With its chalk-white cliffs, silvery sand beaches and turn-of-the-century seaside resorts, the Baltic island of Rügen is a dreamy getaway. The ornate Art Nouveau pier at the northwest end of Sellin’s sandy beach, known as Seebrücke, wouldn’t be out of place in a Californian or English coastal resort.

The elegant structure sits at the end of a long wooden causeway. A pier was first built here in 1906 and was rebuilt in 1925 after a fire.

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