Schwerin · Castle Island · Germany

Schwerin Castle

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10/10

best: morning, spring

romantic, grand, fairy-tale

A local would say...

Schwerin's castle seems to grow out of the lake — it's on a moated island, surrounded by six more lakes, and still functioning as the state parliament.

A charming architectural mishmash of a landmark castle set on an island amid Schwerin's landscape of seven lakes. No photograph conveys the castle's visual complexity — a neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance hybrid from the mid-19th century inspired by Chambord. The surrounding Burggarten features a wonderful orangerie overlooking the water with a café terrace.