Stralsund Germany
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At departure or passage at this port
CroisiEurope (63 Cruises)
MS Mona Lisa
38 Cruises
MS Victor Hugo
25 Cruises
Frequently Asked Questions
At the basin, a short distance from the first lanes of the historic centre. That centre occupies an island ringed by water, between the strait and ponds that once served as defences: within a few steps, gabled façades follow one another.
The winning trio fits into the day: 45 minutes for the Alter Markt and its gothic façade, two hours at the Ozeaneum on the port, and 45 minutes for St. Mary's church tower if your legs are willing.
Germany's most visited ocean museum, award-winning across Europe, in a white wave-curved building on the port. Its aquariums recreate the Baltic, the North Sea and the Atlantic, up to the great tank where shoals of herring circle.
Very much so. Upstairs, life-size whale replicas float in the dim light, a moment of contemplation visitors of every age share in silence. The neighbouring Meeresmuseum, housed in a former convent, rounds out the visit.
Its façade, one of the finest examples of North German brick gothic: a pierced screen of rose windows and pinnacles that supports nothing except the pride of the merchants who raised it in the 14th century.
Yes, the tower of St. Mary's church, a little south of the Alter Markt. It takes several hundred steps, but the view takes in the old rooftops, the strait and the island of Rügen. It is not for everyone.
Because it has preserved its Hanseatic ensemble with rare care. A great medieval merchant city built by the Hanse, it has kept its gabled façades, from the purest brick gothic to the pastel tones of the baroque, across seven centuries of maritime trade.
The Fischbrötchen, a bread roll filled with pickled herring, salmon or shrimp, sold on the quays and eaten standing up facing the water. Restaurants in the centre serve local fish in more elaborate versions, with beer brewed in the North German tradition.
Yes, the great cable-stayed bridge that has spanned the strait since 2007 reaches Germany's largest island in a few minutes. Some longer calls allow an excursion to Jasmund National Park and its chalk cliffs.
The euro, cards accepted in the centre and at the Ozeaneum. The ground is flat but cobbled, and wandering comes naturally: nearly every street opens onto a monumental church or an arcaded square.
