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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Nazia Parveen

The bathtub of Berlin: soaking it up on Germany’s sunniest island

Catching rays … a fishing boat on the island of Usedom in Pomerania, Germany.
Catching rays … a fishing boat on Usedom in Pomerania, Germany. Photograph: imagebroker/Alamy

In whitewashed Strandkorbs, families huddle together, enjoying the last of the warmth from the faltering autumnal sun on their upturned faces. These striped beach baskets, some owned, others rented, are dotted along large expanses of windswept sands that seep into the inky Baltic sea.

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