Rügen is the largest of the German Islands, located on the North East coast of Germany in the Baltic Sea. The Isle is a blend of quaint traditional German houses with steep pitched roofs and wooden shutters, and ghastly reminders of the Iron Curtain in the form of concrete tower blocks that appear to be mandatory in every community.
Prora, (must mention) pictured above right, was a holiday camp built by Adolf Hitler between 1936 & 1939 for the hard working Nazi faithful. However it was never finished as the war effort took his attention, but was later used by the Soviets as a training camp for the Red Army.
Barth, (our stop over location on our way to Breege) above left is a sea port just off the Island on the South West tip, for the visiting yachtsman it serves well as a spring board to head North or West, we're heading North to Gislövs läge on the South West coast of Sweeden, passage approximately 60nm.