Hanseatic City of Stralsund

Prosperity became World Heritage

Museums with penguins and huge aquariums, beer enjoyment of the Störtebeker traditional brewery, Stralsund Bismarck herring, a filigree town hall, cozy cafés and the feeling of the Hanseatic era - all this is simply: Typical Stralsund!

The Katharinenkloster is located in the heart of the UNESCO-protected old town of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund

Stralsund - Can Both Be Young and Old

Even during a stroll through the city or a guided tour through the alleys of Stralsund, one recognizes the versatility of the "city by the sea". The UNESCO World Heritage city can score with many architectural highlights, such as the Knieper and Kütertor, or impress with the historic brick giants St. Nikolai, St. Marien and St. Jakobi. If you want to take a look at the harbor panorama of the Hanseatic city, you can't miss the modern Ozeaneum: it offers a wave of worth-knowing information for every generation to touch, participate in, and a lot of sea. Highlights include the huge aquariums with their impressive sea creatures, the penguin enclosure on the roof terrace and the true-to-the-original exhibition of sea giants.

A True All-rounder

Stralsund also has a lot to offer culturally, with the Theater Vorpommern attracting many visitors time and again. Annual events such as the Harbour Days and Wallenstein Days underline the maritime flair of the historic Hanseatic city. Stralsund also has a very sporty side, the Sund Swim and the Rügen Bridge Marathon are the sporting events par excellence.

A City with a Prime Location

Hiddensee , Rügen or Fischland-Darß-Zingst ? No matter which direction the wind takes you, many excellent excursion spots are just a hop, skip and a jump away in Stralsund. Whether on foot, by ferry, by bike or by public transport, there are many ways to get to know the city and its surroundings from different perspectives.

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Stralsund in Moving Pictures

 

Tour Tips for Exploring

On Foot or by Bike

  • Moraine trail E10 (section Rügen)

    • Length: 93 km
    • Etappen: 4-5

    The European Long Distance Trail E10 leads from Finland to Spain. In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern it runs from the Island of Rügen through hilly moraine terrain, which was formed during the last Ice Age and is now home to incomparable nature, to the Mecklenburg Lake District. The section across Germany's largest Island of Rügen leads from Cape Arkona, through a picturesque landscape on the Great Jasmund Bodden, past "the white city" of Putbus and on to the Hanseatic City of Stralsund.

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  • Wide land, so close to heaven - pilgrimage in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, © Archiv Ev.-Luth. Kirchenkreis Mecklenburg

    St. Birgitta Pilgrimage Route

    • Length: 310 km
    • Etappen: 14

    Today's Birgitta Pilgrimage Route runs from Sassnitz on the island of Rügen via the Hanseatic City of Stralsund, Güstrow, the State capital Schwerin on to Zarrenthin and on to Lower Saxony. Past masterpieces of brick Gothic, through the Sternberg Lake District and to former monasteries - this is how the pilgrimage route of St. Birgitta is believed to have been in 1341.

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  • Baltic Sea Coast Hiking Trail E9

    • Length: 400 km
    • Etappen: 14

    Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic Sea – the Hiking Trail E9 connects the coasts of Europe. On the stretch between Travemünde and Ahlbeck, hikers can enjoy the diversity of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's coastal landscape.

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  • Baltic Sea Cycle Route

    • Length: 690 km
    • Etappen: 15

    The part of the Baltic Sea Cycle Route which leads through Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a beautiful trail in Northern Germany, which winds through idyllic scenery, Hanseatic towns, three islands and classic villages.

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  • Hamburg-Rügen bike path

    • Length: 527 km
    • Etappen: 10

    Stages: 10 | An enticing bike path connects northern Germany's largest city with Germany's largest island. It takes cyclists right through the middle of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: past fairy-tale castles and shimmering lakes, over hills in Mecklenburg Switzerland to the world-famous chalk cliffs of Rügen.

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    Event Tips

    Events, Exhibitions and Concerts

    1. © Studio Beyer

      40 years Hansegalerie anniversary exhibition

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    2. Children's parent yoga in the Stralsund summer garden 2025

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    3. © Weiße Flotte GmbH

      Crane trips from Stralsund

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    4. Guided tour "1:1 Giants of the seas"

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    5. Drinks and Dance - Party at "scheels", the rustic cellar pub in Stralsund

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    6. Stilbruch - "20 years Stilbruch Tour"

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    7. "Fairytale time" Christmas tales at Stralsund Zoo

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    8. "LANTERN, LANTERN..."

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    9. Barbecue event - Anchorage meets Störtebeker

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    10. Public guided tour of the OZEANEUM

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    11. Beer sommelier evening: beer and cheese

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    12. Filmclub BLENDWERK: "Past lives"

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    13. Workshop: "Beach finds"

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    14. Stralsund summer garden

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    15. Ille Hamma - live at "scheels", the quaint cellar pub in Stralsund

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    16. Organ concert in St. Jakobi Stralsund

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    17. Speedway German Championship - Individual Final

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    18. DIRK MICHAELIS & guest GEORGI "JORO" GOGOW

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    19. Wolperdinger - live at "scheels", the rustic cellar pub in Stralsund

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    20. Theater festival at Theater Vorpommern

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    21. Vacation workshop at the OZEANEUM: "Beach finds"

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    22. Bundesliga kick-off party

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    23. Public guided tour of the MEERESMUSEUM

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    24. Harbor cruises from Stralsund GREEN CRUISING

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    25. © Lund Warten

      Opening concert of the Inselmusik

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    26. 14th IT Security Conference at Stralsund University of Applied Sciences

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    27. Filmclub BLENDWERK: "Past lives"

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    28. Harbor tour 12:15 p.m.

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    29. Vinyasa Yoga in the Stralsund Summer Garden 2025

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    30. Flea and rummage market

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    31. © Christina Simon

      "Travel and Print" exhibition Christina Simon

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    32. Long Night of Comedy Stralsund

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    33. Harbor tour 4:30 pm

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    34. Children of the city - dance event at "scheels", the rustic cellar pub

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    35. Choir concert

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    36. TIMELESS STRINGS

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    37. Wind music by candlelight

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    38. Open Monument Day at the MEERESMUSEUM

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    39. We make our own animated film

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    40. Giora Feidman - Revolution of Love

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    41. Children's and baby flea market

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    42. Pottery Market Stralsund Old Market

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    43. 5th Stralsund Organ Night

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    44. Organ concert on Reformation Day

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    45. SuperSummerCreativeSpectacle

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    46. Public guided tour at the OZEANEUM: "Off to the blue sea!"

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    47. Family tour: "Sea turtles - armored giants"

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    48. Crime dinner Stralsund

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    49. Peer Orxon - live at "scheels", the quaint cellar pub in Stralsund

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    50. Triathlon Stralsund

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    51. Family tour at the MEERESMUSEUM: "Sea turtles - armored giants"

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    52. Experience Vilm Island

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    53. Long zoo night at Stralsund Zoo

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    54. The author Ralf Günther is wearing a pink shirt and leaning against the wall of a building in a city center., © Ralf Günther

      "A boundless summer": Reading with bestselling author Ralf Günther in Stralsund's summer garden

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    55. Organ concert in St. Nikolai Stralsund

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    56. Vacation workshop at the MEERESMUSEUM: "How a museum animal is created"

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    57. Public guided tour of the MEERESMUSEUM: "Off into the blue sea!"

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    58. Baltic Sea Cup 2025 / Speedway Bundesliga

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    59. Basic sea kayak course

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    60. Maybebop "You have to like it!"

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    61. Heinz Klever

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    62. Experience the island of Hiddensee on a day trip from Stralsund., © Weiße Flotte GmbH

      Island of Hiddensee from Stralsund

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    63. Benefit concert in aid of the Knieper Community & District Center

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    64. Picture exhibition HORIZONTE

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    65. Arts and crafts market Stralsund Alter Markt

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    66. © Agentur für Arbeit

      Career advice in the city library - time for new perspectives

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    67. Halloween at Stralsund Zoo

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    68. VIVALDI - The Four Seasons

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    69. Johnny Cash Tribute

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    70. Workshop: How a museum animal is created

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    71. CAMP - live at "scheels", the rustic cellar pub in Stralsund

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    72. What's new at Stralsund Zoo, Mr. Director?

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    73. Giora Feidman Duo

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    74. © Weiße Flotte GmbH

      Harbor tour 2:30 pm

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    75. Christmas Oratorio in St. Jakobi Stralsund

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    76. The Kriminal DInner in Stralsund

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    77. Beer sommelier evening: British evening

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    78. Andreas Thust - live at "scheels", the quaint cellar pub in Stralsund

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    79. Harbor tour 10:15 am

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    80. Charity gala in Stralsund

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    81. Maritime Traditionals live from Lauterbach harbor

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    82. Duo J&M - live at "scheels", the rustic cellar pub in Stralsund

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    83. Magic Gregorian Voices

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    84. German championship of hobby brewers

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    85. The elephant fart

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    86. KARAOKE PARTY

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    87. Baroque adventure

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    88. Harbor tour for the Wednesday regatta

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    89. One Violin Orchestra

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    90. Ben Sands 2025

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    91. Horse day at Stralsund Zoo

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    92. Pleasure tasting

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    93. Animal Christmas market with Advent gifts from the wolves and lantern parade

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    Excursion Destinations

    Tips for a Visit to the Hanseatic City

    1. Harbour island

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    2. © STRALSUND MUSEUM

      Naval museum Stralsund

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    3. Skurrileum - Museum of Comic Art

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    4. Schill Monument

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    5. © TZ HST

      former company of shopkeepers

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    6. Museum house Stralsund

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    7. Gothic plank house

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    8. © TZ HST / Kredl

      City forest

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    9. Commandantenhus

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    10. © Tourismuszentrale Stralsund

      Jewish cemetery

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    11. Stralsund Zoo

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    12. © Tourismuszentrale Stralsund

      Maid's Well

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    13. © TZ-HST

      World Heritage Exhibition

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    14. St. Catherine's Monastery

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    15. © Tourismuszentrale Rügen

      Prosnitz ski jump

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    16. Gable house, Külpstraße 5

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    17. Gorch Fock I

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    18. SPEICHER_House for: Culture, © SPEICHER

      Storage at Katharinenberg

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    19. TEMPORARILY CLOSED: St. Catherine's Monastery (STRALSUND MUSEUM)

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    20. Gable house, Ossenreyerstrasse 14

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    21. © Kredl / TZ HST

      Sundpromenade

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    22. Hansakai

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    23. St. John's Monastery

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    24. Wulflam House

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    25. Monastery of St. Anne and Brigitten

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    26. Rügen Bridge

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    27. HanseDom Stralsund

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    28. Hospital bastion in Stralsund, © Tourismuszentrale Hansestadt Stralsund

      Hospitaller bastion

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    29. Playing card factory museum workshop

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    30. © TMV

      Theatre Stralsund

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    31. White bridges

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    32. Kütertor

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    33. Bird tours MV

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    34. Crown load bastion

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    35. Gabled houses in Stralsund's Mühlenstraße, © Tourismuszentrale Hansestadt Stralsund

      The mill road

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    36. Stone Tower Monk Street 7

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    37. In the west portal of the church hall, guests are greeted by an impressive multimedia production of a hunt for a shoal of sardines., © Anke Neumeister/Deutsches Meeresmuseum

      SEA MUSEUM Stralsund

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    38. © Kunst und Kultur im Vorpommernhus e.V.

      Vorpommern House Klausdorf

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    39. © TZ HST

      former latin school

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    40. There are 32 boulders (currently) in the garden. There are numbers on the stones and a plaque tells you what kind of stone it is based on the number., © Wolfgang Mamat

      Erratic block garden Zitterpenningshagen

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    41. © TMV/Tiemann

      Heilgeist Monastery

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    42. St. Mary's Church Stralsund

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    43. A town branch of the Cistercian monastery of Franzburg., © Tourismuszentrale Hansestadt Stralsund

      Kampischer Hof

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    44. © Anke Neumeister/Deutsches Meeresmuseum

      OZEANEUM Stralsund

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    45. © TMV/Tiemann

      Church St. Nikolai Stralsund

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    46. Old market

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    47. Executioner's House

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    48. Stralsund Hospital Church

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    49. Schiffer Company

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    50. Scheelehaus

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    51. © TMVGänsicke

      North pier

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    52. © TZ HST

      gabled house, Frankenstraße 28

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    53. Village Church Niepars

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    54. © TZ HST

      Central Station

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    55. City scale

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    56. historical pilot house, © Sabrina Wittkopf-Schade

      Pilot House

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    57. Schill memorial plate

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    58. Dänholm Island

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    59. View of Gustow church, © Tourismuszentrale Rügen

      Village church Gustow

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    60. The memorial plaque commemorates Charles XII., © Tourismuszentrale Hansestadt Stralsund

      Charles the XII Memorial plaque

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    61. View of Altefähr with St. Nikolai church, © Tourismuszentrale Rügen

      St. Nikolai Church Altefähr

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    62. © TZ HST

      Brick trench bridge - Rügen dam

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    63. Devin Peninsula Nature Reserve

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    64. Historic gabled house Mühlenstraße 1

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    65. © TZ HST

      Touch model Stralsund

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    66. © pixelio.de / Luczyk

      Knee gate

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    67. New Market Stralsund

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    68. © Siegfried Mayska

      Stralsund City Hall

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    69. Fountain Floodplain

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    70. Church of Culture St. Jacobi

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    71. Stralsund city wall

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    72. © TMV

      holy spirit church

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    73. Built in 1446, the Kütertor was used as a prison until 1862, © Sven Fischer

      Town fortification with Knieper gate and Küter gate

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    Accommodations in Stralsund

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    • maakt Hotel & Apartments

      • Open today
      • Tribseerstr., 18439 Stralsund

      Right in the heart of the Hanseatic city, the (4-star) maakt Hotel offers 105 modern rooms and apartments, a breakfast restaurant with an inner courtyard and a cozy lobby in a classic, modern design - everything you need for a maritime city trip. Thanks to its prime location on Neuer Markt, unique sights, museums, the harbor and restaurants can be reached in just a few minutes on foot and the historic ambience of the UNESCO World Heritage city and the diverse Baltic Sea coast can be explored at will.

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    • Youth guesthouse at the Sund

      • Am Fährberg, 18573 Altefähr

      Our youth guesthouse on the Sund is located directly on the water with a view of the enchanting silhouette of Stralsund. The unique location of our house at the gate of Rügen is ideal for group trips of all kinds, such as school trips, company outings, family reunions or birthday parties.

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    • Romantik Hotel Scheelehof

      • Fährstraße, 18439 Stralsund

      The Scheelehof is a hotel and at the same time a restaurant in the middle of the old town of Stralsund. It consists of 5 buildings from different centuries, which were extensively renovated in 2010/2011 with great attention to detail.

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    • Care hotel Stralsund

      • Grünhufer Bogen, 18437 Stralsund

      The "Pflegehotel Stralsund" was opened on August 30, 2016. It offers short-term or respite care after an inpatient stay because relatives are going on vacation or in other crisis situations.

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    • Hotel Rügenblick

      • Große Parower Strasse, 18435 Stralsund

      Experience Hanseatic hospitality.

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      Special animal tours in the nature experience centers

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