Beach holidays complete with sun loungers, sun cream and cold beers in the shade are probably not the first thing travelers associate with Germany. But the country of beer, bread and trains running ...

I stumbled upon “Berlin-on-Sea” almost by chance. I’d come to the city of Rostock, just over two hours by train north of Berlin, for solid historical reasons, having a personal interest in the huge ...

Even though the only things that stand sentinel on Germany’s beaches are now strandkorb, the sturdy and iconic Teutonic beach chair, it’s safe to say that in the recent past, Germany’s coastline has ...