Spruce forests stretch across the rounded summits of the Harz Mountains, their dark green broken only by the granite outcrops that punctuate the high plateau. The Harz National Park protects one of the largest continuous forested areas in Germany, a landscape of deep river valleys, waterfalls, and the iconic Brocken peak, the highest mountain in […]
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The white chalk cliffs of Jasmund National Park on Germany’s R\u00fcgen Island are one of northern Europe’s most dramatic coastal landscapes, gleaming white Cretaceous cliffs rising 118 metres above the Baltic Sea from ancient beech forest, immortalised in the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich and now a UNESCO World heritage site. The K\u00f6nigsstuhl (King’s Chair) […]
Categories: Germany, National Parks, Nature, Nature
