We are off on a new adventure. This time we chose a bicycle trip on a sunny island Bornholm. The ferry departs on Sunday from Sassnitz. We decided to spend Saturday on the German’s island of Rügen.
About the ferry – it was funny situation. In the day when we wanted to book the tickets for the ferry we saw that all tickets for that cruise has been sold. It was very strange situation because the ferry is not a small one. We needed to postpone our crossing by one day.
The island of Rügen is a favorite holiday destination for Germans. We could feel it on the highway and the main road, which had become a huge traffic jam. We accessed the island via a huge bridge Rügenbrücke. Transfer through the bridge looks like this:
Seeing the traffic situation, we had to modify our route to avoid the slow-moving traffic. We decided to partly take the local roads. Unfortunately, the one and only main road on the island — the E251 — was a nightmare.
We drove around, through the village of Putbus, at the center of which is a market square shaped like a roundabout, surrounded by buildings. We reached the first village that we wanted to explore – Sellin, where we took a short walk to the sea.
Rügen is the largest island of Germany. It hides many curiosities, which we will cover in future posts …