From fish rolls and diving gondolas to hipster hostels and Romanticist harbour hotels, Germany's Baltic coast is a vibrant and changing tourism landscape. It is also just beginning to strain under its own success.
Two men have been sentenced to jail after taking part in a so-called 'fish sandwich war' in north Germany, which saw organized criminals battling for the right to sell tourists delicious seaside snacks.
Six people were infected with a bacteria from the Caribbean which has made itself at home in the popular German vacation destination. One of them is now in a coma.
As the summer holidays approach, The Local is touring <b>Germany's UNESCO World Heritage Sites</b>. Today we visit the historic centres of Stralsund and Wismar.
Germany's largest island Rügen - in the snow - might not top many peoples' list of dream holidays. But as The Local's Jessica Ware discovered, its quiet beauty makes it well worth a trip to escape city bustle for a few days.
An abandoned harbour on a scenic Baltic Sea island will be auctioned off this Saturday. With bids starting at only €38,500, the 9,600-square metre property is expected to garner lots of attention. But its fate post-sale is causing concern.
A sailor has filmed an extremely rare white harbour porpoise for the first time off the coast of Germany, international whale and dolphin protection group the WDC announced on Tuesday.
Germany’s herring fleet is netting record catches, pulling in five times as many fish than normally seen at this time of year, despite complaints from fishermen about hungry seals.
A girl’s body found Tuesday on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen is presumed to be that of 10-year-old Katharina, who went missing in December after a coastal landslide.
A crack over two kilometres long and up to a metre deep has been discovered on the Baltic island of Hiddensee. Large areas of the German island’s coastline have been blocked off amid fears of a huge landslide.
In an effort to understand more about the life-cycle of the endangered European eel, scientists in northeastern Germany are implanting the animals with electronic tracking devices.
The first of two Nord Stream gas pipelines, due to pump gas from Russia to Germany by way of the Baltic Sea, bypassing Eastern Europe, has been completed, the consortium building it announced on Thursday.
The fire aboard the Baltic ferry Lisco Gloria was largely out on Sunday lunchtime, leaving authorities working out a plan to eventually tow it to a harbour and conduct an investigation to find out what happened.
A fancy Baltic Sea hotel where former US President George W. Bush stayed angrily rejected Thursday claims by his wife Laura Bush of possible poisoning during the G8 summit in 2007, accusing her of a publicity stunt for her memoirs.
Former US President George Bush may have been the victim of a poison attack during G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany in 2007, according to ex-First Lady Laura Bush's new autobiography.
A German Luftwaffe fighter jet recently intercepted a Russian military aircraft threatening the airspace of NATO's Baltic members, the <i>Rheinische Post</i> daily reported on Tuesday.
Every autumn, thousands of cranes gather on Germany’s Baltic Sea to rest before continuing their winter migration. This year, birdwatchers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are being treated to a premature arrival due to an early harvest.
Two swimmers in the Baltic Sea sought medical treatment over the weekend after being bitten by sea lampreys, an uncomfortable incident that has the state fisheries department aflutter about the return of the parasitic marine animal.
After successfully constructing artificial coral reefs six years ago, researchers in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern said this week they are planning to add more in the North and Baltic Sea while exploring different economic and tourism possibilities.
The German government has reportedly lodged an official protest with the US Embassy in Berlin over critical comments made by the US Ambassador to Sweden on a Baltic Sea pipeline meant to transport Russian gas.
A humpback whale – dubbed "Humpy" and seen off Germany's Baltic Sea coast two weeks ago – has still not found its way back to deeper, colder waters amid new sightings near Rostock.
Harald Ringstorff, the longstanding state premier of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, ended months of speculation on Wednesday by announcing he will step down on October 3.
