Discover Germany | Issue 28 | July 2015

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Discover Germany | Feature | Schleswig-Holstein

event with its role as Northern Germany’s largest celebration. In July the Travemünder Week regatta week unites an abundance of maritime flair with an extensive music and stage programme.

as Schloss Gottorf and its stunning baroque garden, as well as the Globushaus or Glücksburg Water Castle on the Flensburg Fjord. www.sh-tourismus.de

Culture, culinary delights and coastal lifestyle First-class concerts await music lovers throughout July and August at the internationally renowned Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. In late October and early November, the Nordic Film Days focus on Scandinavian, Baltic and Northern German cinematic offerings, bringing a lot of excitement to Lübeck. The Karl May Festival, based on his famous Native American character Winnetou, is also ranked in the extensive list of cultural highlights.

Main image: Take a break in Kiel’s Louf. Photo: Oliver Franke Left: Lübeck-Travemunde. Photo: LTM K.E. Vögele (top) Photo: Jens König/www.jenskoenigphoto.com (middle) Strandkörbe lining the Baltic Sea coast. (below) Photo: www.ostsee-schleswig-holstein.de Below: Boat trip in Friedrichstadt. Photo: Anke Stecher Bottom: Thatched house on the North Sea coast. Photo: www.nordseetourismus.de/lehnerfoto.de/Peter Lehner

The culinary calendar has a great deal of tasty goods too, with September’s weeklong Diethmarscher Kohltagen dishing up the tastiest cabbage dishes. While many of Germany’s top chefs are drawn to Schleswig-Holstein throughout autumn and winter, the regional festivals, such as the Husumer Krabbentage in October, focus on the rich seafood delicacies.

plays out on the beaches of Timmendorfer Strand, Sylt and in St. Peter-Ording. The E.ON Hanse Cup is set to delight crowds too, as the world’s toughest rowing race makes its annual return in September to the most-commonly used artificial water channel in the world, the Kiel Canal. On another note, Brunsbüttel hosts the jovial mud-fest, the Wattolümpiade, where the tidal mud flats set the scene for competitive mayhem including Wellington boot throwing, Nordic Walking through the water, as well as July’s messy Aalstaffellauf. Yet another huge moment for the region is the world’s second-biggest sailing event, the celebrated Kiel Week, taking place annually in June and doubling as a unique event, combining its role as a top sailing

The maritime lighthouses shine on the coast, like those in Bülk near Strande, Westerhever, on Amrum and in Hörnum on Sylt. The light from the High Sea Island of Helgoland stretches approximately 30 sea miles, rendering it the strongest German bay. Schleswig-Holstein’s history and culture have massively impacted on these coastal lifestyles, and the region is prime for discovery. At the Wikinger Museum Haithabu in Schleswig your gaze is thrown backwards to the tough Northern men, and the Multimar Wattforum in Tönning reveals the secrets of the Wadden Sea. A visit to the renowned expressionist artist Emil Nolde’s former home and studio, the Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, shows how artists have been inspired by their roots in Northern Germany. Behind the famous Holsten Gate in Lübeck, the choice is vast, with the Buddenbrookhaus, the Günter Grass-Haus and the Willy-Brandt-Haus. For a taste of nobility, try one of the countless castles, such

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