Nienhagen Ghost Forest – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Kühlungsborn West

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Germany

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Landkreis Rostock

Kühlungsborn

Nienhagen Ghost Forest – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Kühlungsborn West

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Nienhagen Ghost Forest – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Kühlungsborn West

02:03

32.0km

80m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.96 km

Strandgut Café & Popular Bike Path

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Great bike path, there are many here. Met people and had interesting conversations

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5.60 km

Baltic Sea Cycle Path

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Very good cycle path.👍

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12.0 km

Baltic Sea Coast Between Heiligendamm and Warnemünde

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Easy to drive road with little traffic and interesting landscape.

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14.3 km

Cliff Coast of Börgerende-Nienhagen

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Swimming is permitted.
However, caution is also advised: the cliff is constantly affected by collapses, landslides and rockfalls, especially after heavy rainfall, frost, storms or floods. For your own safety, the information and warning signs should be respected and observed. The shore recedes by around 25 cm every year. As a result, sand from the sea has to be transported to the coast again and again.

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15.6 km

Nienhagen Ghost Forest

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The Nienhäger wood, the official name of the forest section around the seaside resort, better known as the ghost forest of Nienhagen, belongs to the forest of the Rostock district and is managed by the forest authority. The approximately 180 hectare mixed forest looks extraordinarily spooky, especially in fog or wind: when the trees, bushes and grasses growing here lay in bizarre shapes in dim light and are pushed towards the ground by the storm. When there is a strong storm from the direction of the Baltic Sea, it seems as if the gnarled trees with their sparse crowns whispered to one another in a wind-fleeing form.

Source: meck-pomm-lese.de

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16.1 km

Nienhagen Ghost Forest

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The Ghost Forest is a mixed forest of approximately 180 hectares. The forest is named for its bizarrely shaped and fairy-tale-like trees.

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28.7 km

Kühlungsborn Marina

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Small harbor of Kühlungsborn.

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28.8 km

Kühlungsborn Marina Promenade

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A wide sandy beach typical of the Baltic Sea invites you to swim.

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32.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.4 km

6.85 km

5.35 km

2.65 km

1.77 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.5 km

11.2 km

3.01 km

2.68 km

681 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 4 October

19°C

10°C

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Max wind speed: 26.0 km/h

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Comments

June 13, 2025,Fahrradtour Kühlungsborn zum Geisterwald

We cycled along beautiful cycle paths, always along the sea.

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June 21, 2024,2024_0621_Kühlungsborn, Gespensterwald, Nienhagen

The weather greeted us today in grey, hmm... the forecast for the day wasn't that great either. We saddled up our bikes and fought our way through Kühlungsborn, the Salsa Festival means there's even more going on on all the roads. After all, it's about 4.5 kilometers from our accommodation to the coastal path where we can then leave the …

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September 7, 2024,Erste Erkundungstour in Kühlungsborn, erstmal schauen was sich verändert hat und was es neues gibt

After we arrived, we first got on our bikes and explored the surrounding area. See what was new and what had changed

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August 23, 2023,20230823 Kühlungsborn Börgerende und zurück

You can do the route to Wismar and from there by ship back to Kuehlungsborn! :)

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October 9, 2024,Fahrradtour Sanddornstrand nach Nienhagen/ Gespensterwald

Of course we didn't go through the Baltic Sea 🫣 somehow Komoot got that a bit wrong 🤷🏼 we went back the same way we went to the ghost forest. We were really unlucky with the weather on the way. Rain, wind and cold accompanied us for quite a long time, but it was still a nice tour.

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