Summer vacation on Usedom

Swimming, eating ice cream and lots of family time

Published: April 1, 2025

Two children run out of the water onto the beach with air mattresses under their arms

Summer vacations are known to be the best part of school. Especially when you get to spend them on Usedom, like Josi (12), who spent two weeks on vacation at the Baltic Sea with her little sister Luna and her parents. Here are her best memories.

Two children eating ice cream and laughing.

The perfect ice cream parlor in Karlshagen

We spent two weeks on Usedom – and were on the beach almost every day. Our vacation apartment was in Trassenheide, from where we usually set off straight after breakfast. Then we often stayed by the sea all day. With our new air mattresses, of course. Luna's was pink, mine was green. We used them to float on the waves. It really rocks! Or we took a running jump into the middle of the waves. That was great fun.

We also went on trips with mom and dad. And we must have been to every single ice cream parlor on Usedom. Once we went to the harbor in Karlshagen to buy fish sandwiches and we were even allowed to sit on the cutter with the fisherman for dinner. He told us that he had just caught the fish for our sandwiches that very morning.

A vacation diary from Usedom

Children paddling with their father on the Achterwasser in red kayaks.

Paddle tour with the family on the Achterwasser

The canoe trip was great. We paddled off from Forsthaus Damerow in Koserow. Luckily, someone from the canoe rental company was there to show us how to do it. It's not as easy as it looks. There is a small jetty at the forester's lodge, from there we set off and then we paddled really far through a large bay, the Achterwasser. That was great fun, but afterwards we were really exhausted.

The next day, Luna and I went for a short bike ride along the dyke on the Achterwasser.

Two children ride along the Achterwasser on yellow bicycles
You can also cycle along the Achterwasser.
Two children are eating a fish sandwich on a fishing boat that normally goes out to fish. The captain is standing in the doorway of the driver's cabin.
Delicious fish sandwiches in the harbor of Karlshagen. And the best place directly on the cutter.
Children lie on wellness loungers and receive a facial treatment with a feel-good wrap.

Wellness time for children

The sisters get a beauty mask at the spa of the Travel Charme Strandhotel in Bansin

Mum wanted to do some wellness at the aja Strandhotel in Bansin, and that was cool because Luna and I were also allowed to get a face mask. But I thought it was even better that we were allowed to choose what color we wanted our nails painted. Luna and I felt like real princesses as we lay on the super comfy loungers with our bathrobes and towels around our heads.

We experienced many other great things and I could have stayed on Usedom forever. But unfortunately the vacation was over far too quickly. As always!

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    Beach access Baltic resort Trassenheide

    • Strandstraße, 17449 Trassenheide

    The Baltic resort Trassenheide is idyllically situated in the northern part of the Island of Usedom between the Baltic Sea, magnificent pine forests and wide meadows. Diverse adventure areas and rousing events are also part of the cozy Baltic resort.

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