With almost 40 million foreign overnight guests every year, Germany is one of the seven most visited countries in the world. There are 6,135 museums, 366 theatres, 34 leisure and adventure parks, 45,000 tennis courts, 648 golf courses, 190,000 km of hiking trails, 40,000 kilometres of long-distance cycle paths as well as holiday and theme routes available for use in tourism.
Business and congress tourism is of outstanding importance; Germany is the most important international trade fair location with several world-leading trade fairs: Caravan Salon Düsseldorf, CMT Stuttgart, etc. The Internationale Tourism-Börse Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Germany also has the highest density of festivals like Wacken, Rock am Ring,
Outstanding sights: Sanssouci Castle - Brandenburg Gate - Cologne Cathedral - Saxon Switzerland National Park - Wadden Sea - Hamburg Harbor - Brocken - Old Town of Hameln - Externsteine - Wartburg - Neuschwanstein Castle - Zugspitze near Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Königsee in Berchtesgadener Land - Old town of Bamberg - Imperial castle in Nuremberg - Mainau Island in Lake Constance - Lichtenstein Castle - Meersburg - Ulm Minster - etc.
Off to the former Dobbertin Monastery - because our time at the campsite on Lake Garder in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was coming to an end, and so we still had a few destinations on our list, including the monastery.
The Wismar restaurant at the waterworks is a real gem for anyone who wants to experience enjoyment and aesthetics in the unique surroundings of the Wismar market square.
During our stay at Lake Garder near Lohmen, we came across the place name Sternberg several times, which lies within the Schwerin-Wismar-Güstrow triangle in the Sternberger Seenland nature park.
Once again traveling in the north of Germany, we also came across the legacies of the once so powerful association of predominantly German merchants in Rostock and Wismar, which shaped events in many cities from the middle of the 12th century to the 17th century, including in the area of construction, regardless of whether it was for secular buildings or private housing.
The old town of Wismar has been closely linked to the sea for centuries, far beyond fishing, which can be felt in the Old Harbor in the unmistakable flair of seafaring, fishing and of course the Hanseatic League and the lavish brick buildings.
For the first time, we understandably wanted to visit the state capital Schwerin, which is about an hour's drive from our location at the Gardersee campsite.
As part of our exploration of the Mecklenburg Lake District, we also came to the small town of Krakow am See, where we spontaneously decided to have a short stopover.
Our next bike tour goes to the old town of Güstrow, which impresses with its half-timbered houses and lots of brick Gothic architecture, but especially with its three Barlach museums.
The Mecklenburg Lake District is known far beyond the country's borders, especially among campers, for its magnificent nature, hills, forests and meadows that are ideal for hiking and cycling.