Besök i den tyska staden Waren - vid sjön Müritz

The German town of Waren is a picturesque little town nestled on the large Müritz lake. Here you can stroll in peace and quiet, or perhaps experience the natural history experience centre Müritzeum. For our part, there were also continued challenges in the "Beach Basket Challenge" competition.

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The beach basket challenge continues

The "beach basket challenge" is both a trip and a competition for a total of seven Swedish motorhomes in northern Germany, and yesterday it was time for the third challenge of the trip.

After the first challenge (bowling at Ostsee camping) and the second challenge (kubb in Wismar) it was time to roll on to the third challenge of the #strand basket challenge2019. It was off to Waren! On the map below you can see the entire route of the day, from Ostsee camping to Waren, and then on to Mirow Castle and Camping Havelberge.

Goods in Northern Germany

Waren is a nice little town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in northern Germany. Germany. In this charming little town, filled with beautiful old half-timbered houses, around 21,000 people live here. There's a caravan park for motorhomes (for which you have to pay). pay), and from here it's just a short walk into the town centre.

Lake Müritz

Waren is located right next to the large lake Müritz, which is the second largest lake in Germany. Here it was a holiday feeling with tourist boats and food stalls. For our part, it was lunch with "fisch brötchen" or fish and chips. We needed to recharge with energy for the upcoming challenge!

Waren fish and chips — The whole gang is eating fish and chips (or fisch brötchen) in the harbour.

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Museum Müritzeum in Waren

Müritzeum is a natural history museum or experience centre in Waren that is really nice. The museum is interactive in many ways and is interesting to visit for both adults and children. Here you can learn a lot about native plants and animal species and, for example, listen to animal sounds or check out fish in large aquariums.

This is also where we had challenge number 3! We knew there would be a quiz and everyone listened intently during the tour to pick up important information. That didn't help much. The elimination question was about guessing how many fish were swimming in a huge aquarium. Difficult!

Muritzeum i Waren — A small corner of the big aquarium ... hard to count!

Winners of Challenge 3

Here are the winners of challenge number 3 of the Beach Basket Challenge! We say a big CONGRATULATIONS to:

Team Ixeo with Lars and Britt-Marie (3 points)
Team Parrot with Lars and Maria (2 points)
Team Aviano with Christer and Petra (1 point)

Total score - right now

Here you can see the combined score of the top three teams after three challenges.

Team Parrot with Lars and Maria (7 points)
Team Ixeo with Lars and Britt-Marie (6 points)
Team Aviano with Christer and Petra (4 points)

Team Ixeo i Waren — Britt-Marie and Lars (Team Ixeo) together with the guides at the museum.

Mirow Castle

After the visit to Waren, we drove to Mirow Castle, which is beautifully surrounded by water. Just outside there is a car park for motorhomes, very convenient! Here we started with coffee and pastry in the small castle café, which was perfect. Even Curre the parrot seemed very happy and munched happily on cake. When he tried a few drops of coca cola, he shouted out loud with delight.

We walked for a while in the beautiful surroundings, and looked at the tomb where a king who killed himself is buried. The pillar is short because his life was short and a snake slithers around it, to show that his life was under pressure...

You can also see the interior of the castle and the rooms are said to be very beautiful, but as our schedule was a bit tight we had to drive on to the campsite where we would spend the night.

Mirow utanför Waren — Beautiful at Mirow Castle

Slottet Mirow utanför Waren — A tomb of a king who chose to end his own life.

Camping Havelberge

At noon we rolled into Havelberge Camping and Holiday Park. This is a huge campsite with lots of pitches for motorhomes and caravans, as well as lots of cabins and caravans. The campsite is beautifully situated by a lake and offers a restaurant, entertainment and canoe hire.

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Liqueur tasting by the fire

In the evening we gathered around the campfire, and the local tourist office arranged for us to try some local treats in the form of liqueur and chocolate. Fun! The chocolate was really good and comes from K&C Chocolates in Waren.

The liqueurs came from Mecklenburgische Likörmanufaktur, Manufaktur Löwenzahn and Mürli. The favourite was probably the honey-flavoured liqueur. Above all, we had a nice evening together at the campfire!

Have you been to this part of Germany? Tell us about it!

Facts about goods

Country: Germany
Federal Republic of Germany: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Circle: Mecklenburg Lake District
Population: About 21 000 (2011)
Location: On Lake Müritz
Neighbourhoods: Warenshof, Alt Falkenhagen, Neu Falkenhagen, Jägerhof, Rügeband, Schwenzin, Eldenholz and Eldenburg.

Attractions in Waren

Churches: St Georgen from the 14th century and St Marien from the 13th and 14th centuries.
Museums: Müritzeum
Nature: Müritz National Park and Lake Tiefwarensee
Activities: Boat trips such as the White Fleet or Blue White Fleet

Accommodation in Waren

Hotel: There are plenty of cosy hotels in Waren. Check for example Booking.com or Hotels.com.
Parking space for motorhomes: Zum Amtsbrink car park, Zum Amtsbrink, 171 92 Waren.

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Lena in Wales says:

I have never visited Waren, what a beautiful city!
Has perhaps not become a major tourist destination for Swedes, I have not been there as a tour guide and when I travelled around Europe as a young man, we did not have access to East Germany.
What fun you seem to be having!

29 May 2019 - 18:31

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  Helena says:
  
  It's a fun trip! And nice to be able to show something new! It seems that the majority of tourists around here are German, or possibly Swiss, Austrian and Dutch. There is definitely a lot of interesting things to discover here!
  
  29 May 2019 - 21:52
  
Britt-Marie Lundgren says:

It is only to be noted that this part of Germany requires another trip when we can explore these lovely places in depth. The goods were really tasty!

29 May 2019 - 20:34

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  Helena says:
  
  Agree that there are exciting places here! It feels like the eastern part of Germany is a bit "unexplored" for the Swedes 😉 Agree that Waren was nice, would have liked to spend more time there!
  
  29 May 2019 - 21:53
  
JoY says:

You manage to do a lot and yet not everything apparently "planned". Seems to be in nice places but how many fish were there? And what is in the trees, swings? in the last picture by the campfire?

29 May 2019 - 21:49

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  Helena says:
  
  Surely we have time for a lot! And yes, it gets like that sometimes when planning, easy to forget that you also have to have time to refuel and stuff 😉 What is visible in the trees is a high-altitude course! 🙂
  
  29 May 2019 - 21:58
  
BP says:

Glad to see that your website is up again. Wondering why the site was down yesterday, so glad you can report again!
One point in the challenge part 2 - congratulations. An honourable bronze;-)
I have never actually heard of the charming town of Waren, Lake Müritz or Mirow Castle. East Germany is a completely unwritten leaf for me. That's why it's so much fun to ride with you:-)

29 May 2019 - 21:50

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  Helena says:
  
  Yes, what a pain. Our site was down for a really long time. According to the web host, they were going to migrate to a new server, and it apparently took some time. And we didn't get any information before! And of course there are many interesting things to experience in this part of Germany, it does not feel like so many Swedes find here!
  
  29 May 2019 - 21:59
  
Amanda says:

What a cosy city! German cities can really be charming!!!

30 May 2019 - 8:13

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  Helena says:
  
  Isn't that right? There are so many nice cities in Germany. We liked Waren! 🙂
  
  30 May 2019 - 8:17
  
  - Mr Michael Bergström says:
    
    Hi, nice trip you made.
    We stayed in a hotel in Gustrow in April 2015 and visited waren on a rainy day when we were looking for an old GDR TV museum. Then we said that we will go here one summer day. But this summer it will be sassnitz with children and grandchildren.
    Regards Michael
    
    03 June 2019 - 6:02
    
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      Helena says:
      
      Glad you were here Michael! And nice that you are planning a trip to Sassnitz this summer! Wishes a nice trip! 🙂
      
      03 June 2019 - 6:56

Visit to the German town of Waren - on Lake Müritz

The beach basket challenge continues

Goods in Northern Germany

Lake Müritz

Museum Müritzeum in Waren

Winners of Challenge 3

Total score - right now

Mirow Castle

Camping Havelberge

Liqueur tasting by the fire

Facts about goods

Attractions in Waren

Accommodation in Waren

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