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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  • © Barbara Lüthi Herrmann

    National park visitor centre in Blankenförde

    • Blankenförde, 17252 Roggentin

    The visitor centre of the national park is located close to a small timbered church in the building of the former village school and houses a photograph exhibition with the topic ”Vögel und Co. am Zotzensee”.

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

    • Open 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.

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  • Das Naturparkzentrum in Warin // © J. Lippke

    Visitor information centre of the Nature Park “Sternberger Seenland“

    • Closed today
    • Am Markt, 19417 Warin

    The visitor information centre in Warin is the ideal starting point in order to inform oneself about the different destinations and experiences the nature park offers. One can learn something about the landscape’s formation and the way the human’s occupation influenced its development. The unique flora and fauna of the nature park greatly fascinate the visitors. Borrow a backpack at the visitor centre and discover the nature park in your own way.

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  • Der Baumwipfelpfad mit dem Aussichtsturm „Adlerhorst“ liegt inmitten eines Buchenwaldes in Prora auf der Insel Rügen. // © Erlebnis Akademie AG / Naturerbe Zentrum Rügen

    Natural Heritage Centre Rügen (Naturerbe Zentrum Rügen)

    • Open today
    • Forsthaus Prora, 18609 Ostseebad Binz OT Prora

    The Natural Heritage Centre Rügen with treetop path and experience exhibition is open 364 days a year so that you can experience and get to know nature all year round.

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  • Ruhig sitzt der Braunbär auf der Wiese, sein dichtes Fell glänzt im Licht, das durch die Baumkronen fällt. Im Bärenwald Müritz bei Stuer finden gerettete Bären ein artgerechtes Zuhause auf 16 Hektar Wald. Hier lässt sich beobachten, wie die Tiere in ihrem natürlichen Rhythmus leben – ein berührendes Naturerlebnis. // © 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!

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  • 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.

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  • Tastend, hörend und sehend kann man Erstaunliches über Fischadler, Hechte und Gelbrandkäfer in der Nationalpark-Information Boek erfahren // © Nationalparkamt Müritz

    Boek Manor House / National Park Information

    • Temporarily closed
    • Boeker Straße, 17248 Boek

    Accessible exhibition "The fishermen of Boek

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  • © K. Bärwald

    National Park House Vitte

    • Closed today
    • Norderende, 18565 Vitte

    "Change" is the title of the exhibition in the Visitor Information Center of the National Park of Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft, and hardly anything could be more appropriate for the island of Hiddensee, which is constantly growing and changing through the forces of nature.

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  • © J.Bengs

    Visitor centre of the Nature Park “Insel Usedom“

    • Closed 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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  • underte Maränen ziehen ihre Bahnen durch das Wasser, Licht bricht sich an der Oberfläche und taucht den Schwarm in ein mystisches Grün. Im Müritzeum in Waren (Müritz) lässt sich die Unterwasserwelt der Mecklenburgischen Seenplatte hautnah erleben – ein faszinierender Blick in verborgene Welten. // © 1000seen.de

    MÜRITZEUM - The NatureExperienceCenter in Waren (Müritz)

    • Open today
    • Zur Steinmole, 17192 Waren (Müritz)

    The Müritzeum shows the beauty and special features of the Mecklenburg Lake District and the Müritz National Park in an interactive exhibition. In Germany's largest aquarium landscape for native freshwater fish, you dive under the water surface of the 1000 lakes.

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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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  • Round stones line the beach, gentle waves wash around moss-covered boulders. The white chalk cliffs of the Jasmund National Park rise majestically above the Baltic Sea, crowned by lush green beech trees. A place where silence can be heard and the power of nature can be felt. // © Francesco Carovillano

    KÖNIGSSTUHL National Park Center

    • Open today
    • Stubbenkammer, 18546 Sassnitz

    Right next to the famous Königsstuhl chalk cliffs and the UNESCO World Heritage Old Beech Forests, the KÖNIGSSTUHL National Park Center offers a special nature experience for the whole family, whatever the weather. A world full of secrets is waiting to be discovered on 2,000 square meters of exhibition space and 28,000 square meters of outdoor area - multilingual and barrier-free.

    Read more: "KÖNIGSSTUHL National Park Center"
  • In the west portal of the church hall, guests are greeted by an impressive multimedia production of a hunt for a shoal of sardines. // © Anke Neumeister/Deutsches Meeresmuseum

    SEA MUSEUM Stralsund

    • Open today
    • Bielkenhagen, 18439 Stralsund

    The MEERESMUSEUM in Stralsund's old town is currently closed. The museum is expected to open in 2024 after extensive modernization work.

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  • © Stadt Neustrelitz

    National park visitor centre in Neustrelitz

    • Closed 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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Events and Tours

Experience Nature from new Perspectives

  1. Day of the Beech Forests

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  2. Treasure hunt for children

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  3. Midsummer in Barhöft

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  4. © Evelin Kartheuser

    Autumn festival around the Karower Meiler

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  5. © C

    Bird life on the doorstep

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  6. © Marin-Ziegler

    Bird paradise Große Rosin

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  7. Children's University Rügen

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  8. Crane tour Bisdorf

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  9. Pencil drawing by Ralf Wilhelm Schmidt // © Ralf Wilhelm Schmidt/Müritzeum

    From art & nature - collection meets studio

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  10. © C

    Hostel in the reeds

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  11. In the realm of ospreys

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  12. Informationszentrum Granitzhaus - Interaktive Ausstellung zum Biosphärenreservat Südost-Rügen // © Biosphärenreservat Südost-Rügen

    Exhibition Granitzhaus

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  13. Children's day in the BÄRENWALD Müritz

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  14. For our younger guests - With the ranger to the Göhrener Nordperd

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  15. Learning from the forest - tour with the research manager of the Müritz National Park

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  16. High sky, wide land

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  17. © NPA Müritz

    The foghorn in the moor

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  18. Serrahn stories

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  19. © NZK-Lehmann

    UNESCO World Heritage exhibition "Ancient Beech Forests"

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  20. WWF adventure tour "Wild Rügen - UNESCO World Heritage, chalk & sea"

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  21. © C

    The herb garden of nature

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  22. WeitSicht - Green forest on white chalk

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  23. 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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  24. © B. Lüthi Herrmann

    Gold leaf in the UNESCO World Heritage Site

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  25. © C

    Wildwood workshop

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  26. © C

    Wonderful world of stones (car tour)

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  27. © C

    When the cranes head south

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  28. Bird Call Excursion 2022 // © Naturpark Sternberger Seenland; Volker Brandt

    Bird call excursion Lenzen

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  29. Nature discovery day: Get out into nature!

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  30. © Volker Spicher

    Deer concert on the eastern shore of the Müritz in the evening

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  31. Diving operation in the deep pool

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  32. © Willi Rolfes

    In the territory of the osprey

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  33. Brown long-eared bat hunting // © C

    Bats at the Haussee

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  34. © C

    Legendary bike tour

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  35. © Jörg Dollmanski

    Spring in the Krakow Obersee nature reserve

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  36. Between the Baltic Sea and the Bodden

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  37. © E. Kartheuser

    Large stones, sand and lake

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  38. Forest in transition

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  39. © C

    Visit to the secret mouse people (in the evening)

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  40. © Biosphärenreservatsamt Südost-Rügen

    Ranger hike through the Goor nature reserve

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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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