The brick-built Old Lighthouse of Travemünde with the Maritim high-rise behind it

Baltic seaside resort on the Trave · live and verified

Travemünde today

What is on in Travemünde today: events, official bathing-water status and water temperature – in one place, with a visible verification date.

What is on today?
Photo: Holger Ellgaard, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Water 20.8 °C Air 16 °C 15 events today Sunrise 05:58 – over the open sea Sunset 20:45 Bathing water “excellent” -31 days to Travemünde Week

Today in Travemünde

As of: 17 August 2026

Travemünde is the Baltic seaside resort of Lübeck: fine sandy beach at the mouth of the Trave, the Old Lighthouse, the four-masted barque Passat and Travemünde Week – one of the largest sailing regattas in the world. This page brings together what matters today: the official bathing-water rating, the current water temperature, today’s events and live departures. Every fact is backed by a source and a visible verification date.

Coast planner

Plan your day in Travemünde – in 30 seconds

Tell it when you’re here and what you like. The coast planner builds a day programme from verified places – with times, honest walking estimates, a map and export. Weather-adapted, nothing invented.

  1. 1When and how long
  2. 2What you like
  3. 3A ready plan with map

Start right away:

What a day looks like
  1. 09:30 Kurstrand beach
  2. 12:00 Lunch on the Vorderreihe
  3. 14:15 Visit the Passat
  4. 17:00 Sunset at the north pier

News from Travemünde

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Updated 11 minutes ago · Automatically from HL-live and Travemünde Aktuell – full articles at the publishers.

Events, beach, getting here and more – all topics

Live tools: sun, water data, beach-chair guide and more

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Frequently asked questions about Travemünde

What can you do in Travemünde today?

This page delivers the daily overview: today’s events, water temperature and bathing-water status, live train and bus departures and the weather. For a ready-made day plan with a route there is the coast planner.

How warm is the water in Travemünde?

The current, measured Baltic water temperature is in the live ticker above and in detail on the water-temperature page – with timestamp, day preview and official bathing-water status. The page updates several times a day.

When is Travemünde Week 2026?

The 137th Travemünde Week runs from 17 to 26 July 2026 – regattas on the Bay of Lübeck and a shore programme, entry to the festival area is free. Getting there, parking and tips are on the Travemünde Week page.

How do you get to the Priwall?

By the Priwall ferry across the Trave: a car ferry takes vehicles, the passenger ferry brings pedestrians and cyclists across in a few minutes all year round – to the beach, the Passat, the marine station and the nature reserve.

Is Travemünde heute an official site?

No – Travemünde heute is an independent, private information service and not a site of the city of Lübeck or the resort administration. Every detail carries a source and verification date; the methodology page explains how it works.

The Brodten cliffs on the Bay of Lübeck
Holger.Ellgaard · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
The rescue boat Erich Koschubs off Travemünde
Klaus Bailly · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
A Finnlines ferry in the Trave estuary off Travemünde
Roland.h.bueb · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Fishing boats in Travemünde’s fishing harbour
ChristianSW · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Boats of Marina Baltica on the lower Trave
Kristof Magnusson · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Edvard Munch’s painting of St Lawrence church in Travemünde, 1903
A cruise ship at the Ostpreußenkai in Travemünde
Roland.h.bueb · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
Leisure boats in the Passat harbour on the Priwall
Roland.h.bueb · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
The Priwall ferry on the Trave in Travemünde
Rosa-Maria Rinkl · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Vorderreihe and promenade in Travemünde
Rosa-Maria Rinkl · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
André Karwath aka Aka · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
Beach and Baltic Sea at Travemünde
Roland.h.bueb · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Beach chairs in the sand on Travemünde’s Kurstrand
Rosa-Maria Rinkl · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Historical view of Travemünde from 1822
Sailing boats at Travemünde Week
G. Sawatzky · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

How is the water quality?

Water today 20.8 °C

Travemünde main beach (Kurstrand)

Excellent water quality

2.14 km beach · officially sampled

Priwall beach

Excellent water quality

1 km beach · officially sampled

Both of Travemünde's official bathing sites have held the top EU class for years. Travemünde main beach (Kurstrand): rated “excellent” in all 14 EU assessment years since 2012. Priwall beach: “excellent” in 12 of 15 EU assessment years, otherwise “good” – “excellent” without interruption since 2021.

Official bathing season: 01/06–15/09

Classification of all EU assessment years
Assessment year Travemünde main beach (Kurstrand)Priwall beach
2012 (2009–2012) ausgezeichnetgut
2013 (2010–2013) ausgezeichnetgut
2014 (2011–2014) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2015 (2012–2015) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2016 (2013–2016) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2017 (2014–2017) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2018 (2015–2018) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2019 (2016–2019) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2020 (2017–2020) ausgezeichnetgut
2021 (2018–2021) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2022 (2019–2022) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2023 (2020–2023) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2024 (2021–2024) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet
2025 (2022–2025) ausgezeichnetausgezeichnet

EU bathing water classification, calculated from four years of official laboratory samples (roughly monthly in season) – not a live reading. Acute warnings (e.g. blue-green algae) day-to-day on the official bathing water map.
Source: Open Data Schleswig-Holstein (Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – 2.0 (Land Schleswig-Holstein)) · Data as of: 17 August 2026 · History/season: CC BY 4.0, Data as of: 18 July 2026

More on beach and water →
The big event of the summer 137th Travemünde Week 17–26 July 2026 Getting there, parking and tips → Ten days of regattas on the Bay of Lübeck plus a shore programme along the promenade.

Travemünde on social media

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