Greifswald 2026

The mUSKetieren announced that they were meeting for a sketching weekend in Greifswald — and we joined them. K. and S. from Berlin and I from Hamburg stayed in a charming holiday apartment in an old fisherman’s house, where we felt very comfortable.

We admired the new cathedral windows by Olafur Eliasson, looked around the beautiful market square, and noticed many lovely details. I very much regret not sketching there. I learned that the university in Greifswald was founded as early as 1456, and I would have loved to sketch one of its buildings.

        

Beautiful ships were moored along the banks of the Ryck, where we sat in the evening and ate fish.

Because of the cold and the wind, we wandered from café to café. My weather app said: “10 degrees, feels like 1 degree.” In my fortune cookie after a delicious Asian meal, I got the saying: “Laughter brings youth to you.” And that was exactly how it felt!