I've had this part of Germany in my sights for quite a few years and this year the planning finally started to take some more concrete shapes. But when people in the area asked us where we were going, we encountered two types of answers. One group didn't understand what we were going to do there, it was so windy! And the other didn't even know what Rügen was, let alone where it was. Actually, I understand... most people just imagine a summer spent by the sea = the sea in the south! But Rügen is in the very north of Germany, and the Baltic Sea washes over it on all sides. It is in fact Germany's largest island, and I will now try to summarize why I think it is definitely worth your attention.