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Hanseatic City of Rostock - A Travel Guide
Rostock with Children
Shipbuilding and Maritime Museum
On the traditional ship in the Shipbuilding and Maritime Museum in IGA Park, there is a lot to discover. Sometimes, events specifically for children take place in the rooms. The historical boatyard on the premises is also interesting and open from May to September.
Traditional Ship Type Frieden (engl. Peace)
IGA Rostock 2003 GmbH
Schmarl-Dorf 40
18106 Rostock
Phone: +49 381 / 12831300
Email: info@iga2003.de
www.iga-park-rostock.de
City Harbor / Museum Ships
You can also visit ships at the city harbor. From here, you can start a harbor tour or travel by ship to Warnemünde without taking a harbor tour.
Ship at the city harbor
Contact Information:
Kapitän Olaf Schütt e. K.
Rostocker Personenschifffahrt
Wossidlo Straße 5
18147 Rostock
Phone: +49 (0)381 / 699962
Mobile: +49 (0)171 4240354
Email: info@rostocker-flotte.de
www.rostocker-flotte.de
Passenger Shipping
Fahrgastschifffahrt Thomas Schütt e.K.
Klaus-Groth-Str.2e
18147 Rostock
Phone: +49 (0)381 / 6372654
Mobile: +49 (0)173 9179178
Email: info@hafenrundfahrten-in-rostock.de
www.hafenrundfahrten-in-rostock.de
Zoo
Meerkats at the Zoo
The zoo, located just outside the city center but easily accessible by tram, is always worth a visit. According to its own statement, it is the largest zoo on Germany's Baltic Sea coast and houses 6.500 animals, including an over 50-year-old elephant lady. For children, the zoo offers pony riding, a playground, and a petting enclosure. In 2012, the 20,000 m² Darwineum was opened, where gorillas, orangutans, and more than 40 other animal species are kept in natural ecosystems. Here, modern animal husbandry is combined with knowledge transfer, allowing visitors to participate and touch.
Gorilla at the Darwineum
Zoologischer Garten Rostock GmbH
Rennbahnallee 21
18059 Rostock
Phone: +49 (0)381 / 20820
Email: office@zoo-rostock.de
From April to October, the zoo is open daily from 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM. The ticket offices are open daily from 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM, while animal houses, zoo restaurants, and shops close at 7:00 PM.
www.zoo-rostock.de
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Rügen by the Baltic Sea
Active holiday featuring cycling and hiking
Enjoy an active holiday featuring cycling and hiking along the Baltic coast in Mönchgut on the island of Rügen. Long sandy beaches, rolling hills, and lush forests provide a varied and beautiful setting for your getaway. Often, the only thing breaking the peace is the distant whistle of the historic 'Rasender Roland' steam train. Despite its name (which suggests something "racing" or fast), it’s actually quite the opposite. A journey by train is simply part of the holiday experience.
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In the Probstei in late summer
Schönberger Strand and sea and more
Can you walk or ride a bike from Brasilien (Brazil) to Kalifornien (California) in just a few minutes, always with a view of the water? No, not with your finger on the globe or map, but in person. You’ll have to forgo Copacabana and the Sunset Strip with the Angels in Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels"). Instead, you get Germany’s "True North" with all its bright sides. Of course, there are sometimes shadows here too, but they belong only on the margins of this story.
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Wismar
The Hanseatic City on the Baltic Sea and its UNESCO World Heritage
The World Heritage House is a building with a stone front house and an attached timber-framed Kemladen on a foundation of loose fieldstones from a medieval predecessor building. This beautifully restored small building complex visually illustrates and provides information via text panels about the lives of past generations in the hall houses typical for Wismar, along with their outbuildings. Additionally, there is extensive information about the city’s history and numerous protected buildings in the old town - there are 1,754 in total, with 306 designated as individual monuments. In the old town, one is right in the middle of Wismar’s UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Crabs, dikes and the Wadden Sea
The North Sea spa town of Büsum
Once an island, Büsum was repeatedly threatened by the "Blanken Hans". When the greatest flood of the last century struck in 1962, Büsum was already long connected to the mainland - since 1585. Today, this town of around 5,000 residents, part of the Dithmarschen district, is one of the most important holiday destinations along Schleswig-Holstein's North Sea coast. Since 1985, the sea in front of Büsum has been protected as the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, and since 2009, it has also been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A stroll through Kiel
Sights in the fjord city and a visit to Laboe
A good starting point for exploring the city today, decades after the end of the war, is the centrally located main train station. On Sophienblatt, the main street running in front of the building, all major bus lines converge, and many sights can also be easily reached on foot during a multi-hour stroll.
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