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FEATURE (Category: Europe | Germany | autumn | winter | water | coasts | islands | scenic drives)
Germany: Coast and Islands of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with its islands Rügen, Hiddensee, Usedom and Fischland-Darss-Zingst, has become the favourite sea destination of the Germans. Safely kept away behind the Iron Curtain from the thoughtless commercial exploitation of the sixties and seventies, it could develop a more sustained and friendly tourism since 1989. The coast and the region beyond have kept their old charms.
Germany: Coast and Islands of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
The coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with its islands Rügen, Hiddensee, Usedom and Fischland-Darss-Zingst, has become the favourite sea destination of the Germans. Safely kept away behind the Iron Curtain from the thoughtless commercial exploitation of the sixties and seventies, it could develop a more sustained and friendly tourism since 1989. The coast and the region beyond have kept their old charms.
This selection of images is not yet complete. We just started uploading and will add others with time. On this moment only winter/early spring pictures of hanseatic town Stralsund and the nearby islands Rügen and Hiddensee are shown.
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Limestone cliffs of Jasmund national park, Rügen.
The famous limestone cliffs of Jasmund national park on the island of Rügen, seen in the pinkish winter light of sunset. The picture is taken from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt viewpoint, called after an artist from the romantic period, who is known for his painting of this spot. Rügen was a favourite destination of German Romantics in those days. Photo Paul Smit.](/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.MECKLENBURG 9448]
Limestone cliffs of Jasmund national park, Rügen.
The famous limestone cliffs of Jasmund national park on the island of Rügen, seen in the pinkish winter light of sunset. The picture is taken from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt viewpoint, called after an artist from the romantic period, who is known for his painting of this spot. Rügen was a favourite destination of German Romantics in those days. Photo Paul Smit.")
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Nikolaikirche, Stralsund.
You think this church interior is too colourful to be true? Wrong. This is a honest restoration dating 1991 of the medieval frescoes (found at the end of the 19th century behind layers of plaster) in the gothic Nikolaikirche of Stralsund. In those days churches weren't dark and brown. The gothic style was an invention to bring light into churches. And people just loved colour. The church construction started 1270 and ended 1360, the crucifix seen here, placed above the highaltar, dates from 1360. Photo Paul Smit.
Nikolaikirche, Stralsund.
You think this church interior is too colourful to be true? Wrong. This is a honest restoration dating 1991 of the medieval frescoes (found at the end of the 19th century behind layers of plaster) in the gothic Nikolaikirche of Stralsund. In those days churches weren't dark and brown. The gothic style was an invention to bring light into churches. And people just loved colour. The church construction started 1270 and ended 1360, the crucifix seen here, placed above the highaltar, dates from 1360. Photo Paul Smit.
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Nikolaikirche, Stralsund.
You think this church interior is too colourful to be true? Wrong. This is a honest restoration dating 1991 of the medieval frescoes (found at the end of the 19th century behind layers of plaster) in the gothic Nikolaikirche of Stralsund. In those days churches weren't dark and brown. The gothic style was an invention to bring light into churches. And people just loved colour. The church construction started 1270 and ended 1360, the crucifix seen here, placed above the highaltar, dates from 1360. Photo Paul Smit.
Nikolaikirche, Stralsund.
You think this church interior is too colourful to be true? Wrong. This is a honest restoration dating 1991 of the medieval frescoes (found at the end of the 19th century behind layers of plaster) in the gothic Nikolaikirche of Stralsund. In those days churches weren't dark and brown. The gothic style was an invention to bring light into churches. And people just loved colour. The church construction started 1270 and ended 1360, the crucifix seen here, placed above the highaltar, dates from 1360. Photo Paul Smit.
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