Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Museums
Schleswig
Gottorf Castle (Schloss Gottorf) in Schleswig is the former seat of the Dukes of Holstein-Gottorf and today the home of the Schleswig-Holstein State Museums. Its long white Baroque facade rises from an island at the head of the Schlei inle…
Churches & monasteries
Lübeck
St. Mary's Church in Lübeck (St. Marien zu Lübeck) is the great merchants' church of the Hanseatic League and the model for around 70 churches across the Baltic region. Its nave has the highest brick vault in the world, and its twin spires…
Coast & islands
Sankt Peter-Ording
St. Peter-Ording on the Eiderstedt peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein has one of the most spectacular beaches in Germany: about 12 kilometers long and, at low tide, up to 2 kilometers wide in places. Wooden stilt houses rise from the sand, a…
Coast & islands
Sylt
Sylt is Germany's largest North Sea island and its most famous beach destination, tucked against the Danish border in Schleswig-Holstein. Think nearly 40 kilometers of sandy beach facing the open sea, the glowing Red Cliff at Kampen, shift…