Discover and understand nature

Over 30 experience centers offer fascinating insights

A stag wades through the shallow water at sunrise, surrounded by reeds and a group of cranes in the background.
Two children and a woman are sitting on a tree trunk in a forest in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, attentively observing nature.
The Skywalk in the Königsstuhl National Park Center with a view over the chalk cliffs and the Baltic Sea on the island of Rügen.

More than 30 adventure centers in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern offer fascinating insights

Discover the beauty of nature in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern! Here you can experience untouched landscapes, expansive national parks and unique coastlines with natural beaches. In the various nature experience centers you can experience a wide range of nature experiences for all tastes and ages. Whether birdwatching, cycling, hiking or simply relaxing hours in nature, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has something appealing to offer for every nature lover.

Three national parks, three biosphere reserves and seven nature parks preserve a fabulous world of flora and fauna. If you want to immerse yourself in this realm of nature, the best place to start is at one of the unique nature experience centers.

See nature with different eyes

Fossilized hedgehogs, trees shivering in the wind and wandering dunes - just like the ones you see in our film - this is how Mecklenburg-Vorpommern welcomes its guests. But you can also marvel at the wonders of nature in all other regions of the vacation state.

In over 30 adventure centers, young and old explorers learn to see this fascinating nature with different eyes. In the interactive exhibition at the Müritzeum, the huge screens in the entrance area of the multimedia museum bubble and rustle before taking visitors on a discovery tour through the habitat of storks and marbles over a total of 2,000 square meters.

The path at the Naturerbe Zentrum Rügen leads from the bottom of the lake up to lofty heights: in addition to a spectacular view from the treetop path, visitors can expect a multimedia adventure exhibition and numerous hands-on opportunities in one of the center's craft workshops.

In the National Park Center Königsstuhl, you can visit the adventure exhibition and enjoy a unique view of the Baltic Sea and Rügens Kreideküste from the Skywalk Königsstuhl. Discover unique aquarium landscapes at the Ozeaneum in Stralsund and experience exciting insights into the life of brown bears on a forest hike at the Bärenwald Müritz conservation center.

If you want to know what makes nature tick, theexperience centers are the right place for you.

The experience centers show what makes nature tick

Nature experience tips at a glance

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  • © TMV/Gohlke

    Feldberg Lake District Nature Park exhibition in the Haus des Gastes

    • Open today
    • Strelitzer Straße, 17258 Feldberger Seenlandschaft

    The 36,000-hectare Feldberg Lake District Nature Park is located in the south-eastern part of the Mecklenburg Lake District between the towns of Fürstenberg, Woldegk and Neustrelitz. In addition to numerous lakes and kettle bogs, with a bit of luck you can admire sea eagles, ospreys and beavers here.

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  • © J. Bengs

    Visitor centre of the Nature Park “Insel Usedom“

    • Open today
    • Bäderstraße, 17406 Usedom

    The island of Usedom is one of the areas with the most bird species in Germany. Overall, more than 280 species have been observed, 150 of them also brood here. 11 kinds of raptors regularly brood in the nature park, one of them is the sea-eagle. The visitor centre of the island of Usedom is located next to the information centre of the city of Usedom on the ground floor of the “Klaus-Bahlsen-Haus”. The visitor centre could only be built and furnished with the aid of the great commitment and the generous support of the correspondent foundation.

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  • © D. Foitlänger, Biosphärenreservatsamt Schaalsee-Elbe

    Information centre for the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Flusslandschaft Elbe Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

    • Closed today
    • Auf der Festung, 19303 Dömitz

    Since 1997, the Elbe river landscape has been a UNESCO biosphere reserve that stretches across five federal states. The nature there is unique and the river influences the life, the landscape and people along the Elbe. At the visitor cente fortress of Dömitz visitors can get information about the UNESCO biosphere reserve.

    Read more: "Information centre for the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Flusslandschaft Elbe Mecklenburg-Vorpommern"
  • © TMV/Gohlke

    Nationalpark-Information Schwarzenhof

    • Schwarzenhof, 17192 Kargow

    Das kleine Gutsdorf Schwarzenhof verfügt über eine Nationalpark-Information mit einer Fotoausstellung.

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  • © Katrin Köppen

    National park house on Hiddensee

    • Open today
    • Norderende, 18565 Vitte/Hiddensee

    "Veränderung" (change) is the title of the exhibition in the visitor information centre of the National Park “Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft” and hardly anything could be more appropriate for the island of Hiddensee, which is constantly growing and changing due to the forces of nature.

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  • © Evelin Kartheuser

    Karower Meiler Culture and Information Center

    • Ziegenhorn, 19395 Plau am See

    The central contact point for nature lovers and guests of the Nossentiner/Schwinzer Heath Nature Park is the Karower Meiler Culture and Information Center. In addition to a permanent exhibition on the development of this cultural landscape since the last cold period, five to six special exhibitions by artists and photographers on topics of nature and landscape are shown annually.

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  • © Stadt Neustrelitz

    National park visitor centre in Neustrelitz

    • Open today
    • Strelitzer Straße, 17235 Neustrelitz

    Accommodation bureau, event service, sale of touristic relevant articles such as bike and hiking maps, picture postcards, illustrated books, guided city tours (including climbing the tower of the city’s cathedral), awarding touristic fishing licences

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  • © PAHLHUUS/Dornblut

    “PAHLHUUS“ – Visitor centre of the UNESCO biosphere reserve “Schaalsee“

    • Wittenburger Chaussee, 19246 Zarrentin am Schaalsee

    Welcome to the PAHLHUUS, the visitor centre of the UNESCO biosphere reserve „Schaalsee“. We are happy to inform you about touristic offers and show you the most beautiful places in the biosphere reserve. Extraordinary insights into nature and landscape of the region await you in an interactive exhibition.

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  • © Nationalparkamt Vorpommern

    “Sundische Wiese“ - National park information of Zingst

    • Open today
    • Sundische Wiese, 18374 Zingst

    The exhibition “Lebensräume“ displays the history and present of the Ostzingst.

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  • © TMV/Gohlke

    Visitor centre “Flatterhus Kratzeburg“

    • Dorfstraße, 17237 Kratzeburg

    The visitor information centre called “Kratzeburger Flatterhus“ houses an exhibition about the mysterious hunters of the night: the bats.

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  • © Foto: Ulrich Unger

    Outdoor exhibition “EinFlussReich“

    • Freely accessible at any time
    • Am Elbberg, 19258 Boizenburg/Elbe

    Life by a river like the Elbe has many advantages that people have used for centuries. At the same time, they had to protect themselves from the dangers of flooding and built dikes and dams. The open-air exhibition “EinFlussReich”, located in the immediate vicinity of the famous Elwkieker observation tower, provides children and adults with information on the subject of flooding in a playful way.

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  • On the trail of rescued brown bears at the bear sanctuary, © 1000seen.de

    BÄRENWALD Müritz

    • Open today
    • Am Bärenwald, 17209 Stuer

    Brown bears – all of which came from improperly kept habitats – live in Western Europe’s largest bear sanctuary in the Mecklenburg Lakes. It is open all year round!

    Read more: "BÄRENWALD Müritz"
  • Touching, hearing and seeing, you can learn amazing things about ospreys, pikes and yellow fire beetles at the National Park Information Boek, © Nationalparkamt Müritz

    Boek Manor House / National Park Information

    • Temporarily closed
    • Boeker Straße, 17248 Boek

    Accessible exhibition "The fishermen of Boek

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  • The National Park Information Center of the Müritz National Park in Federow, © Nationalpark-Information Federow

    National park visitor centre in Federow

    • Damerower Straße, 17192 Kargow OT Federow

    The Müritz National Park: famous for its sea-eagles, ospreys and thousands of rabbits that rest here in the autumn and spring.

    Read more: "National park visitor centre in Federow"
  • The exhibition in Waase shows the flora and fauna of the National Park of Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft, © Stephan Macke

    National Park exhibition “Insel Schatz Ummanz“ in Waase

    • Neue Straße, 18569 Waase/ Ummanz

    The little village Waase, located on the isle of Ummanz, combines the scenic indentation and the island and timbered idyll. The visitor information and a small national park exhibition are combined under the thatched roof of the ”Alte Küsterei”. The colourful diversity of the isle of Ummanz and the national park represent the main focus of the small exhibition that has been renewed in 2018.

    Read more: "National Park exhibition “Insel Schatz Ummanz“ in Waase"

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Events and Tours

Experience Nature from new Perspectives

  1. © Nationalpark-Zentrum KÖNIGSSTUHL

    Spring rally "Search, count, understand"

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  2. © C

    The "Desert and Glass" nature reserve

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  3. © Evelin Kartheuser

    Autumn festival around the Karower Meiler

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  4. © Maren-Winter

    Island ahoy or come on, let's build a ship

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  5. © C

    Bird life on the doorstep

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  6. © K. Baerwald

    Wild forest by the sea

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  7. Bridge in the Warnow valley near Groß Görnow, © Naturpark Sternberger Seenland

    Anniversary tour 20 years Sternberg Lake District Nature Park

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  8. Around midsummer, it doesn't get really dark in Mecklenburg Schweiz and Lake Kummerow Nature Park. Although the sun sets at 7:47 pm, dusk lasts well past midnight before dawn breaks shortly after 4 am. The moon is full in the sky at this time, as a waxing crescent.
At this time between the hours, the nature park invites you to go canoeing on the Peene and the peat bogs near Malchin. The landscape and the wonderful water world are then bathed in a mystical twilight. The sounds of the day have fallen silent and the animals of the night can be heard. With a bit of luck, you may even spot beavers, which now emerge. A nature park ranger will tell you lots of interesting facts about beavers and otters, the birdlife on the water, the river and moorland landscape of the Peene and the nature park.
The meeting point is in Malchin at the canoe club "Kösters Eck" (Am Kanal 2, 17139 Malchin). Clothing should be suitable for the weather.
As the number of participants is limited, please register at the nature park on 0385 588 64 830. Please also indicate whether you are coming as a family. This helps us to plan the boat allocation.
There is a charge of 15 euros per participant for the use of the boats., © Gudrun Marin-Ziegler

    Moonlight paddling on the Peene

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  9. © Nationalparkamt Vorpommern

    Experience nature - discover history

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  10. The round-leaved sundew is a carnivorous plant, © Jörg Gast

    Broom, Calluna, carnivorous plants

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  11. © Nationalparkamt Vorpommern

    Dune sand and the glitter of the sea

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  12. © C

    Hike to Lake Malchin

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  13. Search for clues for young and old, © Foto: Nationalparkamt Müritz

    Search for clues for young and old - family tour

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  14. Granitz nature reserve on Rügen
Devil's Gorge near Binz, © Biosphärenreservat Südost-Rügen

    Ranger hike for the Day of Biological Diversity

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  15. Spring is a particularly good time to collect wild herbs, as they are freshly sprouted from the ground and therefore have a particularly strong healing effect. Ms. Gudrun Marin-Ziegler will introduce you to some of these spring herbs on a hike through the forest near Teterow and collect them together with you. You will then be shown how to prepare tasty dishes with them. There is a charge of 5 euros per person.
The meeting point is in the parking lot of the "Hohes Holz" restaurant. Please wear sturdy shoes for this hike. It will not take place in bad weather., © Gudrun Marin-Ziegler

    The herb garden of nature

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  16. © Lucia Zust

    Bodden in view

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  17. © np-msk

    The history and future of our landscape

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  18. Tree gnawed by beavers, © Gudrun Marin-Ziegler

    On the trail of the beaver

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  19. © C

    Wonderful world of stones (car tour)

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  20. Warnow near Kaarz, © Naturpark Sternberger Seenland; Volker Brandt

    Hike "Diversity of nature

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  21. © Nationalpark-Zentrum KÖNIGSSTUHL

    Spring workshop

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  22. © Biosphärenreservat Südost-Rügen

    Rügen Hiking Spring 2025: Discover the forest and beach with the ranger

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  23. © Biosphärenreservatsamt Südost-Rügen

    Ranger hike in the Granitz

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  24. Thomas Franiel demonstrates how to prune fruit trees., © Jan LIppke

    Fruit pruning seminar

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  25. © W. Döbbert

    Explorer day on the east bank of the Müritz

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  26. © Lilli Reisig / NLP

    Forest in transition

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  27. Canoes on the Sternberg Lake, © Naturpark Sternberger Seenland

    Nature and history on the lakes near Sternberg

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  28. © Biosphärenreservat Südost-Rügen

    For our little guests - water march! On a pond tour with the ranger

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  29. © Biosphärenreservatsamt Südost-Rügen

    Sustainability Week 2025: MARKET OF SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVES

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  30. © Jörg Dollmanski

    Spring in the Krakow Obersee nature reserve

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  31. In the peat bogs near Malchin, © Marin-Ziegler

    Paddling on the Peene

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  32. © Nationalparkamt Vorpommern

    Excursion coastal dynamics

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  33. © NPA Vorpommern

    On the trail of nature - family tour

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  34. Light trapping of moths, © Marin-Ziegler

    Butterflies of the night

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  35. Attention! - Title of the winning picture of the Pölking Award by Zhu Xingchao, © fpa-zhu-xingchao

    Highlights 2024 - special exhibition

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  36. © Martina Fuhrmann

    From desert to wilderness

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  37. © Wiebke Döbbert

    Day of the Beech Forests

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  38. © Gudrun Marin-Ziegler

    Where the larkspur blooms

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  39. © Biosphärenreservatsamt Südost-Rügen

    Ranger hike through the Goor nature reserve

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  40. © BÄRENWALD Müritz | Manuela Klier

    Sustainability market at the BÄRENWALD Müritz

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Good to know

What is meant by "experiencing and understanding nature" in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?

You immerse yourself in vast landscapes, unspoiled coastlines, national and nature parks. It's all about experiencing nature up close – while hiking, cycling, birdwatching or simply lingering in silence. You can get to know the local flora and fauna in over 30 adventure centers.

Where can I find adventure and nature centers in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?

The site lists numerous centers – from family museums to interactive exhibition häusers in the national and nature parks.

Which adventure centers are particularly recommended for families?

For example, the Müritzeum with 2,000 m² of adventure area or the Rügen Natural Heritage Center with treetop walk offer interactive opportunities for young and old.

Is it possible to experience nature even in bad weather?

Many centers have large exhibition rooms and multimedia offerings, so you can have an exciting and relaxing experience even when it rains.

What activities are associated with the nature experience centers?

You can go hiking, cycling, take part in nature tours, watch birds, visit exhibitions or simply enjoy the tranquillity of the countryside.

Are the nature experience offers also suitable for sustainable travel?

Many facilities consciously communicate topics such as environmental protection and sustainability, and you experience nature with respect and awareness.

How many nature experience centers are there in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?

There are over 30 designated centers that give you a variety of insights into nature.

Can you visit these nature centers with children or dogs?

Many offers are family-friendly (offering children exciting experiences) and the landscapes are often also dog-friendly. Important: check on site whether dogs are allowed.

Do you have any special tips for a quiet stay in nature away from the main routes?

The experience centers not only recommend the big highlights, but also point out quiet corners, guided tours or programs for small groups.

How can I find out about opening hours and offers in advance?

On the website of the respective adventure center you will find current information on opening times, events and (if available) admission prices.

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