If you come to Rostock and think that you can easily ride on the Baltic Sea by boat, you should be warned: In general, boats with a power of more than 15 HP require a sports boat licence in Germany. If you would like to stay in our beautiful city for a longer period of […]
If you read this title, some of you will think: “Naked on the beach?! That’s outrageous. Forbidden! Report this post now! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE” Wait a minute, my little embarrassed keyboard warrior. Cause you’re right. In almost all areas of Germany walking around naked is forbidden and can be punished with high fines. Yet, some Germans are […]
Let’s start off with a little anecdote from my life: When I had an exchange student from China as a roommate, I said to her that she had to threw the plastic garbage into the bag in the right corner, leftover food into the green bin on the balcony and paper garbage into the bag […]
You have decided that you want to live in Rostock? Maybe for a semester, maybe even for the rest of your days? Then you will definitely be confronted with the following problem: Affordable housing in the cities of Germany is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Price increases of up to 35%-60% are not uncommon in […]
Every student, job seeker, refugee or pensioner with low income has probably faced the following problem at least once in Germany: “Damn, I would really like to have some new furniture, but unfortunately it is hardly affordable here.” There are three well known possibilities to find furniture in Rostock: You buy it from standardized large […]
Rostock as a city is characterised by two specific facts: It is impossible to drive a car during rush-hour traffic. The inner and outer city is being renovated in every corner. Although Rostock is advertised internationally as a tourist city, many of the streets and bridges have become dilapidated over the decades. Accordingly, countless construction […]
On May 10th the male creation of Germany celebrates a very special day: a day on which youngsters and oldsters roam the cities of Good ol’ Germany without any upper body coverage and carrying ‘Bollerwagen‘ overloaded with alcohol behind them. A common sight on this day is how Germans devolve back to basic animal instincts […]
If you ask foreigners about Rostock, you often get two replies: “What’s a Rostock?” and “Ah yes, there’s the beach!“ However, the fact that Rostock has several other beautiful natural and recreational areas in addition to the beach often remains an insider tip even for the inhabitants. The botanical garden is no exception. It is […]
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