As a young man, Friedrich first moved to Copenhagen and later to Dresden. Yet Greifswald remained a key part of the painter’s life, as it was there he visited family and found inspiration from nature on his walks. In Greifswald, the original paintings meet the very landscapes they depict and visitors encounter the painter’s early life first hand, making his home city and the Pomerania region one of the biggest open-air museums for Friedrich’s work. Caspar David Friedrich’s world can be experienced up close in Greifswald, with authentic places from his life and work transporting us back into Friedrich’s time. Visitors can see his father’s workshop and learn more about Friedrich’s life at the Caspar David Friedrich Centre, on the site of the house in which he was born.