The photogenic centre of this fishing village is a Dutch-style wooden drawbridge. The small harbour is often alive with fishing boats landing – and selling – their catch. There's a good hike through a large park to the ruins of the 12th-century Eldena Abbey and the beach. It's an easy 5km bike ride east of Greifswald's Markt.


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1. Marienkirche

2.75 MILES

The 12th-century red-brick Marienkirche is a square three-nave tower trimmed with turrets. It's easy to see why it's called 'Fat Mary'. Look for the 16th…

2. Pommersches Landesmuseum

2.81 MILES

This outstanding museum links three Franciscan monastery buildings via a 73m-long, glassed-in hall. There’s a major gallery of paintings, including half a…

3. Markt

2.85 MILES

The richly ornamented buildings ringing the Markt hint at Greifswald’s stature in the Middle Ages. The Rathaus, at the western end, started life as some…

4. Dom St Nikolai

3.01 MILES

The 100m onion-domed tower of 14th-century Dom St Nikolai rises above a row of historic facades, giving the cathedral the nickname ‘Long Nicholas’. The…

5. Historisch-Technisches Museum

13.24 MILES

Peenemünde is immodestly billed as ‘the birthplace of space travel’ here. Displays – some in surviving buildings – do a good job of showing how the…

6. Mönchgüter Museen

20.69 MILES

Göhren has a collection of four historic sites, which together make up the Monchgüter Museen, including the historical Heimatsmuseum, the Museumshof farm,…

7. Heilgeistkirche

20.74 MILES

Don't miss the lovely ivy-covered face of this baroque 14th-century church.

8. DDR Miniatur Farhzeug Museum

20.8 MILES

This cute little museum is devoted to miniature versions of all manner of vehicles from the former East Germany, all laid out in a miniature town.