Summer lake days seem like light years away, so here’s a book to get you dreaming about (and planning) next year’s shoreside adventures. Berlin publishers The Gentle Temper are celebrating five years of books with a special edition of their now-legendary lake guide, “Take Me to the Lakes”. The 312-page “Deutschland Edition” includes a beautifully-photographed selection of 30 of the best German lakes collected from different editions in the series. Each section in the book is dedicated to a region or city: Bavaria, Cologne, the Black Forest, Hamburg, Leipzig and of course Berlin. Besides the lakes, for each region the book also includes 12 accommodation tips – from hotels to tiny houses – which is handy if you plan to stay a night or two. Like all the books in the series, this edition is full of hidden places and practical advice that will take you from the mountain lakes of Bavaria to the sand dunes surrounding Berlin. In our opinion it’s worth grabbing a copy just to admire the design and photography – that said, it’d be a shame if it never left the coffee table. As for us: we’re already planning our 2022 lake debut.
Text: Rosie Gilmour / Photos: Josephine Kaatz & Take Me to the Lakes
Take Me to the Lakes – Deutschland Edition (The Gentle Temper, 312 pages, in German)
You can purchase the book online and at stockists in Berlin.
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