Rügen: Prora 
Description
Built by the Nazi's as a summer camp for their supporters as part of their "Strength through Joy" idea, it was never used as a holiday resort, instead the war interrupted construction. Parts of it were used as a hospital during the war, but after the defeat of Germany and it's separation the site was just left to slowly decay. It's difficult to get your head around the site as it is so massive. The first parts of the building you see are enormous, but these only represent one small part of one of the five massive blocks that were built. If it had been completed tens of thousands of Germans would have been able to spend time together building "Strength through Joy", instead the site sits as a reminder of how delusional the Nazi's were. Today parts of the site are starting to be developed, with a youth hostel opening in one end of block five and a couple of museums located in other blocks, but much of the massive complex remains empty and unused.
Charge
Free to look around the site, but some of the museums charge
Getting There
From Rostock take the train direct to Lietzow (every other hour, 75 minutes) and change there onto the train to Ostseebad Binz. First stop is Prora (also know as Prora Nord), this is the closest to the site.Latitude: 54.447424; Longitude: 13.571441
What3Words: february.negotiation.stubborn
