Art meets nature - artists throughout Mecklenburg-Vorpommern open their studios between the blossoming countryside and the vast coastline. KunstOffen combines creative encounters with excursions into the countryside - ideal for pausing, marveling and being inspired.
Time for vacation


- Read more: "Treetop path Ivenacker oaks"
©© Landesforst MV Treetop path Ivenacker oaks
- Tiergarten, 17153 Ivenack
The accessible treetop trail is 620 meters long. The highlight is the 40-meter-high observation tower with elevator and visitor platforms. The facility is located in the Ivenack Zoo.
- Read more: "St. Nikolai Cathedral Greifswald"
©© Gudrun Koch St. Nikolai Cathedral Greifswald
- Domstraße, 17489 Greifswald
Greifswald Cathedral is one of the most beautiful sacred buildings in northern Germany. With its 100 m high tower, it towers over the Hanseatic City of Greifswald. From its tower gallery, you have an impressive view as far as the Island of Rügen.
- Read more: "Otto Lilienthal Museum"
©© Wittig Otto Lilienthal Museum
- Closed today
- Ellbogenstraße, 17389 Anklam
Otto Lilienthal Museum, holder of many awards, tells the tale of how the technical history of aviation became human flight's cultural history
- Read more: "Schwerin Palace"
©© SSGK MV / Timm Allrich Schwerin Palace
- Closed today
- Lennéstraße, 19053 Schwerin
Schwerin Palace is located on an island in Lake Schwerin and is among the most important historicism edifices in Europe.
- Read more: "Cultural Quarter Mecklenburg-Strelitz"
©© Stadt Neustrelitz/Sebastian Haerter Cultural Quarter Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Closed today
- Schloßstraße, 17235 Neustrelitz
Discover. Marvel. Linger. Encounter.
- Read more: "Flint fields in the nature reserve Schmale Heide"
©© Tourismuszentrale Rügen Flint fields in the nature reserve Schmale Heide
- Freely accessible at any time
- 18546 Sassnitz OT Mukran
North of the Baltic resort Binz, between Prora and Mukran, the flint fields are located in the nature reserve of the Schmalen Heide.
- Read more: "Pier Bansin"
©© TMV/Gohlke Pier Bansin
- Freely accessible at any time
- Strandpromenade, 17429 Bansin
The pier is 285 m long and offers you a fascinating view of the promenade with the numerous villas built in the resort architecture style.
- Read more: "BÄRENWALD Müritz"
©© Thomas Oppermann BÄRENWALD Müritz
- Open today
- Am Bärenwald, 17209 Stuer
Brown bears – all of which came from improperly kept habitats – live in Western Europe’s largest bear sanctuary in the Mecklenburg Lakes. It is open all year round!
- Read more: "Putbus castle park"
©© TMV/Gohlke Putbus castle park
- Wreechener Weg, 18581 Putbus
Although Putbus Castle, the former manorial seat of the Princes of Putbus, was razed to the ground as early as 1962, the beautiful castle park is still a reminder of this magnificent time. Magnolias and sequoias adorn the garden, which is laid out in English style.
- Read more: "Museum of the History of the Hanseatic City of Wismar in the Schabbell"
©© TZ Wismar, Christoph Meyer (paperheroes) Museum of the History of the Hanseatic City of Wismar in the Schabbell
- Closed today
- Schweinsbrücke, 23966 Wismar
The "Schabbell", one of the earliest Renaissance buildings in the Baltic region, the neighboring building at Schweinsbrücke 6 and the associated courtyards were reopened in December 2017 after extensive and careful renovation and now serve as exhibition and event space for the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Wismar.
- Read more: "Heringsdorf spa and healing forest"
©© Andreas Dumke Heringsdorf spa and healing forest
- Freely accessible at any time
- Bansiner Landweg, 17424 Heringsdorf
Europe's 1st spa and healing forest offers a unique natural environment. Visitors can enjoy a walk through the tree-rich forest, try out the numerous exercise machines or attend one of the various events directly in the forest.
- Read more: "Darßer Ort lighthouse and NATUREUM"
©© Arndt Gläser Darßer Ort lighthouse and NATUREUM
- 18375 Prerow
The NATUREUM, a natural history museum in the National Park of Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft, is located on the Darß peninsula near Prerow, right next to the accessible Darßer Ort lighthouse and is one of several locations of the German Maritime Museum. The diversity, dynamics and need for protection of the unique Darß landscape are presented here.
- Read more: "Tropical House Bansin"
©© Tropenzoo_Bansin_Marcel_Piper Tropical House Bansin
- Open today
- Goethestraße, 17429 Seebad Bansin
In the Tropical House Bansin palm trees, tropical landscapes and exotic animals can be viewed and experienced.
- Read more: "Harbour of Lauterbach"
©© Sebastian Götte Harbour of Lauterbach
- Freely accessible at any time
- 18581 Lauterbach
Lauterbach municipal harbour is located on the Rügen Bay in the south-east of the island of Rügen. With the narrow-gauge railway " Racing Roland" at the Lauterbach pier, it is an ideal starting point for excursions across the island. Restaurants and cafés offer a wide range of culinary delights.
- Read more: "Granitz hunting lodge"
©© SSGK MV / Funkhaus Creative Granitz hunting lodge
- Open today
- Jagdschloss Granitz, 18609 Binz
Granitz hunting lodge is one of the most popular destinations on the island of Rügen
- Read more: "Ahlbeck Pier"
©© TMV/Fischer Ahlbeck Pier
- Dünenstraße, 17419 Seebad Ahlbeck
The Ahlbeck pier is considered the landmark of the island of Usedom and, like most of the nearby spa architecture villas, dates from the century before last.
- Read more: "Deutsches Bernsteinmuseum - German Amber Museum"
©© Ribnitz Damgarten Deutsches Bernsteinmuseum - German Amber Museum
- Open today
- Im Kloster, 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten
You can expect an exciting introduction to the natural history and geology of the fossil resin and precious works of art from 3000 years on over 1,000 square metres. The exhibition on the history of the monastery and convent in the adjacent monastery church shows hidden and revealed treasures so that you can also trace the life of the Poor Clares and the Protestant landowner's daughters at this place.
- Read more: "Rasender Roland - Rügen narrow-gauge railway"
©© Tourismuszentrale Rügen Rasender Roland - Rügen narrow-gauge railway
- Bahnhofsstraße, 18581 Putbus
For more than a hundred years now, the narrow-gauge railway "Rasender Roland" has been driiving in the scenic south-east of the island of Rügen and offers a special kind of experience on the narrow gauge track.
- Read more: "State Museum Schwerin"
©© Foto: G. Bröcker, Staatliches Museum Schwerin State Museum Schwerin
- Temporarily closed
- Alter Garten, 19055 Schwerin
In a prominent location on Schwerin Lake, visitors will find a top collection of Dutch paintings, as well as paintings from the 16th to the 21st century and works of handicrafts and graphic art.
- Read more: "MÜRITZEUM - The NatureExperienceCenter in Waren (Müritz)"
©© Felix Gänsicke MÜRITZEUM - The NatureExperienceCenter in Waren (Müritz)
- Open today
- Zur Steinmole, 17192 Waren (Müritz)
The Müritzeum shows the beauty and special features of the Mecklenburg Lake District and the Müritz National Park in an interactive exhibition. In Germany's largest aquarium landscape for native freshwater fish, you dive under the water surface of the 1000 lakes.