenager memories. Been there in summer and autumn for several vacations. In summer mostly swimming, in autumn searching for amber at the beaches. We often rented bikes to take daytrips and discover the island by ourself.
We saw several amber shops. I didn't realize that you can find it on the beaches. Does it mainly wash up on the shores in autumn?
@@trailblazinpeppers I just remember being there in the late autumn... but you may be lucky in early spring as well. The colder water generates more buoyancy which helps in washing up bigger chunks up on the shores. Also the sea is routher, especially after some stormy weather. You will then notice lots of algae and seaweed then being washed up on the sandy beaches. So when you can see such "dirty" plants from the distance, you might want to walk along and look for amber...
Thank you for taking me along the Tour. I haven t been on that Island yet. Twice by Usedom, with my son, along time ago. I lived 20 years in North Amerika ,so coming back to Germany I would go ,,discover ,, the beauty of Germany aswell. So many nice places.... Just Not the time anymore . Enjoy all your trips ❤Gabriele
Thanks for watching! One reason why we like to make videos is to show friends, family, and our viewers places that they may never visit. Germany is full of wonderful sites!
Great video. Germany can always surprise, right? Like every year, I went sailing for 2 weeks ⛵ on Lake Constance with my brother. Best regards
Yes, Germany surprises us constantly! Thanks for watching!
Welcome to my area :D Though I'm closer to Usedom, Rügen is a favorite once the tourists are gone. Hope you had fun!
Thanks for watching. Even though we visited in the middle of June the island was not as busy as I was expecting. I can definitely see ourselves visiting again next summer.
Hi guys. When have you been there ? Once try at beginning of may to see the endless fields of canola plants. Its also the time when the so called Hornhecht comes close to the shores and its a tasty fish fried or smoked. Dont wonder of the green fish bones. Look for local fisherman and buy fresh fish, so tasty. So many things to discover on Rügen and also the nearby mainland area of Fischland Darß.
We visited in mid June and the weather was perfect. We see all the canola fields although we had just missed their prime blooming. We loved seeing the poppies and other flowers. Thanks for watching!
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That is where we go in september and where we made vacation for the last 3 years. 🙂
Sanddorn is very popular there and my favourite drink.
Sadly the more you come south the more it gets rare.
I know every place where you were, even Kloster at Hiddensee.
You missed some nice things to see, the "Baumkronenpfad" , "Jagdschloß Granitz" and the park in Putbus. 🙂
But you made a good decision to visit Rügen. 🙂
Thanks for watching. I had those on my map but we just ran out of time. That gives us a reason to come back!
My grandmother is from Rugen
WE LOVED IT!!!
The best thing of the Baltic coast is that a) the water will always be there 24 h per days (The Baltic is too small to be tidal in contrast to the "real" oceans) and b) because of that only occasionally strong currents may occur (changing winds) that could drag swimmers out into the open water. That makes it fine for families with children. Fact, though, is that most beaches are not sandy but full of pebbles and flintstones and that the water can get very deep there quickly. Seen with a geologist's eyes the Baltic is very young. It was shaped by the last ice-age and when the glaciers melted away the rushing water created valleys that are now the Flensburg-Fjord or the bays at the coast of Schleswig-Holstein. Further east you find those backwaters with shallow basins of brakish water ("Bodden") that are separated from the sea by peninsulas (e.g. Fischland-Darß) . In some places you will find sandcliffs that slowly erode away and have been doing so for the last 15000 years or so. As soon as those cliffs are less steep trees can root there which stabilize the ground and shape the landscape where forests nearly touch the sea and leave only a narrow strip of shoreline.
Wow. Thanks for the insight! That explains a lot. We really enjoyed it!
@@trailblazinpeppers "Thanks" to the limited exchange of water through the narrow sounds and the passage between Norway/Sweden and Jutland (Denmark) and modern agriculture the Baltic suffers from overnutrition or even nutrient pollution. That explains the growth of microscopic algae in summer. Visibility under water is therefore limited to a couple of yards in summer when the water gets warmer. No wonder the only thing you saw was a jellyfish. Otherwise life at the seabed in the Baltic is very interesting because all those pebbles on its ground (which is mainly clay and not sand) offer hiding places for marine life, seaweed and huge algae can root there, there are starfish and all sorts of shells and small crabs (about half the size of your hand). Commercial fishing concentrates mainly on herring in the spring when the swarms come to their spawning areas and cod, called "Dorsch" in German because they are smaller than the Atlantic cod which we call "Kabeljau" instead. And there are mackerel and eel plus small species of sole fish. I presume you could see a lot about that in that sealife museum in Stralsund.
Yeah northern germany is great! I think Germany has more than 50 Islands...but also the mainland has lots of beaches
Looking forward to checking out some new beaches next summer. Where do you recommend?
@@trailblazinpeppers Zingst or Scharbeutz for example... 🙂
How was the place overall ? Was it crowded as any beach in Italy or Spain? Were there too many families or oldies there? How diff is it comapred to beaches in Italy or Spain?
So it was not very crowded at all. There were a couple times where we were the only ones on our section of the beach. There are some beaches that are all sand and some that are rocks so you have to research and look at pictures of the specific beach before going. There were more people practicing nudism than other beaches we have been to in italy, Spain or Croatia. We loved our visit and it was a very relaxing area.
@@trailblazinpeppers Thank you. Nudism is no issue since I live in Germany and here it is normal, we have shared saunas, steam and jacuzzi and FKK beaches too
The main difference to beaches in Italy or Spain is tbe cold or at least cool water...
About crowds: you can find crowded beaches during the German summer holidays, especially around Binz or Sellin. But the Lang white beaches in the northern part of the island will always have a place for you.
In other times it is nlt too crowded, except some highlights like the cliffs around the Königstuhl.
Very unterrated is the time around October, when the forests show their colors and the the bird's migration is still ongoing.
During the holidays you can find a lot of families, in other times you have older people, younger couples without children an so on - but you will never find crowds of people, who only want to drink and making party all night long. Rügen definitely is not a destination for party tourists
What´s so unusual about Germany having beaches 🤣. We´re partially situated on two seas actually.
Before we moved to Germany we just thought it was beautiful mountains and fields. We we’re definitely wrong.