Cape Arkona Lighthouse – View of Kap Arkona Cliffs loop from Putgarten

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Germany

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Vorpommern-Rügen

Putgarten

Cape Arkona Lighthouse – View of Kap Arkona Cliffs loop from Putgarten

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Cape Arkona Lighthouse – View of Kap Arkona Cliffs loop from Putgarten

01:59

7.58km

60m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.86 km

Lighthouse photo spot

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Schinkelturm is the second oldest lighthouse on the Baltic Sea. Its square shape and the red brick can be seen from afar. When it got too old and too weak, …

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1.87 km

Schinkel Tower and New Lighthouse at Cape Arkona

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Great! Simply great!😍

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2.92 km

Gellort – Northernmost Point of Rügen

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From Gellort, the northernmost point of the island of Rügen, it is only about 70 kilometers to Sweden and just over 50 kilometers to the island of Mon (Denmark). If …

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3.47 km

Cape Arkona Lighthouse

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The path from the northern beach along the coast below the cape to the fishing village of Vitt is great and varied, especially for kids...and the smoked fish in Vitt …

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3.98 km

Peilturm at Cape Arkona

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The Jaromarsburg

In the middle of the castle stood the temple in 1168 with the oversized wooden image of the four-headed god Svantevit.

The remains of the Arkona Temple Castle …

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4.94 km

View of Kap Arkona Cliffs

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Wonderful view of Cape Arkona and the cliffs.

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5.41 km

Vitt fishing village

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The idyllic and somewhat remote fishing village invites you to stop off in the warm months with many small cafés. From the beach you already have a great view of the cliffs.

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5.48 km

View of the Chalk Cliffs (Kreidefelsen) on Rügen

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Beautiful beach overlooking chalk cliffs

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7.58 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.42 km

3.11 km

614 m

439 m

Surfaces

2.35 km

2.24 km

2.16 km

836 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 16 October

13°C

9°C

85 %

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Comments

August 18, 2023,Kap Arkona & nördlichsten Punkt Gellort & Fischerdorf Vitt

A very nice tour, started from Putgarten. Hiked to Cape Arcona to the northernmost point of Gellort. From there to the small fishing village of Vitt.
Great places, beautiful👍😎

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May 9, 2025,Kap Arkona - mit Vitt

From the parking lot (€8 by car 😯) in Putgarten, we head toward the lighthouse, Schinkel Tower, and the direction finder tower. Of course, I have to climb the lighthouse (another €3). The view is fantastic, over the blossoming fruit trees, the sunny rapeseed, and the turquoise Baltic Sea.

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November 14, 2021,Putgarten- Kap Arkona - Vitt

Such a beautiful tour. Even if it was very overcast, we were lucky and no rain.
It was not very busy and we had a lot of time to admire the great landscape. The view from the northernmost point of Rügen is great, but definitely even better when the view is clear. 🙂🙃

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November 17, 2023,Der Klassiker auf Rügen: Putgarten - Vitt - Kap Arkona -Gellort

The destination was Gellort. The actually northernmost point of the island of Rügen, but also of the former GDR. It is about 500m from the cape, but well signposted. We like to go there when it gets dark. You have Cape Arkona all to yourself.

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May 27, 2025,Zum Kap Arkona und dem Fischerdorf Vitt

Another destination on Rügen was Cape Arkona. The weather wasn't supposed to be the best today, but rain wasn't forecast until the afternoon.
So we set off early and headed to the north of the island.
The hike there was OK, with beautiful views of the lighthouses every now and then. Once we got there, I naturally wanted to climb …

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January 20, 2025,Aussicht auf Kap Arkona – Fischerdorf Vitt Runde 🇩🇪

Today we went to Cape Arkona in glorious weather to see the bunkers there. And then on to the beautiful Vitt. And all of this with just a handful of visitors - a dream!

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May 21, 2023,3 Leuchttürme am Kap Arkona

Cape Arkona is a 40m high chalk cliff in the north of Rügen and a magnet for visitors. We started at the parking lot in front of the cape and after a few minutes saw the 3 lighthouses that make this stretch of coast something special: the square Schinkelturm, the round New Lighthouse next to it and the Peilturm with …

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September 23, 2024,Wanderung von Puttbus über Kap Arkona, Vitt und zurück.

A short, leisurely hike to Cape Arkona and back via the fishing village of Vikk.
Beforehand you have to: pay a parking fee, possibly pay to use the toilets, possibly pay for sightseeing, possibly pay for the bus..... and, and, and....
I am rarely as shocked as I was on Rügen. There is no free space here where you don't …

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