Discover 7 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Kap Arkona (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Cape Arkona Lighthouses, Cape Arkona Lighthouses, and Siebenschneiderstein. Also, be sure to include Vitt in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Kap Arkona (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania).
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Cape Arkona Lighthouses
Also known as: Leuchtturm Kap Arkona
Museum in Putgarten, Germany. The Cape Arkona Lighthouse comprises two lighthouses and a radio navigation tower on the German Baltic Sea coast in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the international serial number C 1062. It is located on Cape Arkona on the peninsula of Wittow on the northern tip of the island of Rügen.
All three towers were renovated in the early 1990s and are open to visitors. In the old lighthouse is a museum with an exhibition on lighthouses and maritime rescue as well as an outstation of the local registry office. Here marriages may be commemorated on a small plaque in front of the tower. The radio navigation tower (German: Peilturm) is used as an art museum and studio. On each tower is an observation platform, from where there are unimpeded views over the island of Rügen, especially the Wittow Peninsula. In fine weather, the Danish island of Møn may be made out.[1]
Address: Arkona 3, 18556 Putgarten
Cape Arkona Lighthouses
Also known as: Leuchtturm Kap Arkona
Museum in Putgarten, Germany. The Cape Arkona Lighthouse comprises two lighthouses and a radio navigation tower on the German Baltic Sea coast in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the international serial number C 1062. It is located on Cape Arkona on the peninsula of Wittow on the northern tip of the island of Rügen.
All three towers were renovated in the early 1990s and are open to visitors. In the old lighthouse is a museum with an exhibition on lighthouses and maritime rescue as well as an outstation of the local registry office. Here marriages may be commemorated on a small plaque in front of the tower. The radio navigation tower (German: Peilturm) is used as an art museum and studio. On each tower is an observation platform, from where there are unimpeded views over the island of Rügen, especially the Wittow Peninsula. In fine weather, the Danish island of Møn may be made out.[2]
Siebenschneiderstein
Tourist attraction in Germany. The Siebenschneiderstein is a glacial erratic on the island of Rügen. It lies about 22 metres away from the cliffs of Gellort on the Baltic Sea beach, one kilometre northwest of Cape Arkona. It has a mass of 165 tonnes and a volume of 61 m³. It belongs, like about 20 other erratics, to the legally protected geotopes on the Island of Rügen.
The rock is not the biggest erratic on Rügen (that is the Buskam at 600 m³), but it is the fourth largest and marks the northern point of the island and hence the northernmost point of Eastern Germany.[3]
Vitt
Village in Rügen, Germany. The fishing village of Vitt lies on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen, more precisely on the Wittow peninsula near Cape Arkona. The village is part of the municipality of Putgarten. Because of its location in a coastal gully on the cliffed coast, called Liete, Vitt is not visible from afar. However, from the edge of the gully there is a view over the thatched roofs of the village. It is a popular tourist destination; often described as "the most romantic place on Rügen". The Marco Polo guide rates it as one of the top 15 highlights on the island of Rügen.[4]
Vogelplastik
Uferkapelle Vitt
The Vitter Chapel is located above the fishing village of the same name, Vitt, about one kilometer southeast of Putgarten, and belongs to the parish of Altenkirchen in the Provostship of Stralsund of the Pomeranian Evangelical Church District.
The chapel is accessible for tourists only on foot, by bicycle or by Arkona train in the direction of Kap Arkona from Putgarten.
Cape Arkona Lighthouses
Also known as: Leuchtturm Kap Arkona
Museum in Putgarten, Germany. The Cape Arkona Lighthouse comprises two lighthouses and a radio navigation tower on the German Baltic Sea coast in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the international serial number C 1062. It is located on Cape Arkona on the peninsula of Wittow on the northern tip of the island of Rügen.
All three towers were renovated in the early 1990s and are open to visitors. In the old lighthouse is a museum with an exhibition on lighthouses and maritime rescue as well as an outstation of the local registry office. Here marriages may be commemorated on a small plaque in front of the tower. The radio navigation tower (German: Peilturm) is used as an art museum and studio. On each tower is an observation platform, from where there are unimpeded views over the island of Rügen, especially the Wittow Peninsula. In fine weather, the Danish island of Møn may be made out.[5]