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Rugard Thermal Strandhotel
Binz, Germany · Independent · Near Luxury
The long block on the Binz promenade was built in 1972 as the FDGB holiday home Rugard, one of the union houses East Germany put up behind the beach for workers who had a vacation voucher. A postcard in the German Digital Library still shows it under that name in December 1977. Arkona, Dr. Hutter's company, reopened it as a hotel in 1996. Two hundred thirty-one rooms now look over the bay, with restaurants on the fifth floor taking the same view.
- 231 rooms
- Opened 1996
- Rooms from 215 sq ft (20 m²)
About Rugard Thermal Strandhotel
- A place in an FDGB home was assigned through the workplace, not booked like a hotel room. On Rügen that voucher was hard to get, and the Rugard was one of the big homes built for it from 1972.
- The thermal spa runs to about 3,000 square meters, with a warm saltwater pool, and Arkona rebuilt it over the winter of 2024 to 2025.
- Strandpromenade 62 is also the desk for the apartments across the street. The Strandresidenzen have no reception of their own, so you pick up that key here.
- Entry-level rooms start at 215 sq ft (20 m²).
History
From 1972 the East German trade union, the FDGB, built large holiday homes on the northern edge of Binz, among them Haus Rugard. A postcard postmarked 8 December 1977 in the German Digital Library is labeled FDGB-Erholungsheim Rugard. After reunification the block was privatized. Arkona Dr. Hutter reopened it as the Rugard Thermal Strandhotel in 1996. The operator counts 231 rooms and a wellness and thermal area of about 3,000 square meters, renovated in the winter of 2024 to 2025, plus panorama restaurants on the fifth floor.
The setting
Strandpromenade 62, 18609 Binz, on Rügen, on the promenade of the old seaside resort. The 1970s union blocks sit north of the villa quarter of Bäderarchitektur. The Strandresidenzen are across the street on Proraer Straße. Prora, the colossal Nazi holiday camp, is further along that road, and it is not this building.
Restaurants and bars
- Panorama-Restaurants — Restaurant
- Panoramarestaurant — Restaurant
- Bernstein Restaurant — Restaurant
Experiences
- Spa Ladies Night — Evening event from 21:00 to 23:00 on 30 September, 28 October, 25 November and 16 December 2026.
- Yoga für Einsteiger am Strand von Rügen — Beginner yoga on the Rügen beach, meeting at the hotel pool from April 2026, Thursdays and Sundays at 08:15.
- Meditation — Meditation meeting at the hotel pool from April 2026, every Wednesday at 08:15.
- Wassergymnastik — Water gymnastics in the hotel pool every Wednesday at 10:00.
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