Sights in Rostock
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Marienkirche
Central Rostock's pride and joy is the 13th-century Marienkirche, the only main Rostock church to survive WWII unscathed. Behind the main altar, the church's 12m-high astrological clock, built in 1472 by Hans Düringer, is the only working clock of its kind in the world still with its original mechanisms. At the very top of the clock is a series of doors. At noon and midnight the innermost right door opens and six of the 12 apostles march out to parade around Jesus (Judas is locked out). Zodiac symbols and moon phases feature in the centre, while the lower section has a disc that tells the exact day on which Easter falls in any given year. The replaceable discs are accurat…
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Warnemünde Beach
The jewel in Warnemünde's crown is its long, wide expanse of startlingly white beach. Even the butt-ugly concrete block that's the Hotel Neptun can't spoil it, while the mollusc-shaped Teepott building (think the TWA terminal at New York's JFK airport) and 19th-century lighthouse positively add to its quirky appeal. Warnemünde is all about sunbathing, promenading, eating fish and sipping cocktails on the beach. Sundown, when the crowds have abated slightly, is a memorable time to be here.
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Neuer Markt
Just around the corner from the Marienkirche is this open square, dominated by the splendid and rather pink 13th-century Rathaus. Opposite the Rathaus is a lovely series of restored gabled houses and a stylised, sea-themed fountain (2001) by artist Waldemar Otto. The explanatory plaque says the four figures are Neptune and his sons, although locals seem to think they represent the four elements.
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Kröpeliner Tor
Today only two of 32 gates, plus a small brick section, remain of the old city wall. The 55m-high Kröpeliner Tor stands at the western end of Kröpeliner Strasse. From here, you can follow the Wallanlagen (city walls) through the pleasant park to Wallstrasse and the other surviving gate, the Steintor.
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Schifffahrtsmuseum
Rostock's excellent Schifffahrtsmuseum is moored on the shores of the flower-filled IGAPark on the northwest riverbank. Aboard the ship, there's a rundown on shipping from the Hanseatic period to today, plus the chance to play captain and other hands-on activities.
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Kulturhistorische Museum Rostock
The city's cultural history museum, Kulturhistorische Museum Rostock has an interesting collection including Victorian furniture and a few sculptures by Ernst Barlach.
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Hauptgebäude
True to its name, Universitätsplatz is lined with university buildings, including the handsome terracotta 1866-70 Hauptgebäude, which replaced the famous 'White College'.
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Rathaus
The splendid and rather pink 13th-century Rathaus dominates Neuer Markt. The building's baroque façade was added in 1727 after the original brick Gothic structure collapsed.
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Kröpeliner Strasse
Kröpeliner Strasse, a broad, lively, cobblestone pedestrian mall lined with 15th- and 16th-century burghers' houses, runs from Neuer Markt west to Kröpeliner Tor.
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Petrikirche
The Gothic Petrikirche has a 117m-high steeple - a mariner's landmark for centuries - that was restored in 1994, having been missing since WWII.
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Brunnen der Lebensfreude
At the centre of the mall is Universitätsplatz, positively swarming with people year-round, and its centrepiece, the crazy rococo Brunnen der Lebensfreude.
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Five-Gables Houses
At the northern side of Universitätsplatz are the Five-Gables Houses, modern interpretations of the residences that lined the square before WWII.
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Lighthouse
For a fabulous view from above, climb the spiralling 135-step wrought-iron and granite staircase of the 1898-built lighthouse.
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Rostock's University
The university is the oldest on the Baltic (founded 1419), and currently has about 11,000 students.
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