Discover Vorpommern-Greifswald

Enjoy nature and discover cycling routes

The Ueckermünde Heath invites you to hike, cycle and ride horses. This gives you several ways to actively experience the landscape: on foot, by bike or on horseback. When planning your trip, this choice can help you decide which type of outing best suits your visit. The three nature parks, in turn, give the district a strong natural character without requiring you to commit to just one activity.

Cyclists can also use regional routes for guidance. The Baltic Sea Cycle Route, part of the EuroVelo EV10 route, passes through Vorpommern-Greifswald district. Regional cycling routes that also let you explore the district include the Stettiner Haff Circular Route and the Route of North German Romanticism. This way, when planning your trip, you can choose between these named routes rather than treating cycling as just an extra activity.

Museums exploring technology, seafaring and cultural history

The Juliett U-461 is moored in Peenemünde harbour as a museum and can be explored on a tour. The Peenemünde Historical-Technical Museum also offers the opportunity to book guided tours through the memorial landscape. If you are interested in technology and history, you can consider these two different kinds of visit: a tour of the museum ship and a guided tour through the memorial landscape.

In Anklam, the Otto Lilienthal Museum is dedicated to a son of the town: Otto Lilienthal was an aviation pioneer, mechanical engineer and humanist. As a technical museum devoted to a person, it focuses on the man and his various roles. This makes it different from a museum visit focused on regional Reformation history: at the Pomeranian State Museum in Greifswald, you can see the Croy Tapestry from 1554, a unique cultural and historical artefact from the Reformation era. Both examples show how varied the themes are that you can include in your trip.

Animals, rowing together and regional cuisine

More than 1,120 native and exotic animals representing 95 species live at Ueckermünde Zoo. There are daily feeding demonstrations. The zoo also offers school classes a visit to the zoo school. Depending on your interests, you can focus your visit on the animal life, the feeding demonstrations or the educational programme, without confusing these different aspects.

The Ukranenland Torgelow offers a very different kind of experience: a boat trip takes place aboard the first Slavic boat to be reconstructed in Germany. Participants have to row themselves. This is a hands-on part of the outing and distinguishes it from a museum visit or a guided tour, neither of which involves rowing as part of the experience described.

In Greifswald, a culinary tour takes you through the historic old town to four local restaurants. Sweet and savoury delicacies are served there. If you would like to include regional cuisine alongside nature and museums, this is a distinct way to discover the old town and its food. These different experiences can help you decide which themes matter most when choosing a holiday apartment and the right place to stay for your trip.

More places in the district

For further guidance, here are the directly subordinate places and administrative districts: Amt Am Stettiner Haff, Amt Anklam-Land, Amt Jarmen-Tutow, Amt Landhagen, Amt Löcknitz-Penkun, Amt Peenetal/Loitz, Amt Torgelow-Ferdinandshof, Amt Uecker-Randow-Tal, Amt Usedom-Nord, Amt Usedom-Süd, Amt Züssow, Anklam, Greifswald, Heringsdorf, Amt Lubmin, Ueckermünde, Pasewalk, Strasburg and Amt Am Peenestrom.

For the overarching travel overview: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.