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Germany’s biggest port: boat-inspired architecture and a vibrant maratime history.
Germany’s biggest port: boat-inspired architecture and a vibrant maratime history.
This spectacular stretch of the Baltic coast is certainly one of Europe's better-kept secrets.
Sandy beaches, jaunty red-and-white striped lighthouses, deep fjords carved by glaciers, sandpipers and seals have made this sweeping peninsula between the North and Baltic Seas Germany’s most elite summer retreat.
A 12th-century gem boasting more than 1000 historical buildings, Lübeck’s picture-book appearance is an enduring reminder of its role as one of the founding cities of the mighty Hanseatic League and its moniker of the ‘Queen of the Hanse’.
Rostock was devastated in WWII and later pummelled by socialist architectural ‘ideals’.
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