Timmendorfer Strand on the Baltic Sea

22 October 2014 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Ice sailing on Lake Hemmelsdorf © Jan Kuchenbecker/cc-by-sa-3.0-de

Ice sailing on Lake Hemmelsdorf © Jan Kuchenbecker/cc-by-sa-3.0-de

Timmendorfer Strand (Timmendorf Beach) is a fashionable seaside resort in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck (Baltic Sea), approximately 10 km north of Travemünde, 15 km northeast of Lübeck, and 20 km southeast of Eutin.   read more…

The Holstein Switzerland

16 March 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Eutin Castle © Oliver Raupach

Eutin Castle © Oliver Raupach

Holstein Switzerland (German: Holsteinische Schweiz) is a hilly area with a patchwork of lakes and forest in Schleswig Holstein, Germany, reminiscent of Swiss landscape. Its highest point is the Bungsberg (168 metres above sea level). It is a designated nature park as well as an important tourist destination in Northern Germany situated between the cities of Kiel and Lübeck.   read more…

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