In an arctic-white wave-like building that leaps out from the surrounding red-brick warehouses, the state-of-the-art Ozeaneum takes you into an underwater world of creatures from the Baltic and North Seas and the Atlantic Ocean up to the polar latitudes. In a huge tank you can see what thousands of herring do before they end up dropping down northerner gullets. The Humboldt penguins are a highlight.
Ozeaneum
Top choice in Coastal Mecklenburg – Western Pomerania
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Nikolaikirche
0.27 MILES
This masterpiece of medieval architecture dates to 1270 and is modelled on Lübeck's Marienkirche. Its interior is awash with colour and is filled with art…
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1. Gorch Fock 1
0.08 MILES
Built as a training ship by the German navy in 1933, the Gorch Fock 1 is a large (82m-long) steel three-masted barque with quite a history. The Russians…
2. DDR Miniatur Farhzeug Museum
0.18 MILES
This cute little museum is devoted to miniature versions of all manner of vehicles from the former East Germany, all laid out in a miniature town.
3. Heilgeistkirche
0.21 MILES
Don't miss the lovely ivy-covered face of this baroque 14th-century church.
4. Johanniskloster
0.26 MILES
The restored Johanniskloster, a ruined former Franciscan monastery, is a peaceful corner of town. Immediately west is a courtyard surrounded by small…
5. Külpstrasse 5
0.26 MILES
This fine example of a restored gabled facade is notable for the fact that a small reconstruction of the original has been left exposed high on the wall.
6. Nikolaikirche
0.27 MILES
This masterpiece of medieval architecture dates to 1270 and is modelled on Lübeck's Marienkirche. Its interior is awash with colour and is filled with art…
8. Rathaus
0.29 MILES
Seven copper turrets and six triangular gables grace the red-brick Gothic facade of the splendid 1370 Rathaus. The upper portion of the northern facade,…