The Fährkroog Restaurant @museum.de

M: Across from the spa town of Bad Zwischenahn, on the opposite shore of the lake, lies the Dreibergen jetty with the Fährkroog Restaurant just beyond. It takes just over half an hour to get there by one of the boats of the Weiße Flotte, and it's popular with day trippers.

F: Since the mid-19th century, the two towns on opposite sides of the lake have been linked by steamers and sailing boats. In 1919, both Zwischenahn and Dreibergen received permission to call themselves spa towns and add the word "Bad" in front of their names. Excursion traffic boomed and Dreibergen – on the sunny side of the lake – attracted huge numbers of day-trippers. But the outbreak of the Second World War brought a halt to the ferry service. Dreibergen drifted into a doze.

M: In the post-war years, the Ammerländer Bauernhaus Local History Society managed to revive shipping on the lake. But those who disembarked in Dreibergen didn't find much of note apart from a bathing beach. So the society leased the land along the shore, purchased two dilapidated Hirelings' Houses in Rostrup, then re-assembled and erected them in the immediate vicinity of the landing stage. The Fährkroog Restaurant was born and has been welcoming day-trippers from near and far for more than 70 years.

F: Here you can enjoy salted fillets of young herring or pike-perch, smoked eel and, of course, the legendary Ammerländer Löffeltrunk, a beverage drunk from a tin spoon. If you prefer something sweet, you can stroll out on to the terrace and enjoy a slice of Ostfriesentorte, a light sponge with a filling of cream and sultanas soaked in brandy or rum. And if there's still some time left before the ferry casts off, why not take a short walk into the past. Just behind the Fährkroog Restaurant lie the legendary "Three Hills", which gave the place its name: Dreibergen – Three hills.