Puttgarden: Grüner Brink
The Baltic Sea defines the setting of Grüner Brink near Puttgarden — shallow coastal water, a broad beach and low dunes give this northern edge of Fehmarn its open character. Grüner Brink is a protected coastal area whose habitats provide resting and feeding ground for migratory birds. Footpaths run along the shore, linking the quieter nature reserve with a recreation beach. Nearby Puttgarden has the ferry port for the crossing to Rødby in Denmark across the Fehmarn Belt, placing this shore beside one of the established sea links between Germany and Scandinavia.
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Puttgarden has served as a ferry port in Schleswig-Holstein since 1963. On Fehmarn’s northern coast, it faces the Fehmarn Belt, the Baltic Sea strait separating Germany from Denmark. Ferries have long connected Puttgarden with Rødby on Lolland, making the settlement a familiar transit point on the route between Hamburg and Copenhagen. The harbour was developed for the Vogelfluglinie, the rail-and-road link named after the migratory bird route across the Baltic. Beyond terminals and tracks, Fehmarn is a low, windswept island of fields and beaches, with coastal paths and birdlife shaping its maritime character. Place Puttgarden in the context of Fehmarn and the western Baltic by browsing webcams nearby.
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