Moving Around in Rostock
Rostock Main Station
The Main Station in Rostock is most important way to move somewhere. From here you can drive to other important city`s in Germany. For example Berlin, Frankfurt. From this station you can also drive with the Tram in all parts of Rostock.
The Maindisplay is the most important display in the Station. Here you can see all departures of all trains in the station.
This is a train of the series 442. Such trains are suitable for cities like Rostock. With this train you can drive to Warnemünde which is directly at the Baltic Sea.
With the tram you can go to every part of the city. This two trams are at the station "Doberaner Platz". From this station you can travel in two directions but you can also enter the tram in the main station of Rostock.
Prices
| short distance |
1,50€ |
| single ride |
2,00€ |
| single ride reduced |
1,50€ |
| day ticket |
4,90€ |
| day ticket reduced |
3,60€ |
| bicycle ticket |
1,60€ |
| bicycle day ticket |
3,50€ |
Harbour of Rostock
This is the harbour of Rostock. Here you can see so many boats and ferries, too. Maybe you will be here, when you come to visit us.
Here you can see a ferry. With these ferries you can go to Sweden or Finland.
Airport "Rostock Laage"
Rostock has had an own airport since1992. It´s 5 km2 big. The Airport is used for military purposes and for tourists. You can travel to 8 European countries (Turkey, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria) and to Egypt [non-stop] from here. The Airport is near Laage (Airport Rostock/Laage), which is located 25 km of Rostock. You can go to the town (Laage) and the Airport by the regional bus line (BUS LINE 127 [35 minutes]). Rostock/Laage is also a military airport. The “Eurofighter Typhoon” is stationed here (10 pieces).
Here you can see an "Eurofighter". A Eurofighter is a Fight Airplane which take off and lands in Airport "Rostock Laage".
Regional bus Rostock
Rostock has 75 different bus lines. These buses can move freely in and around Rostock. Rostock and region are divided into different zones. The further you are away, than more you have to pay.You can buy month tickets. You pay it once and after this you can go a whole month with this card. This is also possible with a daily ticket, a weekly ticket and a year ticket.
Funny/strange architecture
The golden hotel
The „Steigenberger Hotel Sonne“ is located in the new market place in Rostock. The hotel looks back on a 200 year long history. It was destroyed in the Second World War and was rebuild 1970.It is decorated with a golden sun and many other things.
City Hall
The city hall in Rostock is a group construction existing from three houses whose origin goes back till the 13th century. It is the oldest preserved secular building of the town. The Rostock city hall is valid as one of the most important secular buildings of the brick Gothic in the Baltic Sea area. The medieval construction is covered on grounds of more baroque porches and rebuildings today, however, to large parts.
New Guardhouse
It was built 1822-25 as the main guardhouse next to the command post of the grand-ducal properties. Plans by C.T. Severin. Monumental colonnaded porch epitomizes building’s neoclassical character. Site previously occupied by University buildings (Unicorn and New House student hotels, House of the First Theologian).
University and “Brunnen der Lebensfreude"
This is our university. It was founded on the 13th February 1419. The university has got a big garden. In front of the green area you can see the “Brunnen der Lebensfreude” which means the fountain of soulfulness.
Kröpeliner Street
It’s the main shopping street from Rostock. The street is know for the traditional gable houses. Hourly 5000 people visit the street.
City Library
The city library of Rostock was founded in 1894 and disposes of a stock of approx. 155,000 media. It is one of the oldest houses in Rostock.
Colourful Car Park
This is a colorful car park in Rostock. It’s in the August-Bebel-Street. The colors look very beautiful like a rainbow. If the sun is shining, it looks even a bit better. It’s special because not everywhere you can see a car park like this.
Horse Statue
In Rostock there are many statues, but this one is an unusual one. It‘s a specific art style made by Jo Jastram (1928 – 2011). It named „Schreiender Hengst“, this means in english: shouting stud. The artist says that this is the symbol and the warning for all the oppressed creatures on earth. It is made of metal.
Sound game
This is a funny playground equipment in Rostock, which makes sounds when you step on the buttons. The noises are like normal note sounds, but it’s amusing to use it. It’s designed by Alfons van LEGGELO. You can find it by a green area in the street “Himmelspforte”.
Carillon
This is a set of bells which is attached at a house wall on the Kröpeliner Street. It plays every day at 6 o’clock pm. The carillonneur Olaf Sandkuhl has played the bells since 1986.
House of Music
This architecture is not very strange, but pretty beautiful. It was built from 1864 to 1867. The house has 4 floors and it is one of the biggest and moderns music schools in Germany. Over 2500 students are playing musical instruments there. Earlier it was just a normal school.
Graffiti
In Rostock there are many graffitis from very different artists. The most people aren’t allowed to spray the paintings on the walls. But some sprayers are ordered to do this and get money when they beautify the walls and mostly the electricity boxes with their own art style. Here is an example for the legal graffiti art:
This graffiti is in the Hermannsstraße in Rostock.
This is a graffiti on an electricity box. On the boys hat is the logo of Rostock´s soccer team.
This graffiti is on a toilet house. You can see one of the many gates around Rostock at the right side of the house. Its name is “Steintor”.
historical buildings
