IU224. ISLAND UZNAM

LOCATION Usedom is a coastal island in the Baltic Sea on the border of Poland (West Pomeranian Voivodeship) and Germany. From the Polish side to the island of Usedom, the best way to reach is visit first Świnoujście. The only communication with the part of Świnoujście located on the island of Usedom are ferries. The […]

IU223. ISLAND WOLIN

LOCATION Wolin is a Polish island on the Baltic Sea just off the Polish coast. Administratively it belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The island is separated from the island of Usedom by the Strait of Świna and from mainland by the Strait of Dziwna and Szczecin Lagoon. However, it is well communicated with mainland […]

IU158. ISLAND of HIDDENSEE

LOCATION Hiddensee is small island of only 19 square kilometers in the Baltic Sea located very close (3 km) west of the island of Rügen. The island extends from North to South for about 16 kilometers, but has only a small East-West extension, the shape resembles to a seahorse. Since 1990 it is part of […]

IU157. ISLAND of VILM

LOCATION Vilm is an island in the Baltic Sea located very close (3 km) to the island of Rügen. It is one of the oldest protected areas in Germany (since 1936) and is now part of the core zone of the UNESCO World Heritage Südost-Rügen and also area of “EU Habitats Directive” (Conservation of natural […]

IU99. IVÖ ISLAND

LOCATION Ivö is the biggest island in Lake Ivösjön, located in the northeastern part of SkåneCounty, in the municipalities of Kristianstad and Bromölla56°11′N 14°38′E By Olaf Meister [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:F%C3%A4hre_Barum_Iv%C3%B6.JPG SCENIC CHARACTER Ivö is a very interesting place especially of […]