Rostock & Warnemünde

Hanseatic Metropolis with Baltic Sea Beach and Coastal Forest

The Hanseatic city of Rostock combines maritime city flair, the finest sandy beaches and tranquility in nature.

The Hanseatic and university city of Rostock is an exciting destination for autumn vacationers who like to enjoy culinary, © TMV/Gänsicke

Historic old town with brick churches, gabled houses and small alleyways

In the city center, the spruced-up gabled houses are densely packed, in between the idyllic Convent of the Holy Cross with the Museum of Cultural History and the oldest university in Northern Europe. Many shops, boutiques, cafés and restaurants are lined up along the narrow streets and around Kröpeliner Strasse. The market square is adorned with the baroque-clad sieve pink town hall. Above all, the large brick churches and all around the city wall with its mighty gates and quiet ramparts.

Maritime flair in Rostock's city harbor

The city harbor with its wide waterfront promenade is just a few minutes away from the city. With its restaurants, bars and old warehouses, it is the perfect destination for a stroll, a meal or a boat trip.

Seaside resort Warnemünde

At the point where the Warnow flows into the Baltic Sea lies Rostock's "beautiful daughter", the seaside resort of Warnemünde. In the former fishing village, cruise ships are anchored alongside idyllic captains' boats and fishing boats. The Alte Strom and the promenade invite you to stroll and linger. The kilometer-long, white sandy beach behind the Baltic Sea dunes and the seaside resort's Bädervillen are not just an invitation to come to Warnemünde in summer.

Rostocker Heide - active recreation in nature

The Rostock Heath opens up to the east of the Warnow, directly behind the dunes. The primeval coastal forest is home to numerous animal and plant species and is ideal for hiking and cycling along the Ostseeküsten-Radweg. The mild, stimulating climate of the Baltic Sea also promotes physical well-being.

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  1. © Peter Schepers

    Jed Thomas Band

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  2. © Uwe Voss

    "Wolf in sheep's clothing" - TIVI dance theater

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  3. © Veranstalter

    9th JEWISH CULTURAL DAYS Band DEGUY

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  4. © Luciola Villela

    9TH JEWISH CULTURE DAYS KATERYNA OSTROYSKA ENSEMBLE

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  5. © Susanne Schleyer

    Annett Gröschner: "Floating loads"

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  6. © © DeutscheFotothek, Gerhard Weber

    "The Unyielding" & "The Unyielding 2 - Good morning, beautiful people!"

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  7. © Rostock Marketing

    Halloween in the Kurhaus garden

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  8. © Fantasia AG

    I Wanna Dance With Somebody

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  9. © Cityagentur Schumann

    Pottery market Warnemünde - church square

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  10. © Antje Hirsekorn

    Little explorers on tour through Warnemünde

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  11. © ARS Photo + Consulting GmbH

    Photo walks Warnemünde and surroundings

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  12. © ARS Photo + Consulting GmbH

    Photo walks Warnemünde and surroundings

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  13. © © Matthias Wieland/Reprodukt

    Matthias Wieland: "A primeval forest in Moomin Valley" by Tove Jansson

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  14. © Reiner Mnich

    On the trail of the Mann family

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  15. © Anna Moroz | migra e.V.

    "A dialog needs two voices" - Painting by Anna Moroz

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  16. TWO MEN COMPLETELY Naked - Comedy by Sébastien Thiéry

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  17. © Sebastian Vetter

    The Princess and the Pea - Theater Randfigur

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  18. © M. Butt

    The Haspler - Simply improv

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  19. © Sarah Bansemer

    Theater group for adults

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  20. © Thomas Mandt

    Michael Ende: Momo

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  21. © CdC

    The farewell dinner

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  22. © Joachim Kloock

    St. Martin's procession in Warnemünde

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  23. © 2025

    Water gymnastics osteoarthritis

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  24. © Robert Meyer

    Painting meets music

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  25. © VG Bild Kunst Bonn 2025

    Tandem tour - Klönschnack in Plattdütsch

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  26. © Markus Tanger

    CHRISTMAS - AN OLD BAG STILL BRINGS IT

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  27. © Thomas Mandt

    The farewell letter

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  28. © Timskis

    Arrive

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  29. © engesser marketing gmbh

    Crime dinner Rostock

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  30. © Theater am Ring

    DRACULA - Theater am Ring

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  31. © Frank Neumann

    DINNER FOR ONE - HOW IT ALL BEGAN - Comedy by Volker Heymann

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  32. © CH Beck

    Annett Gröschner: "Floating loads"

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  33. Supra-regional practice supervisor conference 2025

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  34. © Gunnar Rasenow

    CARINA CASTILLO AND BAND

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  35. © Baldur Strauss

    Graduation party of the circus school

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  36. © NdB

    DAT BAHN-CHAOS - REISENDE SALL MAN UPHOLLEN - NIEDERDEUTSCHE BÜHNE ROSTOCK e. V.

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  37. © TZRW/Martin Börner

    Live concert "Sea breeze

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  38. © Lichtenhagenarchiv

    Erfurt in August 1975 - The forgotten pogrom?

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  39. © VG Bild_Kunst_Bonn 2025

    Wolf Biermann talks about his artist friends on the Island of Usedom (Usedomer Lichter)

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  40. © Maritimer Rat Rostock e.V.

    Maritime talk up'n crane

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  41. © Jens Sedlatschek

    Monthly French language evening in Rostock

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  42. © Kunsthalle Rostock

    Outdoor painting for young people

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  43. © Theater am Ring

    MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

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  44. © Harald Hoffmann

    Two string quartets - two world travelers

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  45. © Theresa Lange

    ANIMAL SONGS FROM THE BOX - Magdalena von Rohden

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  46. © 2025

    Water gymnastics osteoporosis

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  47. © Ulrike Page

    DUO WOLFGANG SCHMIEDT (guit) & JÖRG HUKE (tb) - THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

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  48. © Schwarze Grütze

    MUSIKKABARETT SCHWARZE GRÜTZE - ENDSTATION PFANNE - WHAT REMAINS IS GOOSE BUMPS!

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  49. © Goeran Gnaudschun

    MUSIC CABARET BLACK GROATS - VERY THIN ICE

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  50. © Compagnie de Comedie

    PREMIERE! - THE DEPARTURE DINNER - Comedy by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière

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  51. © VAUH

    VAUH w/ Enna

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  52. © Paul Bornemann

    Graffiti course - Paint your name in graffiti style.

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  53. © TZRW/D. Gohlke

    Guided tour of the Warnemünde seaside resort

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  54. © Ronald Brunner

    KaHROtte - New program!!!

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  55. © Thomas Mandt

    The roaring twenties

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  56. © Niederdeutsche Bühne Rostock

    Dat Bahn Chaos - Travelers should be uphollen

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  57. © Markus Werner

    Buckle up, here we go - reading with Domenico Müllensiefen

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  58. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

    Usedom lights

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  59. © Ronald Kley

    In a kayak from the Warnow to the Baltic Sea

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  60. © Frank Neumann

    DINNER FOR ONE - HOW IT ALL BEGAN - Comedy by Volker Heymann

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  61. © Lichtenhagenarchiv

    Public city tour on the perspectives of Roma*ja affected by the pogrom of 1992

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  62. © Gerhard Schöne

    GERHARD SCHÖNE - I see something you don't see

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  63. © 2025

    Water gymnastics back

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  64. "Blossoming: across borders" - Painting by Olha Cheromushkina

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  65. © Chiara Malz

    Against the climate of violence

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  66. © BK EVENTFOTO

    A PINK FLOYD TRIBUTE - WHO'S PINK

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  67. © Henrik Werner

    Cabaret ROhrSTOCK

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  68. © Schifffahrtsmuseum Rostock

    Exhibition REEDER, RUDER, SEEMANNSGARN

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  69. © Antje Joost-Hirsekorn

    Children's tour "Experience pure nature"

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  70. © VG Bild Kunst Bonn, 2025

    Landscape painting for adults

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  71. © Niederdeutsche Bühne Rostock

    Dat Bahn Chaos - Travelers should be uphollen

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  72. © Griffins Media Team

    Gameday Rostock Griffins vs. Hamburg

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  73. © Kunsthalle Rostock

    Round & square - sometimes dirty - 60 years of F.C. Hansa Rostock

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  74. © TMV/Petermann

    AOK summer course: QI GONG

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  75. © Wolfgang Borrs

    "Good morning, beautiful people!" East-West biographies: a writing workshop about life in divided and united Germany.

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  76. © Niederdeutsche Bühne Rostock

    Dat Bahn Chaos - Travelers should be uphollen

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  77. © Bettina Raasch

    TinaTurnerTango

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  78. © Eric Beck

    Catamaran sailing Baltic Sea

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  79. © Dan Petermann

    Sailing on the Baltic Sea

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  80. © Michel Winter

    BRÜDER MUNDWINKEL - KOKOLORES: APOLITICAL, UNNECESSARY, NONSENSICAL

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  81. © HR Business GmbH

    18th Job Fair Rostock

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  82. © Annette Vowinckel

    Annette Schuhmann: "We are different! How the GDR still shapes women today"

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  83. © NDB Rostock

    Dat Bahn Chaos - Travelers should be uphollen

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  84. © Cesareo

    On the wood of the streets 2

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  85. © Frank Neumann

    TWO MEN COMPLETELY Naked - Comedy by Sébastien Thiéry

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  86. © Kayam

    Sunset Sounds - Live with Kayam

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  87. © HR Business GmbH

    18th Job Fair Rostock

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  88. © inselfilm produktion

    Preview: Film & talk "The Möllner Letters"

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  89. © Martin Hartmann

    Cirque du Zock

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  90. © Fiete und Schiete

    FIETE and SCHIETE - NOT A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY IN THIS TIME

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  91. © Kunsthalle Rostock

    Tracks in the sand - action painting for kids!

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  92. © Klaus Zinnecker

    FROM THE WOLF AND THE COURAGEOUS BUNNY - Village Theater Siemitz

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  93. © DFB

    U 21 international match GER vs. LVA

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  94. © © Frederike Wetzels

    Caroline Wahl "The Assistant"

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  95. © Cityagentur Schumann

    Pottery market Warnemünde - church square

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  96. © Joern Hartmann

    9th JEWISH CULTURAL DAYS - RECIPIENTS UNKNOWN (Address Unknown)

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  97. © Gerhard Schöne

    GERHARD SCHÖNE - The children's song alphabet

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  98. © © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

    InseLicht-Usedom pictures

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  99. © Burggraf, Amouzou

    Stefanie Heinzmann & Mikis Takeover! Ensemble

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  100. © Passantin

    Exhibition opening "Women in Divided Germany" & reading & talk with Clara Marz & Maren Wurster: "East*West*Woman*"

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  101. © Dorit Gätjen

    QualityLand

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  102. © © Jörg Schmidt - ARS Foto + Consulting GmbH

    Photo walk from Warnemünde

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  103. © Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt

    Exhibition opening: "Women in a divided Germany"

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  104. © Covergestaltung: ZERO Werbeagentur, München  Coverabbildung: © JANKO | Jan Kopetzky

    Reading "Against the climate of violence"

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  105. © Niederdeutsche Bühne Rostock

    Dat Bahn Chaos - Travelers should be uphollen

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  • © Eric Groß

    Rostock Maritime Museum

    • Open today
    • IGA-Park Schmarl-Dorf, 18106 Rostock

    Experience a listed 10,000-ton ocean-going freighter from the inside as well - with engine room, bridge or sailor's chamber. This is possible on the traditional ship in the IGA Park.

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  • © Pescht

    Warnemünde Lighthouse

    • Freely accessible at any time
    • Am Leuchtturm, 18119 Warnemünde

    The lighthouse in Warnemünde is 31 metres high and made of white glazed bricks. The galleries of the tower invite you to enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of Warnemünde, the Baltic Sea and the beach.

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Your vacation in Rostock & Warnemünde: The most important questions

What are the top sights in Rostock?

The old town impresses with the Kröpelin Gate, St. Mary's Church and the baroque town hall. A stroll along the city harbor with its old warehouses and modern restaurants is a must. The University of Rostock, founded in 1419, is also one of the highlights.

What makes Warnemünde so special?

Warnemünde impresses with its wide sandy beach, the Alter Strom with its maritime flair and the historic lighthouse. The Teepott with its unique architecture and the promenade invite you to take a stroll.

Are there family-friendly offers in Rostock and Warnemünde?

Yes! Rostock Zoo, the Warnemünde Museum of Local History and child-friendly beaches offer fun for the whole family. There are also numerous playgrounds and family-friendly events.

Which activities are particularly popular in Rostock and Warnemünde?

In Rostock you can stroll through the historic old town, visit museums or relax at the city harbor. Warnemünde offers beach fun, harbor tours and walks along the pier.

What is the best way to get from Rostock to Warnemünde?

The S-Bahn connects Rostock and Warnemünde in around 20 minutes. Alternatively, you can cycle along the Baltic Sea Cycle Path or take the B103 by car.

Which culinary specialties should you try?

Fish fry on the Alter Strom, fresh smoked fish and regional dishes in the numerous restaurants are a real treat. The fish markets and harbor festivals are particularly recommended.

Are there barrier-free offers?

Both Rostock and Warnemünde offer barrier-free access to many sights, beaches and public transport. You can obtain information on this from the local tourist information offices.

Where can I find further information and help on site?

The tourist information offices in Rostock and Warnemünde offer comprehensive advice, city maps, event tips and assistance in finding accommodation.