Rostock Getting there & around

Getting around

Public transport

Journeys within Rostock city, including Warnemünde, cost €1.50/3.20 for a single/day pass, valid on the Warnow ferries as well as land transport. The surrounding area is zoned; a single/day pass costs €1.50/2.80 for one zone or €5/10 for all zones.

The double-decker S-Bahn has frequent services to Warnemünde (€1.50); some continue to Güstrow (€5) or Berlin (€31.90).

Trams 2, 11 and 12 travel from the Hauptbahnhof up Steinstrasse, around Marienkirche and down Lange Strasse. Take tram 11 or 12 to get from the Hauptbahnhof to the university. Lines 4 and 5, which go from the train station to the KVT district, have been out of operation but should be back in service by 2007.

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Car & motorcycle

With complicated one-way systems, confusing street layouts and dedicated parking-ticket police, Rostock is not a driver-friendly city. There are several convenient parking lots off Lange Strasse. The Warnow Tunnel (www.warnowtunnel.de; toll €2.50), completed in 2002, crosses beneath the river in the north of the city and links to the A19.

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Local transport

Taxi

For a taxi, ring Hanse-Taxi (685 858) or FunkTaxi (761 1176).

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Bicycle

Cycling isn’t much fun in the centre because of heavy traffic, but things quickly improve outside the city. Rental stations include Radstation Rostock (240 1153; Rostock main train station) and Holiday & Mehr (700 7060; Warnemünde train station).

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