Bergen City Museum

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Museums

The town museum Bergen auf Rügen is located in one of the carefully restored buildings of the former monastery courtyard.

In the exhibition on the first floor, visitors get an insight into the prehistory and early history of Rügen. From the Stone Age to the end of the Slavic period in 1168, when the main sanctuary on Arkona was destroyed and the Rugians were Christianized, the spectrum of this section extends.On the upper floor, from the time of the foundation of the monastery in 1193 to the middle of the 19th century, examples from the history of the town of Bergen, special events of the Swedish period and personalities of Rügen are presented.

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Contact

Stadtmuseum Bergen

Billrothstraße 21
18528 Bergen auf Rügen

museum@stadt-bergen-auf-ruegen.de
+49 3838 252226
https://www.stadtmuseum-bergen-auf-ruegen.de

Arrival

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Stadtmuseum Bergen
Billrothstraße 21
18528 Bergen auf Rügen

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Krimvitz manor house

Krimvitz, 18581 Putbus

The manor house was built in the middle of the 19th century and surrounded by a small well-kept park.

Natural Heritage Centre Rügen (Naturerbe Zentrum Rügen)

Closed today
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The Natural Heritage Centre Rügen with treetop path and experience exhibition is open 364 days a year so that you can experience and get to know nature all year round.

Parkhotel Rügen

Stralsunder Chaussee, 18528 Bergen auf Rügen

The modern and comfortable Parkhotel Rügen offers everything you need for a relaxing and restful vacation. Thanks to its central location in Bergen on Island of Rügen, you can easily explore the island's most beautiful sights.

Karl's adventure village Zirkow

Open today
Binzer Straße, 18528 Zirkow

Rügen's most popular family destination attracts with a large manufactory market, colorful show manufactures and more than 50 exciting experiences.

Climate forest Sehlen

Freely accessible at any time
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The third climate forest on Rügen was officially opened with a planting campaign on October 20, 2018. Over a total area of around one hectare, lime, elm and woodland edge trees were gradually planted over the following three years.

Climate forest Haidhof

Freely accessible at any time
18569 Haidhof

The Haidhof climate forest covers an area of just under one hectare and is made up of red oaks, sweet chestnuts and hazel trees in combination with various woodland edge trees. At several planting events in the fall since 2011, guests and residents have been able to talk to foresters and forest campaigners about the climate forests on the Island of Rügen while enjoying children's games, campfires and wild sausages.

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.

Rugard adventure world

Open today
Rugardweg, 18528 Bergen auf Rügen

In the forest area around the Erst-Moritz-Arndt-Turm, young and old can enjoy sport, fun and nature in the Rugard Adventure World - tobogganing at any time of year, slides, go-karting, minigolf, trampoline, nature trail, open-air stage, legendary places and monuments as well as a hotel with restaurant - all this in a geographically and biologically very interesting forest area.

Rugard with Ernst Moritz Arndt Tower

Open today
Rugardweg, 18528 Bergen auf Rügen

The Rugard is located in the heart of Rügen and is now a recreation and adventure park with the lookout point. On the southern slope of the 90-meter-high Rugard, Prince Jaromar I had the construction of a church begun around 1180, the model for which was the Lübeck Cathedral - the Marienkirche zu Bergen.

A climate forest is being created on Rügen, © Johanna Köhnlein — ©© Johanna Köhnlein

Dreschvitz climate forest, Island of Rügen

Freely accessible at any time
Heide, 18573 Dreschvitz

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Sand sculptures exhibition Prora

Open today
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Forest stage Rügen

Rugardweg, 18523 Bergen auf Rügen

OPEN AIR concerts, shows and events. Party hard, dance, sing, enjoy or just let your soul dangle. There is nothing you can not do with us - at the Waldbühne Rügen, probably the most beautiful open-air stage in the north!

Pleasure workshop Binz

Temporarily closed
Strandpromenade, 18609 Binz

Enjoy with sea view on the Island of Rügen. Gourmet chef Robert Schindler inspires in his Genusswerkstatt with an exquisite Nordic-seasonal cuisine on the 5th floor of the Rugard Thermal Strandhotel with a view of the sea and the chalk coast.

Arkona Strandhotel

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Granitz hunting lodge

Open today
Jagdschloss Granitz, 18609 Binz

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