The Hanseatic city of Rostock, located on the Baltic Sea, is the
largest city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with a good 200,000
inhabitants. It is one of the most important German ferry ports with
scheduled connections to Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic States.
Many tourists will come to Rostock mainly because of the
beautiful, white sandy beach near Warnemünde. But the Warnemünde
Week and the Hansesail also attract around 1 million visitors to
Rostock every year. The lower reaches of the Warnow meander through
the city like a wide ribbon, creating a natural harbor that gives
Rostock its maritime flair.
The visitor encounters traces of
the old Hanseatic period everywhere. The imposing brick Gothic
churches and the proud merchants' houses characterize Rostock's soul
with their history, although the city was never the capital of
Mecklenburg but always its most powerful and progressive
municipality. At the time of the Hanseatic League, Rostock grew
particularly quickly. A grid-shaped road network was created, large
markets near the port, wide main streets and mighty ramparts,
bridges, walls and gates. Up to 370 ships once sailed under the
Rostock flag. The port of Rostock, which is important for ferry
traffic and goods handling, and the largest German cruise port in
Warnemünde are located in the city area. Rostock is surrounded by
the district of Rostock, which forms the regiopole region of
Rostock. The Arado and Heinkel aircraft works, established in the
1920s, made Rostock a target of air warfare in World War II. After
the war, not only large companies (Heinkel, Arado, Bootswerft
Kröger) were subject to dismantling by the occupying power, but also
numerous medium-sized companies. In 1949, the reconstruction of the
almost completely destroyed urban area between Marienkirche and
Grubenstraße began, with the historic streets only being partially
reconstructed. After 1990, the Rostock economy has changed
significantly. The importance of the shipbuilding industry declined
sharply. Many new jobs were created in tourism.
Today, ships
and the shopping mile Stadthafen, the brick Gothic style and the
merchant houses stand for the typical Hanseatic coastal flair of
Rostock and Warnemünde. The Rostock Council founded Northern
Europe's first university in 1419 with papal blessing. Over 14,000
students study at the alma mater today. Several scientists brought
Nobel prizes to Rostock. Albert Einstein owes his first honorary
doctorate to the university.
1 Marienkirche (on the Neuer Markt). Spacious brick
Gothic basilica with transept and chapel wreath, begun in 1290, interior
with rich, valuable furnishings, including astronomical clock from 1472,
baptismal font, several altars, some of them medieval, large organ with
baroque prospectus, burial chapel of the Thomas Mann family.
2 St.
Peter's Church. Oldest surviving and highest church in Rostock, with the
characteristic pointed tower a former navigation mark. Nice view of the
city from the church tower. The platform is at a height of 45m. The
interior has been subdivided after severe war damage and has decimated
equipment.
3 Nikolai Church. Gothic hall church, restored after
severe war damage as a concert hall with apartments in the roof.
Monastery of the Holy Cross, Klosterhof 7, 18055 Rostock. Tel.: +49
(0)381 381 45 30, fax: +49 (0)381 381 94 51, e-mail:
kulturhistorisches.museum@rostock.de. An idyllic Gothic monastery
complex with rich medieval furnishings, including two Gothic altars, a
triumphal cross and a sacrament house. More medieval works of art,
archaeological finds, coins and a collection of paintings and
handicrafts can be seen in the museum in the neighboring monastery
buildings.
In the urban area there are also three village churches
that are worth seeing, the village church of Biestow, the village church
of Lichtenhagen, a Gothic hall church with the characteristic bishop's
hat on the tower and the village church of Toitenwinkel wikipediacommons
with a Gothic carved altar and the graves of those by Moltke. The
neo-Gothic church of Warnemünde wikipediacommons also has a Gothic
carved altar worth seeing and a larger-than-life late Gothic figure of
St. Christopher.
Palace and baroque hall City
palace, residence of the Dukes of Mecklenburg with adjacent court
theater and festive hall
New Market Town Hall. A building from the
13th century with a seven-tower display wall added later and a baroque
porch.
University Rostock University with its main building on
Kröpeliner Strasse is the third oldest university in Germany and the
oldest in the entire Baltic Sea region.
Kröpeliner Tor Part of the
extensively preserved city wall with exhibitions
Rostock City Library
with a richly decorated brick Gothic facade
The elegant Zeecksche
Villa was built by the architect Paul Korff in a late historicist style
near the ramparts for the businessman Zeeck and is now used as the
headquarters of the arcona group.
7 Blücher Monument
. Monument to Rostock's first honorary citizen from 1819 with a memorial
by Goethe.
8 Memorial to the 1917 Sailors' Uprising. A memorial from
1977, formerly with an exhibition room underneath, designed by Wolfgang
Eckardt and Reinhard Dietrich.
9 Shipbuilding and
Shipping Museum (traditional ship), Schmarl Dorf 40, 18106 Rostock.
Phone: +49 (0)381 12831364, fax: +49 (0)381 12831366, email:
info@schifffahrtsmuseum-rostock.de. Germany's largest floating museum.
The development of shipbuilding is shown on board a traditional ship,
from the former Slavic dugout to the computer-controlled production of
today's large shipyards. Open: Apr-Jun + Sep-Oct: Tue-Sun 10am-6pm;
Jul+Aug: daily 10am-6pm; Nov-Mar: Tue-Sun 10:00-16:00. Price: adults €4,
children (7-14 years) €2.50.
10 Warnemünde Local History Museum,
Alexandrinenstraße 31, 18119 Rostock. Tel.: +49 (0)381 52667, fax: +49
(0)381 5486837, e-mail: kontakt@heimatmuseum-warnemuende.de . Historical
objects from fishermen's and sailors' houses, the history of the place,
the invention of the beach chair and much more. Open: Apr-Oct: Tue-Sun
10:00-17:00, Nov-Mar: Wed-Sun 10:00-17:00. Price: Adults: €4, children
(6-17 years) and concessions €2, families (2+ min.1) €6
11 Cultural
History Museum, Klosterhof 7, 18055 Rostock. Tel.: +49 (0)381 203590. In
a Cistercian monastery from the 13th/14th Dating back to the 19th
century with a beautiful, idyllic cloister, paintings, handicrafts,
furniture and other cultural artefacts are on display. Open: Tue-Sun
10:00-18:00. Price: Admission free.
12 Art Gallery Rostock, Hamburger
Strasse 40, 18069 Rostock. Tel.: +49 (0)381 381 70 00, fax: +49 (0)381
381 70 10, e-mail: kunsthalle@rostock.de . The largest exhibition house
for contemporary art in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the only new
museum building in the former GDR. Public guided tours Tuesday 4:00
p.m., Wednesday 2:00 p.m. and Thursday 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Open:
Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00.
13 Documentation and memorial site of the BStU
in the former Stasi detention center, Hermannstraße 34b, 18055 Rostock
(access via the supermarket driveway or Augustenstraße/Grüner Weg).
Open: The memorial will remain closed until probably November 2020 due
to renovation work.
The new market with the town hall and the old market in the eastern
part of the old town are memorable. Some of the remains of the formerly
rich stock of town houses are still preserved there, including the
Gothic, richly decorated Kerkhoffhaus behind the town hall. Nearby is
the Große Wasserstrasse with another Gothic gabled house, the
Krahnstöver-Haus. In the eastern part of the old town you can also find
the former St. Catherine's Monastery, which partly contains Gothic
components and is now used as a university for music and theatre. In the
Lohgerberstraße, a small-scale development was restored as part of the
urban renewal, which gives a good idea of the earlier impact of this
part of the old town. This street leads from the Alter Markt to the
Nikolaikirche; from there it is not far to Beginenberg Street with the
mighty palace-like Beginenberg 1 granary, nearby is also the oldest city
gate of Rostock, the 20 Kuhtor.
In the northern part of the old
town, the Lagerstrasse and the Wokrenter Strasse in particular are built
up with partly renovated town houses. The so-called house tree house in
Wokrenter Str. 40 is worth seeing.
In the western extension of
the city, near the Kunsthalle, is Reutershagen with the Wiener Platz
wikipediacommons, a quiet residential complex in the Heimatschutz style
from around 1940, which was built for the employees of the Heinkel
aircraft factory.
Lindenpark, former old cemetery,
atmospheric park with an exhibition of former tombs and the delimited
Jewish cemetery
Rosengarten, close to the Steintor
Wall systems
(in the southwest section of the city wall)
Park at the swan pond
near the art gallery
Barnstorfer Forest, a park near the zoo
IGA
Park in Lütten-Klein with Willow Cathedral Rostock and traditional ship
Botanical Garden
Various
Rostock Zoo, Barnstorfer Ring 1,
18059 Rostock. Rostock Zoo is the largest on the German Baltic Sea
coast. Since 2012, the zoo has been expanded to include the Darwineum, a
large complex with a tropical hall and outdoor area for the great apes,
as well as an extensive exhibition on the origin of life on earth and,
since 2018, the polarium with a direct view of the polar bear enclosure.
Rostock Zoo was awarded Best Zoo in Category II and offers many
children's playgrounds. A visit to the zoo is also worthwhile on rainy
days. Open: daily 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; November - March only until 5
p.m. Price: adults €18, children: 4 - 16 years €10.
Volkstheater
Rostock
Harbor tours. Tel.: +49 (0)381 6372654, mobile: +49 (0)173 9179178,
fax: +49 (0)381 6372655. Landing points in the Rostock city harbor and
from the passenger quay in Warnemünde. The boats can also be used for a
one-way trip from Rostock to Warnemünde (journey time approx. 60
minutes). It is also possible to take bicycles with you. Open: June to
September from 10:30 a.m. every half hour, March, April, May and October
every hour, travel time 100 minutes. Price: adults €20, children (4-14
years) €9, family ticket €50
Movie theater
CineStar Rostock
Lütten-Klein, St. Petersburger Str. 18b, 18107 Rostock. 7 halls.
CineStar Rostock Capitol, Breite Str. 3-5, 18055 Rostock. 4 halls.
Movie Theater Wundervoll, Barnstorfer Weg 4, 18057 Rostock (in the
Metropol). Repertory cinema of the Ro-cine e. V. (first room)
Cinema
Wundervoll, Friedrichstr. 23, 18057 Rostock (at Frieda23). Repertory
cinema of the Ro-cine e. V. (second room)
Regular events
Rostock Easter Market on Kröpeliner Strasse
The Hanseatische Brauerei
organizes a brewery festival every two years at the end of May and
beginning of June
Rostock Whitsun market in the city harbor
In
mid-June is the Reutershagen Fishermen's Festival, Am Schwanenteich
Hansesail - Every year on the second weekend in August, the largest
sailors' meeting in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania takes place in
Rostock. Around 300 tall ships and traditional ships will be moored in
Rostock's city harbor and in Warnemünde for around a week.
Warnemünde
Week - The international sailing event at the beginning of July attracts
visitors with competitions in 25 boat classes and a large program of
events including a beach volleyball tournament.
Rostock Christmas
market - The Christmas market is in the city center in December (Neuer
Markt, Lange Str., Kröpeliner Str., Fischerbastion) and the historical
Christmas market in the monastery garden.
By plane
Rostock Laage Airport internet (IATA: RLG), Flughafenstr.
1, 18299 Laage. Tel.: +49 (0)38454 32 13 90, fax: +49 (0)38454 32 13 92,
e-mail: info@rostock-airport.de . Rostock Laage Airport, about 20 km to
the south-east, is a regional airport with only a few charter flight
connections. Last modified: Dec.
It takes more than three hours by
train to get to Hamburg (IATA: HAM) and Berlin Brandenburg (IATA: BER)
airports.
Purkshof Airport (ICAO: EDCX), Purkshof Airport, 18182
Mönchhagen. Tel.: +49 (0)38202 21 11, +49 (0)1511 560 65 03, fax: +49
(0)38202 450 32 wikipedia. The Purkshof airfield, about 13 km to the
north-east, is approved for gliders, motor gliders, ultralight aircraft
and motorized aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of up to 5.7 tons.
By train
Main train station, Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1, 18055
Rostock. The main train station is located south of the Steintor suburb.
Today's main station was put into operation in 1886. Since the
renovation at the beginning of the 21st century, the station has had
another on the south side in addition to the main entrance building on
the north side of the tracks. The entrance building of the main station
was a listed building until the end of the 20th century. After the
station renovation, it is no longer included in the monument lists. The
platforms with eleven platform tracks are reached via a tunnel level
between the two reception buildings. Tracks 1 and 2 are mainly used by
trains on the Rostock S-Bahn. The Rostock tram stop with two platforms
is located on a second tunnel level.
The larger stations on the
west-east axis are Hamburg, Schwerin (with Bad Kleinen), Rostock and
Stralsund. If you mainly travel on regional trains on this route, the DB
MV ticket is particularly recommended for groups. In addition, IC trains
run regularly on this route. From the south, the route leads from Berlin
via Waren (Müritz) to Rostock. A regional express runs here every two
hours, as well as IC connections to Berlin and Dresden several times a
day.
There is another railway line, the route (Lübeck-) Bützow -
Neubrandenburg - Pasewalk/ Ueckermünde/ Szczecin. Rostock can be reached
via this line from East Western Pomerania and Poland with a change in
Güstrow.
By bus
The long-distance bus station/ZOB is not far
from the southwest exit of the main train station. Eurolines offers
daily long-distance bus connections from Rostock to Copenhagen and via
Berlin to Dresden. Departures for these lines start at the ferry
terminal in Überseehafen or at the Dierkower Kreuz transport hub in the
north-east of the city. Since April 25, 2013, the bus company Flix has
also been operating a route from Berlin ZOB to Rostock. Stops are
Rostock ZOB (friendship square), S-Bahn Warnemünde-Werft and
Warnemünde-Strand (youth hostel).
In the street
Coming from
the west or east, Rostock can be reached via the A20 Baltic Sea
autobahn. If you take the Rostock-West turn-off, you can quickly reach
the Baltic Sea resort of Warnemünde on an expressway. From the south,
the A19 leads to Rostock. This motorway leads through the toll Warnow
Tunnel under the Warnow and onto the expressway in the direction of
Warnemünde. For a single passage with a motorcycle or car you pay €4.20
from May to October, the rest of the year €3.40 (2019).
Park
In Warnemünde, parking spaces are very rare, especially in the high
season. The major hotels have their own car parks and pass cards. Day
trippers should park their car directly at the entrance to the village
or park to the west and take advantage of the Park+Ride offers. The city
center is extremely traffic-calmed. There are also few parking spaces
here.
The parking lots at the cruise terminal are short-term
parking only during the season. For long-term parking and transfers to
and from the cruise terminal, the Rostock port refers to external
service providers.
There are sufficient parking spaces (including
long-term parking spaces) for visitors and passengers at the ferry
terminal in the seaport.
By boat
From the seaport of Rostock
wikipedia there are popular ferry connections to Gedser in Denmark and
to Trelleborg and Nynäshamn in Sweden. Around two million passengers
used the ferries in 2014. With all ferry companies, it is advisable to
obtain information and book online. All current departures and further
information on how to get to the ferry terminal are listed at
Rostock-Port.de. There are three bus routes to the "Seehafen Fähre" bus
stop. For example, bus line 49 from the central bus station / main train
station south side (35' travel time) or line 45 from Lütten Klein S-Bahn
station via the Warnow tunnel.
Scandlines operates the Rostock -
Gedser line with up to 10 departures a day. A crossing takes about 2
hours. The pedestrian ticket in the high season costs €14, a bicycle
including an adult €19. The price for a car starts at €39 if booked in
advance, the cheapest spontaneous rate is not less than €100.
Two
companies operate on the Rostock - Trelleborg route. Stenaline usually
runs three times a day, including a night ferry at 10:45 p.m. A
pedestrian ticket costs from €17 (online, economy), also with a bicycle.
The TT-Line also runs three times a day with a night ferry at 11:00 p.m.
Here the pedestrian ticket costs about 24€, with a bicycle 31€. Driving
time from 5:30 to 7 hours.
Since August 2021, Hansa Destinations has
been operating 3 days a week (sometimes with a stopover in Visby on
Gotland) in 18 hours to Nynäshamn, south of Stockholm. A pedestrian
ticket costs from €39 (Visby from €29).
The cruise port or
Warnemünde Cruise Center is located on the other bank of the Warnow in
the seaside resort of Warnemünde. The Rostock-Port.de page contains an
overview of the upcoming calls by cruise ships.
Rostock is a popular
destination for water sports enthusiasts. There are many guest berths
available both in the Rostock city harbor and in Warnemünde.
By
bicycle
Rostock is on the long-distance cycle route between Berlin
and Copenhagen.
The Baltic Coast Cycle Route circles the entire
Baltic Sea and also goes through Warnemünde.
In addition to the Rostock S-Bahn and some ferries for crossing the
Warnow, there is a fairly dense network of bus and tram lines.
Line network plan Rostock (PDF)
Tickets purchased from the
machine before the journey must be stamped in the small yellow boxes
before the journey, then they are valid. There are vending machines in
the trams and buses, the tickets bought there do not need to be stamped
again.
City tour. Tel.: +49 (0)385 48592182. Get on and off at 5
stops, round trip in the double-decker convertible bus. Departure from
the Fishermen's Bastion parking lot. Open: Journey duration 1 hour or
1.5 hours (overseas port tour), ticket valid for 24 hours. Price: €12 or
€15 / children (6-14 years) €5 or €10. Last change:
City tour,
Tourist Information, Universitätsplatz 6. Tel.: +49 (0)174 3126577, +49
(0)172 3126507. Ride in a comfortable panoramic bus. Open: journey time
approx. 50 min. / Apr-Oct: daily 10:00-17:00 every half hour; Nov-Mar:
daily 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00. Price: €12, up to 14 years
€5.
Kröpeliner Strasse is the pedestrian zone in the city center, where a
wide variety of shops can be found.
1 Venfisk, Warnowpier 431,
18069 Rostock. Tel.: +49 (0)381 26055313, fax: +49 (0)381 26055320,
e-mail: info@venfisk.de. Fish shop and wholesale at the wholesale market
for everyone, even with smaller packs. Open: Mon - Fri 7:00 a.m. - 4:30
p.m.
2 monastery factories - monastery shop & manufacture, Klosterhof
1, 18055 Rostock. Tel.: +49 (0)381 51087264, mobile: +49 (0)172 2695327,
fax: +49 (0)381 37775689, e-mail: markt@klosterfaktoreien.de. In the
monastery courtyard at the monastery of the Holy Cross there are
foodstuffs made according to monastic tradition, e.g. Black vinegar,
wheatgrass oil, wild herb mustard, etc. Open: Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00.
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The Rostocker - factory outlet, Erlensumpfstraße 1, 18147 Rostock.
Phone: +49 (0)381 65843, email: info@die-rostocker.com. Factory outlet
and snack bar of the Rostocker Wurst- und Schinkenspecialities GmbH:
Sausages, ham and grilled meat. Open: Tue-Fri 10:00-18:00, Sat
08:00-12:00.
4 Fernkost-Pacek - Trendfood Shop, Niklotstraße 11,
18057 Rostock. Mobile: +49 (0)179 1738704 facebook. International
sweets, drinks and some delicatessen from the USA and other countries,
e.g. B. Polish and Asian products. Open: Mon-Sat 11:00-19:00.
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Kröpeliner Tor Center, Kröpeliner Straße 54, 18055 Rostock
wikipediacommonsfacebookinstagram. A large shopping center near the
Kröpeliner Tor.
Weekly markets
Several weekly markets take
place every day:
New market, Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 17:00, Saturday
08:00 - 13:00
Reutershagen, Walter-Stoecker-Straße, Monday - Friday,
8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m
Dierkow,
Hannes-Meyer-Platz, Wednesday, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m
Doberaner Platz, Monday
and Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m
Gehlsdorf, Kirchenplatz 1,
Thursday, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m
Lichtenhagen, Flensburger Strasse 12,
Saturday, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m
Lütten Klein, Warnowallee 29a, Tuesday and
Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m
Margaretenplatz, Margaretenstraße 42 - 43,
Wednesday, 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m
Toitenwinkel, Salvador Allende
Street, Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m
Ulmenmarkt, Ulmenmarkt,
Tuesday and Friday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m
Warnemünde Fish Market, Mittelmole, Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m
One should definitely try fish when visiting Rostock, whether cod
boiled or fried, cutter plaice or smoked fish, always a treat.
Also well known is the Mecklenburger Ribenbraten, a roast stuffed with
prunes, which is eaten with boiled potatoes and red apple cabbage. The
Rostock smoked sausage, similar to a coarse boiled sausage, is
traditionally smoked over beech wood. The Rostock lung sausage is
particularly popular in the cold season. It goes well in stews, or with
kale, where it is cooked slowly as it bursts easily.
Since 1864,
the Rostock double caraway man and woman has been produced in the
traditional house of Conrad Lehmet in Rostock. He has achieved cult
status in the area.
Cafes
1 café in the liqueur factory,
Grubenstr. 1. Cozy trendy bar in the old liqueur factory with a large
outdoor terrace in the eastern part of the old town, open: Mon - Sun 9
a.m. - midnight; Breakfast Mon - Sun 9.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m.; Lunch Mon -
Fri 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.; À la carte cuisine Mon - Fri 2:00 p.m. - 10:30
p.m., Sat - Sun 12:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Cheap
2 Rostock fish
market & fish fry kitchen, Warnowpier 431, 18069 Rostock. Phone: +49 381
8111221 . You can enjoy fish in the fish fry kitchen of the Rostock fish
market and buy fresh fish, smoked fish and regional specialties in the
fish shop. Open: Mon-Sat 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Price: fish dishes from
€6.50. last change: Aug. 2017 (information may be out of date)
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Fritz Reuter Stuben, Fritz-Reuter-Strasse 17, 18057 Rostock. One of the
oldest dining rooms in Rostock. Home cooking, schnitzel, burgers, etc.
You should leave your own vehicle at home, there are no parking spaces
in the area. Open: Mon - Fri 3:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., Sat, Sun, public
holidays 11:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m., closed on Tues. Price: Main courses
from €8. Last modified: Jan 2018 (information may be outdated)
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Suppenwerk Rostock, Doberaner Str. 111, 18057 Rostock. Phone: +49 381
8772720 facebook. Soups, curries, pasta, oven and stir-fry dishes. Open:
Mon - Fri from 11:00 a.m. Price: soups from 3€. last change: Jan. 2018
(information may be outdated)
Middle
5 Zur Kogge,
Wokrenterstrasse 27, 18055 Rostock. Tel.: +49 381 4934493. Rostock's
oldest maritime restaurant. Fish, meat and vegetarian dishes, including
Labskaus, homemade fried herring. Open: Tue to Thu 4:00 p.m. to 11:30
p.m., Fri to Sun and public holidays 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., closed on
Mondays. Price: main courses 10€ - 19€. Last modified: Aug 2017
(information may be outdated)
6 La Dolce Vita, Warnowufer 60. Tel.:
+49 381 3750672. New, modern and tastefully furnished Italian restaurant
with gelateria in the area of the new harbor terraces.
Breweries
In many Rostock clubs, pubs and restaurants you can get beer from the
Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock, founded in 1878 and now part of the
Radeberger Group. It organizes a brewery courtyard festival every two
years at the end of May and beginning of June. The brewery can also be
visited.
The M&O beer was brewed for the first time in 1878 in
the KTV district of Rostock and today it is available again. You can get
it at local restaurants and liquor stores.
1 Brewery "Zum alten
Fritz", Warnowufer 65, 18057 Rostock. Tel.: +49 (0)381 208780.
Non-smoking restaurant in the middle of the city harbour, with copper
brew kettles, terrace and beer garden. Zwickelfritz – Keller-Bier and
Schwarz-Bier, as well as beers from Störtebeker Braumanufaktur from
Stralsund. Open: daily from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Price: main courses
€10 - €23, beer 0.5 l €4.60.
2 brewery in Detroit, Tiergartenallee 6,
18059 Rostock. Tel.: +49 (0)381 203600. Home-brewed beers, live music
every Thursday from 6 p.m. Open: daily 11:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
There are a few options for going out in Rostock. The price level is
generally - except in Warnemünde - rather low.
Bankruptcy vulture
2, Fritz-Reuter-Strasse 69, 18057 Rostock. Tel.: +49 381 4601311. The
"Geier" is a student, somewhat alternative pub with reasonable prices.
From time to time there are also concerts. You should leave your own
vehicle at home, there are no parking spaces in the area. Open: Mon-Fri
from 4 p.m., Sat/Sun 1 p.m. - open end, Happy Hour from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Trendy music blares from the loudspeakers and the prices are by no means
overpriced.
LT Club, Tiergartenallee 2, 18059 Rostock.
ST
Club, Albert-Einstein-Str. 2, 18059 Rostock.
Student basement,
Universitätsplatz 5, 18055 Rostock
Cheap
1 DJH youth hostel Warnemünde, Parkstr. 47, 18119 Rostock,
OT Ostseebad Warnemünde. Tel.: +49 (0)381 548170, fax: +49 (0)381
5481723, e-mail: jh-warnemuende@jugendherberge.de. The Warnemünde youth
hostel has 222 beds for holidays directly on the Baltic Sea (just a few
steps from the beach), ideal for enjoying the flair of the Baltic Sea
resort of Warnemünde and the Hanseatic city of Rostock. Feature:
wheelchair accessible. Open: all year round (except Christmas).
Check-in: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
2 Jellyfish Hostel, Beginenberg 25.
Tel.: +49 (0) 381 444 38 58, email: info@jellyfish-hostel.com.
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residential ships Severa, Alter Hafen Süd 10, 18069 Rostock. Tel.: +49
381 8112130. Two barges, cabins with single or bunk beds, table with 2
chairs, radio alarm clock and opening windows. In the mess hall there is
a large TV with satellite, free WiFi, a kettle, a microwave and a
refrigerator. Feature: pension. Price: Classic cabin with shared shower
SR 36€, DR 54€, cabin with bath and toilet, SR 40€. Double room 60€
including breakfast.
4 Pension Fischerjung, Klinikberg 220, 18069
Rostock - Marienehe. Tel.: +49 381 20260980. Well connected, 3 minutes
to tram and S-Bahn. Nicely furnished apartments. Feature: pension. Open:
Reception Mon - Thu 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Fri 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, outside
these times you have to call in advance. Check in daily until 20:00.
Middle
5 Hotel Greifennest, August-Bebel-Strasse 49 b. Tel.: +49
381 - 877 56 18, e-mail: info@greifnest.de.
6 Die Kleine Sonne,
Steinstraße 7. Tel.: +49 381 46120. Hotel Garni in the city center on
the Neuer Markt.
7 Casita Maria, Beginenberg 2. Tel.: +49 381
4905716. Individual holiday apartments, not far from Steintor, yet in a
very quiet location.
Upscale
8 Pentahotel, Kröpeliner/
Schwaansche Strasse 6, 18055 Rostock. Phone: +49 381 49700, Fax: +49 381
4970700, Email: info.rostock@pentahotels.com. Feature: ★★★★.
9
Radisson SAS, Lange Strasse 40, 18055 Rostock. Phone: +49 381 37500,
Fax: +49 381 375010, Email: info.rostock@radissonsas.com. Feature: ★★★★.
University of Rostock, the oldest university in Northern Europe.
These include numerous buildings that were originally scattered
throughout the city but are now (apart from the main building)
concentrated mainly in the southern part of the city on the campus
there. Among other things, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and
Naval Engineering wikipediacommons deserves attention as a high-quality
modern ensemble.
University of Music and Theater in St. Catherine's
Monastery in the old town
The city center and Warnemünde are relatively safe. There are more crime problems in the northern prefab districts, which are less interesting for tourists anyway, and in the ramparts.
University Medicine Rostock, Schillingallee 35, 18057 Rostock. Tel.:
+49 (0)381 49 40. The Rostock University Medical Center consists of many
specialist clinics at several locations in Rostock. The Schillingallee
campus includes: Surgery, internal medicine, dermatology clinic, heart
center, children's and youth clinic, oncology center, perioperative
center, urology, dental clinic.
Klinikum Südstadt (district hospital
Rostock), Südring 81, 18059 Rostock. Tel.: +49 (0)381 440 10, fax: +49
(0)381 44 01 77 99, e-mail: info@kliniksued-rostock.de Working in
primary medical care since 1965 with a 24-hour emergency room until to
highly specialized care.
There is a WiFi hotspot sponsored by the city administration on the
Neuer Markt in front of the town hall. Other free WLAN accesses
(Freifunk) are available at join.opennet-initiative.de in the city area.
City Center Tourist Information, Universitätsplatz 6 (Baroque Hall),
18055 Rostock. Tel.: +49 3 81 381-22 22, fax: +49 3 81 381-26 01,
e-mail: touristinfo@rostock.de. Open: May to Oct Mon-Fri. 10:00 to
18:00, Sat 10:00 to 15:00, Sun 10:00 to 15:00; Nov. to April Mon-Fri 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Holidays and Hanse Sail separate
opening hours.
barrier-free: For visitors with limited mobility,
there is a very extensive, informative city website with a lot of
information.
Church services:
Protestant services:
Marienkirche, New Market. Sun 9:30 a.m., also daily midday prayer.
Petrikirche, Alter Markt (Eastern Old Town). Sun 11 a.m.
University
church, or former monastery church "Zum Heiligen Kreuz", behind the main
university building. Sun 7:00 p.m.
Nikolaikirche, near the
Nikolaikirche 1, Eastern Old Town. Regular church services are no longer
held here; on certain occasions, however, joint services of the
inner-city community are celebrated here. On these days there are often
no services in the above mentioned churches instead.
Holy Mass in
cath. Churches:
Christ Church, Häktweg 4 (nearest church from the
main station). Sun: 09:00, 10:30, 18:30; Mon-Sat: 08:30; Thu: 18:30
St. Josef, Reutershäger Weg 4 (Reutershagen; western "Composers'
Quarter"). Sat: 5:30 p.m.; Sun: 09:30; Mon, Wed, Fri: 08:00; Tue: 09:00;
Thurs: 18:00
St. Thomas More, Thomas-Morus-Str. 4 (district
Evershagen). Sat: 17:00; Sun: 10:00 am; Mon, Thu, Fri: 08:00
Maria
Meeresstern, Schillerstraße 1 (Warnemünde district). Sat: 18:30; Sun:
08:30; Tue: 08:00; Thurs: 18:00
Worship services in free
churches:
Evangelical Free Church (Baptists), Hermannstr. 15
(downtown), Sun: 9:30
Evangelical Free Church Congregation (Brothers'
Congregation), Margaretenstraße 24 (Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt), Sun: 10:00
am
Christian Center (Pentecostal Church), Charles-Darwin-Ring 4
(Südstadt), Sun: 10:00 am
Gospel Center Klenow-Tor (district
Groß-Klein), Sun 10:00 a.m
Adventist Church, Sun 9:30
Jewish
community:
Jewish Community Rostock, Augustenstr. 20
Islamic
community:
Mosque/The Islamic Union in Rostock e.V.,
Erich-Schlesinger-Str. 21