Baltic islands holiday travelPictured below is a yacht off the northern coast of the former East German holiday island of Hiddensee in the Baltic Sea. |
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Hiddensee Island holiday travel
Hiddensee, which is tagged by locals as "the sweet little land", is a much smaller island than neighbouring Rugen and is often referred to as Rugen's "little sister". Beaches on the west and north coasts of the island are wide and have white sands lapped by the Baltic waters. The northern beach stretches for 16 kilometres. Nudism is allowed on many parts of the beach. Hiddensee is a haven for rare wildlife and plants, and huge flocks of migrating birds can be seen in spring and autumn. Holiday camping is not allowed.
H5N1 bird flu was detected in February 2006 on the island of Ruegen. This should not upset the travel plans of tourists but several areas on the island were closed to the public when the presence of bird flu was confirmed. Hiddensee has an impressive coastline of woodland, heath, moors and salt marshes. There are no private motor vehicles on the island, which is one of those idyllic holiday travel destinations off the beaten track where you won't find too many other tourists. Hiddensee is characterised by flat dune heath in the south and a hilly thorn-bush landscape (plus a lighthouse) in the north. The major town is Vitte and there are two other settlements called Kloster and Neuendorf. Altogether, about 1,300 people live on Hiddensee Island, which is 16.8 kilometres long and has a surface area of 18.6 square kilometres. Strong, cold winds off the Baltic Sea can be unpleasant if you're not prepared. The broadest point is 3.7 kilometres, the narrowest just 250 metres, and the highest point is 72 metres. The island has belonged to the national park Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft since 1990. The first reference to the name of the island can be traced to books written around 1200 AD, where it's called "Hidensey". However, excavations show Hiddensee was already settled even before the Bronze Age. The Slavic people settled Hiddensee until the beginning of the Middle Ages, when the island became Danish property. Farming and fishing were the mainstays until the 19th Century when holiday tourism began to underpin the local economy. Some fairly prominent artists and scientists have "backpacked" their way to Hiddensee for holidays over the years, including Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann and the writer Gerhart Hauptmann, who settled in the monastery in 1930 and whose house, Seedorn, has been a monument since 1956. Keep your backpack on and continue flipping through our Travel Tour to see and read more about the glorious and quirky island of Hiddensee, which was once a holiday hideaway for East Germany's communist elite. Neuschwanstein Castle travel tips To book cheap plane tickets, car rentals, etc. for most European cities, visit our Travel Shop. |
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