Timmendorfer Strand is located 15 km in the north of Lübeck on the Baltic Sea coast. Neighboring spots are Scharbeutz in the north, Ratekau in south and west, and  Lübeck(Travemünde district) in the east. The beach at the bay of Lübeck is 6.5 km long. Timmendorfer Strand is known as one of the most fashionable seaside resorts with a lot of tourist attractions.  Niendorf and Timmendorfer Strand are the new locations, where celebrities enjoy their free time. Even today, the house of Emanuel Geibel still exists, where the famous guest Wilhelm Raabe loved staying and also the poet Hermann Löns enjoyed bathing in Niendorf. Today there are people like Udo Lindenberg and his crew, the "Fantastic Four" and Yvonne Elliman, actors like Armin Mueller-Stahl and Peter Lohmeyer, athletes like the Klitschko brothers or Heike Henkel, soccer players such as Manny Kaltz and the beach volleyball world elite enjoy the waves.