I grabbed the chance to visit this year’s Hanse Sail. Fortunately, the weather was great on Saturday (unlike the other days before). As forecasted, the harbour area was very crowded – especially the primary routes in between all the stalls where you could buy anything from fresh bread to Cocktails. The latter one was very […]
Author: Felix Lau
Hanse Sail 2011 – The Event Of The Year
Once a year both people (around a million) and over 250 sailing ships from all over the world gather for the most important spectacular event called “Hanse Sail” in Rostock. During all festival days, you can take a look at various ships, whether old traditional sailing ships or modern yachts. The Hanse Sail can be […]
Bad Doberan – a lovely town
Bad Doberan is a small lovely town that lies 15 kilometres to the west of Rostock and 6 kilometres to the Baltic Sea Coast. With its charming historic city centre, Bad Doberan offers you a nice possibility to discover North-German architecture. The historic city centre with its small cafes, gifts, ceramics and arts are suited […]
The Barnstorfer Wald (Southwest of Rostock)
After a long and heavy night of partying, you might feel the need to relax and sober up. One nice place to calm down lies in the southwestern part of Rostock: the ‘Barnstorfer Wald’ – a huge, 156 Hectare, forest resort near the Ostseestadion. It is divided into 2 parts. The more eastern part offers […]
Rostock in a Seashell – More Shells than Nuts Here!
The exquisite university city Rostock, situated in the north-east of Germany and just 2 ½ hours distant from Berlin, reflects the place where we cherish to study and are fond of good living. Whoever wants to experience both tranquillity and lively spirit should visit the cosy Hanseatic city. For example you can stroll around the […]
The “Geisterwald”
At the Baltic Sea Cost between Warnemünde and Heiligendamm, you will find the small sea resort Nienhagen, with its mysterious forest called the Geisterwald (roughly translates to the forest of ghosts) immediately situated at the steep coast. Myths and legends have grown up around the beautiful forest, . derived, perhaps, from the sight of the […]
Kühlungsborn – More than just a town on the Baltic Sea
Sun, water and sand. These are the images which come to my mind when I am thinking about my hometown Kühlungsborn, the biggest seaside resort of M-V with 7000 inhabitants, 25 kilometres west to Rostock. It’s pretty close to Heiligendamm, the oldest seaside resort of Germany and former scene of the G8 Summit 2007. On […]
Warnemünde – The outpost of Rostock
Some kilometres north of Rostock, situated at the esturary of the Warnow directly at the coast, you will find Warnemünde. The sea resort is famous for not only its very affectionate and hungry sea gulls, but also for its broad long beach and its lighthouse close to the “Teepott”, both remains from the former GDR. […]
Lighthouse Warnemünde
Many of you may have already unknowingly seen the Warnemünde lighthouse on the film poster of „Shutter Island“. Nevertheless, you have to see Warnemünde’s most famous sight, the lighthouse, in person. With its height of 36.9 meters it provides you a fantastic panorama view over the sea, the beach and the harbour of Rostock. […]