Traveling to the Schlei and Flensburg | Explore Northern Germany | Sailing and Rum

DW presenter Nicole Fröhlich explores Schleswig-Holstein: sailing the Schlei, visiting Gottorf Castle and drinking rum in Flensburg. Join her on a varied trip through northern Germany.
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[@mcmbegbu]

Great tour. Wished I was on the sailing boat.

[@adin4407]

And the rum trade was linked to the slave trade, as well: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangular_trade

[@DWTravel]

Yes, you are right, rum was - like other trades at that time - linked to the triangular trade slavery. The city of Flensburg profited from this, but the slaves were never visible to the everyday people of then Danish-German Flensburg, as they were shipped to the Caribbean to work the sugar plantations. The historical fact of Flensburg's involvement in slavery is not denied and is very much a subject addressed in the town, for instance at the Flensburg Maritime Museum. (flensburger-foerde.de/en/experience-culture/museums/maritime-museum/)

[@PeterChoyce]

Its also the place HIMMLER and his guards hid out before being captured by the allies a little further south - probably not a mention at the town tourist office

[@horst-uweheld918]

Himmler at Hüholz and Kollerup, Höß at Gottrupel somewhat west of Flensburg.