West Pomeranian

West Pomeranian

West Pomeranian is a land of wide sandy beaches and secret islands where the river Oder meets the blue sea. This region is the perfect start for a West Baltic coast road trip that takes you from the tall cliffs of **Wolin** to the quiet dunes of the east. You can drive across the bridge to the island of **Uznam** to find seaside towns with white wooden villas and long piers. The road leads you through the Wolin National Park where high bluffs look out over the water and wild bison live in the woods. You can visit the Viking village at **Recz** to see how the old sea raiders lived and built their wooden ships. The landscape is full of water with the vast Szczecin Lagoon offering a quiet place for sailing and watching the sea birds. Your trip takes you to the town of **Trzęsacz** where the ruins of a church sit on the very edge of a cliff that is being eaten by the sea. You can see the Crooked Forest near **Gryfino** where hundreds of pine trees grow in a strange hook shape for reasons no one can explain. From the lighthouse at **Świnoujście** to the deep blue lakes of the **Drawsko** region this is a land of wind and wide open spaces.

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History of West Pomeranian

West Pomeranian is a land of secret islands and white beaches where the river Oder meets the sea. For centuries, **Viking raiders** and Slavic pirates sailed these waters from their wooden forts on the island of **Wolin** as early as the **10th century**. This sea faring past is the soul of a **West Baltic coast road trip** through the western gate of the country. The region was the home of the **Gryfici** dukes, who ruled from the white **Szczecin Castle** for over **500 years**. They controlled the trade of the Baltic and filled their cities with fine brick buildings and wide squares. You can still see the last wall of a **15th century** church sitting on the cliff at **Trzęsacz**, as the rest was taken by the sea waves. The woods of the region hold strange secrets like the **Crooked Forest**, where **400** pine trees were planted around **1930** with a strange uniform hook shape. No one knows for sure why they grow this way, but they stand as a silent mystery in the woods. From the tall **65 meter** lighthouse at **Świnoujście** to the wild bison, this land is a story of wind and waves.
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