Travel Guide Fischland

When you come from Rostock, the first step is the small village of Wustrow, the largest of Darß, located on the side of the bay of Saal (Saaler Bodden). The thatched roofs, the small harbour, everything is already idyllic. One can climb at the top of the steeple of the Gothic church (brick), offering a magnificent panorama over the entire region, the sea and the bay.But the clou of the peninsula is the mythical village of Ahrenshoop, pearl of the Darß. It is the village chosen by the painter Paul Müller-Kaempff in the year 1900 to establish a Künstlerkolonie, a colony of artists who, for years, have constantly painted landscapes and cottages. They were quickly followed by writers and musicians… and they include them: Ahrenshoop is as charming as quiet (even less the summer when all the tourists rush there) and, along the Baltic sea, it has one of the most beautiful beaches of the coast, with its famous mini-cliffs. Ahrenshoop was also a mini-Saint-Tropez at the time of the GDR, Berthold Brecht or Anna Seghers, not to mention high-ranking apparatchiks, stayed there regularly.No. 18 of Dorfstrasse was the workshop of Müller-Kaempff. The Kunstkaten (Strandweg 1) is an exhibition space where today's local painters work. It is worth stopping there, there are often interesting exhibitions. Exploring the bay as the sea side is idyllic in Ahrenshoop, and don't forget to go to the beach to the height of the small cliffs, it is one of the most beautiful landscapes in the region.