Baltic Sea

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The Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the English Channel.

coast of Bornholm, Denmark

Great Belt Bridge

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Chalk cliffs at Stubbenkammer promontory on the island of Rügen, Ger.

Ostseebad Ahrenshoop, Ger., on the Baltic Sea.

Marienkirche in Lübeck, Germany

The Kiel Canal, running from the mouth of the Elbe River to the Baltic Sea, Kiel, Ger.

Gdańsk shipyard

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The Baltic Sea, the North Sea, and the English Channel.

coast of Bornholm, Denmark

Great Belt Bridge

Møn: chalk cliffs

Chalk cliffs at Stubbenkammer promontory on the island of Rügen, Ger.

Ostseebad Ahrenshoop, Ger., on the Baltic Sea.

Marienkirche in Lübeck, Germany

The Kiel Canal, running from the mouth of the Elbe River to the Baltic Sea, Kiel, Ger.

Gdańsk shipyard

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