Visit to Sellin's house on the pier

Sellin is a small village we found on Rügen Island. There is a unique building on the pier. It's a house that contains a restaurant. This place is so unique that it often appears on lists of the most beautiful places to visit. It is also often shown on postcards and brochures about Rügen Island.

We decided to drive there and walk around 🙂

When we reached the town we were able to find a parking spot easily, then we went down very steep stairs to the pier. There’s  a beautiful beach with traditional wicker beach chairs. For us that was a great opportunity to stretch our legs after a trip from Poland.

Fun fact: the first pier in Sellin was built in 1906. It was 508 metres long and had a restaurant. The next pier, from 1925, was largely destroyed by ice in the winter of 1941/1942. The rebuilt pier with a new house and restaurant opened in 1998. It is 394 metres long, the longest pier on Rügen.

We took a short walk along the pier around the restaurant building. At the end of the pier there is a very strange attraction - an underwater capsule that can take you to the bottom of the sea. This adventure lasts an hour and is a somewhat dubious pleasure. The sea is not nearly clear enough to watch fish through the windows. We didn't really have the desire or the time for a dip. We just watched the capsule emerge and moved on …