What we did in Scharbeutz, Germany

If you happen to be in Hamburg for an extended stay during the summer I definitely recommend taking a day trip to visit a beach. I mean, the days are long, it's super hot, and there's no a/c. What better reason do you need?  There are many beaches in and around Hamburg & there is also the option to go to a Freibad (swimming pool, but we haven't visited one yet, so I don't have any recommendations).

Last July during Avi's ferienwoche we went to Scharbeutz Strand (which back then I called Scherbatsky because I could never remember the name).  I wrote a recap about the whole week and mentioned this trip on that post, you can find pictures there too.
It was the first time I visited the beach in Germany,  we had previously been to Scheveningen in Holland, but we didn't go in the water because it was still cold.
We bought the Schleswig-Holstein Ticket, [it is valid in the state of Hamburg for a day] it covered us all the way to Scharbeutz and back. Once we arrived in Scharbeutz we walked, it seemed like the best option, and it wasn't that far.

I didn't take any pictures of the city, but walked the trail highlighted on the map above all the way to the beach.

Once we arrived we rented a "Strandkorb" (beach basket).

This was the first time I had ever heard of this, I really didn't see a point to it at first, but since we didn't take a beach umbrella or anything it was okay. it turns out those things are really useful, they give you shade and they block the wind!

The water was a little to cold for my liking, but Avi and Rosa were in there just fine. 

So overall you can expect:

• There are many little shops.
• To have a good time.
• Cold water, maybe? 
• If traveling by train, you can get off at any city and take a look around, some of them might surprise you!

Have you been here before, or any beach in Germany?

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