Sights on Rügen
Explore an island of outstanding beauty and nature – not without reason it´s Germanys most popular island.
The island was comparatively late discovered as a tourist destination. In 1900 still, one could only get on the island by steamships and eventually by dinghy because the flat coast of the Baltic Sea made a landing of the steamships impossible. Passengers had to wade ashore and wet clothes were a certain possibility.
The 1906 construction of the piers in Binz and Sellin allowed tourists to safely step dry foot on the island. This was the kickoff for tourism on the Baltic Sea island, and today more than ever, the two piers magically attract tourists.
Around 1908 coal-fired steamships (in the backgound of the picture) brought tourists as well as material to Sellin and Binz via Stralsund and Thiessow and landed here on the new pier. One of the boats was called “Glückauf” and therefore it was obvious that our hotel founder named the hotel in 1908 after the steamship “Glückauf”. It is now 112 years since the founding and for that reason we can toast together: “Happy Birthday, Glückauf!”
Discover Rügen
For you to enjoy the most important places and sights, we have summed up the most important destinations for you.
Diving gondola at the Sellin pier
The diving gondola transports tourists without any type of previous knowledge or particular health requirements to the bottom of the sea.
The diving gondola Rügen slides down like an elevator.
Destination pier diving gondola
The port of Seedorf
The former fishing village Seedorf shines with an idyllic peace.
The harbor is due to its naturally protected location and the quick accessibility to the Greifswalder Bodden and the Baltic Sea very popular.
Moritburg in Moritzdorf
Moritzdorf belongs to the Baltic resort Sellin and is a jewel amid the biosphere reserve Southeast Rügen in an unusual aesthetic and quiet location. Discover this corner with your bike.
Hiddensee – a very special island
Even until today the island shows itself very unpretentious. Hiddensee neither has a promenade nor a pier, doesn´t have a spa hotel nor a wellness bath. Because Hiddensee is car-free you will only see horse-drawn carriages.
Störtebeker festivals – in Ralswiek
The Störtebecker festivals have always taken place since 1993 from the end of June until the beginning of September (if Corona allows it) at the shore of the “Großen Jasmunder Boddens” on the island Rügen. They are Germany´s most successful open-air-theatres.
City harbor Sassnitz
Fishing boats, sailors and excursion boats arrive and depart at the harbor daily and can be tracked from Rügen´s longest pier until the horizon.
Numerous museums, small restaurants and stores to shop and stroll around invite you.
Rügen´s beaches
This magic is almost unable to evade: The sunsets from the beaches in Sellin /Rügen offer you breathtaking moments almost every evening during summer. It couldn´t be any more romantic or beautiful when you experience this unique natural spectacle in a cozy togetherness. Whenever the sun has slowly sunken into the Baltic Sea, the rush of the world is forgotten. And the feel-good hormones can be let free.
Rasender Roland
A remnant of Rügen´s local narrow-gauge railway. Enjoy the 24,1 km ride in the Rasender Roland between Putbus via Binz, Sellin and Baabe and Göhren.
100-year-old steam locomotives power the nostalgic trip.
More sights you shouldn´t miss:
Kap Arkona
Ozeanum Stralsund
Canopy Pathway Binz
Königsstuhl im Nationalpark Jasmund
Jagdschloss Granitz
Karls Strawberry farm Zirkow
Environmentalism – also on Rügen!
For this place and its sights to stay as beautiful as they are, eco-conscious thinking has priority. Learn more about this here.
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