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    Stralsund

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    Stralsund

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    Stralsund liegt am Strelasund und gilt als Tor zur Insel Rügen. Die Altstadt ist fast vollständig von Wasser umgeben, vom Sund und von Knieperteich, Frankenteich und Moorteich.

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    Stralsund liegt am Strelasund und gilt als Tor zur Insel Rügen. Die Altstadt ist fast vollständig von Wasser umgeben, vom Sund und von Knieperteich, Frankenteich und Moorteich. Seit 2002 ist sie gemeinsam mit Wismar UNESCO-Welterbe, fast 200 Jahre lang gehörte die Stadt zu Schwedisch-Pommern.Am Alten Markt stehen das Rathaus, eines der bedeutendsten Profanbauten der Backsteingotik im Norden, und die Nikolaikirche. Vom 104 Meter hohen Turm der Marienkirche blickst du über Stadt und Rügen. Im Hafen zeigt das 2008 eröffnete Ozeaneum die Unterwasserwelt von Ostsee und Nordatlantik.
    Stralsund has a population of almost 60,000 and is situated on the Strelasund, opposite the island of Rügen. Its Old Town island is almost entirely surrounded by water and can be easily explored on foot. At its heart is the Alter Markt, with the Town Hall and St. Nicholas' Church, while the Marienkirche tower rises in the south. The harbor is home to the Ozeaneum and the museum ship Gorch Fock I; from here, ferries depart for Hiddensee and Altefähr. The Rügendamm and Rügenbrücke bridges provide access to the island.

    Sights in Stralsund

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    Ozeaneum
    Museum

    1Ozeaneum

    The Marine Museum in the harbor, opened July 2008, was named European Museum of the Year in 2010. Aquariums display the Baltic Sea, North Sea, and North Atlantic, while in the “1:1 Giants of the Sea” hall, life-sized whale models, including a 26-meter blue whale, hang.
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    Marienkirche Stralsund
    Church

    2Marienkirche Stralsund

    Brick church with a 104-meter-high tower, from which you look over Stralsund to Rügen.
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    Town Hall Stralsund
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    3Town Hall Stralsund

    The Town Hall on the Old Market is one of the most significant secular buildings of Brick Gothic in Northern Germany.
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    St. Nicholas Church Stralsund
    Church

    4St. Nicholas Church Stralsund

    The brick church on the Old Market, dating from 1276, forms the Old Town's centre with the Town Hall.
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    Gorch Fock I
    Museum

    5Gorch Fock I

    The 1933-built former sailing training ship lies today as a museum in Stralsund harbor.
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    Restaurants in Stralsund

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    The Gate House

    Rustic spot with wood beams and brick walls in a historic building, serving classic fish and meat dishes.
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    Don Camillo & Peppone

    Italian restaurant located on Seestraße, close to the port.
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    Fishing cutter Ocean II

    Fish snack bar by the Semlower Canal in the harbor, known as Backfischkönig, also for takeaway.
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    Brick Gothic and the Sea

    Since 2002, the Old Town, along with Wismar, has been a UNESCO World Heritage site. Town Hall, St. Nicholas' and St. Mary's Churches attest to the wealth of the Hanseatic period. Stralsund belonged to Swedish Pomerania for almost 200 years.The Ozeaneum was named European Museum of the Year in 2010. Since 1827, the Stralsund Brewery has been brewing, today under the brands Störtebeker and Stralsunder.

    Exploring Stralsund

    Beyond the main station are the Rügendamm and Grünhufe stops, and buses from Verkehrsgesellschaft Vorpommern-Rügen connect the districts. The Old Town island, with its attractions, is best explored on foot.Rügen is reached via the old Rügendamm over the Dänholm and the Rügenbrücke, completed in 2007. From the city harbour, ferries cross to Hiddensee and Altefähr.

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    Rügen & Vorpommern

    Rügen & Vorpommern

    At 926 square kilometers, Rügen is Germany's largest and most populous island. It connects to Stralsund via the Rügendamm and the Rügen Bridge (opened 2007); its Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2002. On the Jasmund peninsula, Königsstuhl towers 118 meters above the Baltic Sea; the National Park's ancient beech forests are a World Natural Heritage site since 2011.Along the east coast are seaside resorts like Binz, Sellin, and Göhren, with spa architecture and long sandy beaches. Further east on Usedom, a twelve-kilometer promenade connects the Imperial Spas Bansin, Heringsdorf, and Ahlbeck with Swinemünde, Poland.
    Binz

    Binz

    Binz is the largest seaside resort on Rügen. Late 19th-century villa-style guesthouses line the promenade, in front of which stretches a sandy beach approximately five kilometers long and up to 50 meters wide. The 1908 Kurhaus and the 370-meter-long pier from 1994 form the center.In the Granitz forest stands Jagdschloss Granitz, its tower offering panoramic views as far as Usedom. Approximately five kilometers north, the Koloss von Prora serves as a reminder of the plans for a KdF seaside resort. You can reach neighboring towns with the Rasender Roland, the narrow-gauge railway between Putbus and Göhren.
    Jasmund National Park & Königsstuhl

    Jasmund National Park & Königsstuhl

    Jasmund National Park in northeastern Rügen, at 3,003 hectares, is Germany's smallest national park. It was established on September 12, 1990, and since June 2011, parts of its beech forest have been a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. The chalk cliffs of the steep coast are approximately 70 million years old; Caspar David Friedrich painted them in 1818.Its most famous point is the 118-meter-high Königsstuhl, home to the National Park Centre, where a skywalk has extended over the edge since 2023. A panoramic trail runs for about eleven to twelve kilometers along the high cliff coast from Sassnitz to Lohme, or you can take a shuttle bus from the Hagen car park.
    Rostock & Warnemünde

    Rostock & Warnemünde

    Rostock, with some 210,000 inhabitants, is Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's largest city, stretching about 16 kilometers along both banks of the Warnow, from the city center to its mouth in Warnemünde. The Hanseatic city received Lübeck city rights in 1218; its university, founded in 1419, is Northern Europe's oldest.Marienkirche, Town Hall on Neuer Markt, and Kröpeliner Tor shape the Old Town. The S-Bahn gets you quickly to Warnemünde, where Lighthouse, Teepott, and Alter Strom await. Hanse Sail in August welcomes some 300 traditional tall ships.
    Usedom Royal Spas

    Usedom Royal Spas

    Bansin, Heringsdorf, and Ahlbeck have formed the municipality of Ostseebad Heringsdorf, known as the Kaiserbäder (Imperial Spas), since 2006. Villas, hotels, and guesthouses in distinctive spa architecture characterize these resorts. The oldest preserved building is the Weiße Schloss (White Castle), dating from 1825 and built to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.A twelve-kilometer promenade connects the three resorts with Swinemünde, backed by an average 40-meter-wide sandy beach. Three piers extend into the sea: Heringsdorf boasts Germany's longest at 508 meters, while Ahlbeck features the oldest.