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whose clockwork apostles parade in
front of Jesus when the clock strikes
noon. Post-war rebuild ing has
returned some of the city’s sights to
their former glory. These include the
Neuer Markt oppo site the church,
with its multicoloured gabled houses,
the town hall and Kröpeliner Strasse,
the shopping high street. To get to
the beach, return down Lange Strasse
to find the B103 to Warnemünde. The
fish restaurants and boutiques of this
Above Universitätplatz lined with colourful sea side suburb are as much of a sur-
buildings, Rostock Below left Gothic Rathaus 1 Bad Doberan prise as its powder-fine beach dotted
in Stralsund Below right Cistercian Gothic Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania; 18209 with wicker chairs or Strandkörbe.
Münster in Bad Doberan Chinoiserie park pavilions, Neo- ª Continue on the B103 for the ferry
Classical buildings and a historic at Passagierkai across the Warnow to
steam train (daily) to the seaside resort Hohe Düne. Drive to Niederhagen, turn
BAD DOBERAN TRAIN RIDE
of Kühlungsborn, 6 km (4 miles) away right towards Rostock at Rövershagen,
The Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn Molli from the town, are reminders of Bad then take the B105 towards Ribnitz.
runs from Alexandrinenplatz terminus Doberan’s days as a fashionable After 10 km (6 miles), turn left to reach
to the coastal resorts of Heilgendamn health spa estab lished in 1801 by the the Fischland peninsula.
and Kuhlungsborn from late April to Duke of Mecklenburg, Friedrich Franz.
October as well as in winter. 3 Fischland
038293 431331; www.molli-bahn.de Prior to this, the town’s only claim to
fame was its graceful Gothic Münster Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania; 18347
(open daily). The church’s rich medieval Artists acclaim the unspoiled rural
WHERE TO STAY
furnishings attest to the wealth of landscapes of this peninsula, which
the Cistercian Order; the gilded high extends parallel to the coast. In 1880,
BAD DOBERAN
altar dating from 1300 is said to be an artist’s colony was founded in
Hotel Friedrich-Franz-Palais moderate
The Duke of Mecklenburg’s former the oldest wing altar in the world. the fishing village of Ahrenshoop,
guesthouse for aristocrat spa-goers ª Turn left out of the Münster car which is now a chic seaside retreat.
offers pretty rooms. park to join the B105 to Rostock. Kunstkaten (closed Mon) holds art
August-Bebel-Strasse 2, 18209; 038203 Follow signs to Zentrum, then to exhibitions in a tradi tional house
779290; www.hotel-friedrich-franz- “City” car park in Lange Strasse. and a retrospective art museum is
palais.de
sched uled to open in 2012. Drive
FISCHLAND 2 Rostock through the woods of Darss and
Seezeichen expensive Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania; 18055 beyond Prerow am Darss to Zingst,
The Seezeichen, a stylish spa hotel, Industrialization after World War II whose coastal marshes host middle
has a terrace overlooking the sands. turned Rostock into Germany’s Europe’s largest crane roost in
Dorfstrasse 22, 18347 Ahrenshoop;
03822 06 79 70; www.seezeichen- largest Baltic port and the biggest spring and autumn. Zingst also
hotel.de city in the state. How ever, it still has has a museum on the peninsula’s
historic monu ments and is a popular culture (closed Mon).
STRALSUND beach resort. One of the highlights ª Take the main road to Barth, then
Pension Peiss moderate of the city is the 15th-century follow signs to Löbnitz to take the B105
A friendly home-away-from-home, this Marienkirche (open daily) on Lange to Stralsund. Turn towards the Altstadt
pension has colourful modern rooms.
Tribseer Strasse 15, 18439; 03831 30 Strasse. Behind the church’s altar is on to the B96 and follow signs to the
35 80; www.altstadt-pension-peiss.de a contem po rary astro nomical clock, Ozeaneum car park.

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