Germans are going for holidays... in their own country

Beach-goers walk along the shore at the seaside resort of Binz, on the island of Ruegen in north-eastern Germany. - AFP

Germans usually love their sun-soaked summer holidays abroad. But fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections have prompted a new holiday destination of choice: their home country.

On a recent public holiday, it was only 17°C in the seaside resort of Binz on the island of Ruegen.