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How does three miles of developed prime beach in crowded Europe manage to go unused for 70 years?!

• rhblake 10y ago
  Well, this is the Baltic Sea we're talking about. The average European tourist wanting sea and sun prefers the Mediterranean (i.e. Spain, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Turkey, ..) -- considerably warmer, plus cheaper/easier to get to for most people. For Germans there are plenty of other seaside resorts in the country. (Europe is only crowded in some places: large parts are not at all crowded - or even inhabited...)
• matt4077 10y ago
  "Prime" is relative – the Baltic sea is rather cold and the only reason I sometimes go there is because it's just about two hours and 30 Euros away. When I have more than a weekend, a flight to the Mediterranean is preferred. Plus this is on a island and that'd be another hour or so (ferry or detour). Berlin is probably the only city for which it's a somewhat attractive destination, but I don't see the rich people here going for it. Flying to italy take only a bit longer, or, if it needs to be close, there are quite a few opulent estates from the 16th to early-20th century within an hour of the city center, quite often with direct access to one of the many lakes.