 Participants from the Baltic Sea countries and Norway were accommodated in boarding houses.From 1958 to 1990 approximately 100 men of the East German Navy's (Volksmarine) elite 18th Combat Swimmer Command (Kampfschwimmerkommando 18 (KSK-18)) were stationed in Kühlungsborn.Since the mid-1990s Kühlungsborn has again become a popular year-round destination for the holiday season.