Naturerbe-Zentrum Rügen, Nature experience centre with canopy walkway in Prora, Binz, Germany

Naturerbe-Zentrum Rügen is a nature experience centre in Prora, designed by architect Josef Stöger and opened on 15 June 2013. Its 650-metre canopy walkway runs 4 to 17 metres above beech and alder woodland, and a 40-metre tower modelled on an eagle's nest stands mid-route, its platform at 82 metres above sea level. The tower's lower cylindrical body of brown timber decks and dark steel columns flares into an open slatted wooden lattice at the top.

The centre opened on 15 June 2013, built to plans by the Schönberg architect Josef Stöger on the northern slope of the Schanzenberg. Its grounds also hold the Forsthaus Prora, probably planned and built between 1836 and 1867 as the seat of the forester of the Prince of Putbus; it later housed the GDR forestry administration, stood empty after 1992 and decayed, and was fully restored in 2013.

The permanent exhibition presents Rügen's landscapes at 17 stations and covers Prora's former military use and the DBU Naturerbe. Exhibitions change every six months. The Forsthaus Prora on the grounds, probably built between 1836 and 1867, housed the forester of the Prince of Putbus and later the GDR forestry administration; it was fully restored in 2013.

The canopy path runs 650 m through beech and alder woodland at heights of 4 to 17 m, and the winding ramp inside the tower adds 600 m, giving 1250 m in total. The tower platform stands at 82 m above sea level. The centre lies on the L293 a few hundred metres west of Seebad Prora, on the northern slope of the Schanzenberg.

The tower is modelled on an eagle's nest, and its viewing platform stands at 82 metres above sea level. The walkway measures 650 metres through beech and alder woodland, plus 600 metres of winding path inside the tower, giving 1,250 metres in total.