everytime we explore a new region of the baltic sea we are making it a goal to find a beach we could revisit again & again. the criterias for this beach aren't that ambitious, it only has to be a bit more secluded than the average touristy one, not too far away from our main stay & it needs a little kiosk & sanitary facilities. on the days prior to this day we already had explored the beaches of the north bank of the eckernförde bay. this time we made our way to the southern bank and started in strande, which is right next to kiel-schilksee ( and technically not part of eckernförde bay anymore, but of the kiel fjord ). we didn't really like it here, though, only stayed for probably 2 hours. the beach there is very touristy and the prices as well, and it just doesn't feel natural at all, which is something we really like, a high coastline, woods around the corner for example... it was simply too superstructed and felt cold & sterile. maybe also because the olympic harbour of schilksee wasn't that far away, which is a monstrosity of the 70ies. we also stopped in schwedeneck, but discovered that there was no good place to settle down to as well. our last stop of the day finally was in a little village called dänisch nienhof. we were actually really fed up with not really finding a nice beach on the southern banks of the bay and we were arguing whether to check this beach out or not, and just return back to eckernförde. the beach in dänisch nienhof is not easy to find. you have to walk through a little forest for about 10 minutes until you reach a little spot of literal baltic sea heaven. it's a beach full of pebbles & rocks, surrounded by cliffs & trees ( and of course, the sea ). there's a little restaurant down here, too, with nice views out to the sea. i really liked this beach, mainly because i just love a natural one. my parents didn't like it as much as me, because of all the pebbles ( they like their beaches fine sandly - better for naked feet :P ), but i guess overall, they didn't find it that bad! there were very fewvisitors around and we had our roofed beach chair offside the main beach area, so were quite untapped by people. it was really pristine & blissful. unfortunately dänisch nienhof is not that close to eckernförde, so we only made it there on that day and spent most of our other beach days in langholz ( on the north bank of eckernförde bay ). i would still recommend trying to seek out this beach, it's just really beautiful & remote.
the beach in strande.
a little catamaran called fuchur ( after the dragon in neverending story - even though i just noticed the dragon is called falkor in english )
the yacht harbour in strande.
when we walked back to the car i passed by this interesting house! absolutely love the grey/black bricks and the slightly transparent wooden balcony railing.
this was in direct neighborhood of the grey house and had similar elements.
a very minimal white brickstone house. the little balcony is really cute!
the beach in dänisch nienhof.
it truly felt a bit like a less hot & humid carribean island :D
one of my most favourite pastimes at the beach is collecting stones & pebbles. some might say i have a 'slight' obsession with rocks/stones/jewels etc. i just love that none ever looks the same as the other and there are often the most beautiful inclusions that glimmer & glitter when the sunlight hits them in a special way.
ah, that view 😍
it was just such a wonderful sunny day.
the beach chair 847 was ours. i was quite content with this, since i do not like to be smack in the middle of a crowded area. ( as if it was crowded, which it wasn't :P )
i also build patterns & images or 'write' stuff with pebbles & stones. sometimes my father and i build tiny towers as well. it's quite a soothing activity! i also like to sort them by colour every now and then, haha.
when you walked a bit further down the beach you encountered these romantic places, with bigger rocks & wood everywhere.
one of the sculptures my father built.
far in the back you can see the beach chairs.
the high cliffs were so overgrown and green 💓
every now and then the erosion of the high cliffs progressed so much that some trees fall victim to it and tumble down to the beach.
i think i will never get tired of the baltic sea coasts.
this tiny tower was my creation.
water washing more stones ashore. here you can see very well all the diverse colours & types you can find at baltic sea beaches.
another tiny tower by me.
and my dad working on his newest creation, haha.
it's always nice experiencing nature with my parents. the love for nature i share with both my mom & dad, but with my father it is a bit deeper. we can spend hours by the beach or in the garden, looking closely at what's happening around us or enjoying birds, insects, animals.
back in eckernförde we made a small walk along the southern beach promenade. this is another lighthouse of eckernförde. a rather minimalistic 80ies construction. next to it you can see the exact opposite of minimalism, the hotel mango's.
this is part of the military district of eckernförde. the german navy has a federal office for defence technology in eckernförde ( it is an exclusionary zone and you can't get too close - they will give out warnings if you enter this zone unauthorized ). i snapped a picture of this building though, because i really like the architecture. ( it is a firing range for torpedos if you're into such kind of details. )
as we moved on i discovered this random origami crane.
and made out a house in the form of a cruise liner!
it's an appartment house for tourists ( with expensive suites! )
this was the view out of our appartment window at around 10.30 pm that night. summer days in the north of germany always feel so much longer than inland, it is always fascinating to witness it. i guess it's got something to do with the close proximity to the scandinavian countries where, the more you move up north, the brighter it gets ( some places in north europe never really get dark in the summer - which is so cool and a thing i'd still like to experience in my life. midsummer celebrations! )
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