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Above left Impressive Marienkirche in Wismar
Above right Schweriner See shore 1 Wismar
Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania; 23952
A provincial town on the Baltic Sea, Wismar is worth a visit for its faded
VISITING WISMAR grandeur and historic charm. Renovation has repaired the damage
wreaked by World War II to restore some thing of the looks of the
Parking
There is public parking on town’s golden ages. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2002.
Papenstrasse, between Grünestrasse
and Bliedenstrasse. Parking is also
available at the old port, Alter Hafen. A 90-minute walking tour history. Cross the main shopping
Take Grünestrasse near the car park street, Hegede, behind the tourist
Tourist Information
Am Markt 11, 23966; 03841 194 33; and turn left on to Dankwarstrasse to office, to reach the town’s Gothic
www.wismar.de; open daily reach the cobbled Markt 1. A show­ quarter. Only an archdeacon’s house
piece of restoration work, this is one on the corner of Sargmacherstrasse
of the larg est market squares in north and the massive tower of
WHERE TO STAY Germany. To the north of the square Marienkirche 2 remain from before
is the Neo­Classical Rathaus, which the Allied bomb ing raids in 1945. Take
WISMAR houses a museum (open daily) in its a tour up the 80­m (262­ft) tower (open
Stadt Hamburg moderate cellar with displays on the town’s daily), which has dis plays on medieval
This classic hotel offers modern rooms
and boasts one of the finest locations
in town, on the Markt. 0 metres 200 WA S S E R S T R A S S E
Am Markt 24, 23952; 03841 23 90;
www.wismar.steigenberger.de 0 yards 200 Wassertor S P I E G E L B E R G HUNDESTRASSE
SCHWERIN
BAHNHOFSTRASSE
Alter Hafen GRÜTZMACHERSTR HINTER-DEMCHOR
Pension Am Theater moderate SCHEUERSTRASSE BÜFFE L S T R Nikolaikirche
Located a short distance from the A M H A F E N KLEIN E -HOHESTR MÜHLENGRUBE
Schloss, this hotel has cheerful, MÜHLENGRUBE
modern rooms. SCHIFFBAUERDAMM FRISCHE GR UBE FRISCHE GRUBE Schabbellhaus
FRISCHE GRUB E
Theaterstrasse 1–2, 19055; 03855 KRÖNKEN-HAGEN MÜHLENSTRASSE
936 80; www.schwerin-pension.de B AU H O F S T R A S S E
Speicher am Ziegelsee moderate ULMENSTRASSE B R E I T E S T R A S S E BOHRSTRASSE SCHULSTRASSE ABC-STRASSE WEBERSTRASSE
Housed in a former grain warehouse
on the shore of Ziegelsee, this designer WOLLENWEBER SPEICHERSTR BADEMUTTERST R
hotel has a spa and offers views over CLAUS JESUP- STR STR GER BER ST R AS S E
the lake. Summer evenings on the N E U S TA D T HEIDE BÖTTCHERSTR
lakeside deck are a delight. ZEUGHAUSSTR BÜTTELSTR KRÄMERSTRASSE ALTBÖTERSTR
Speicherstrasse 11, 19055; 03855 00 30;
www.speicher-hotel.com Heiligen-Geist- H I N T E R D . R AT H A U S ALTWISMARSTRASSE
Kirche
LÜB S C H E STRASS E LÜBSC HE STRASSE NEGENCHÖREN BEGUINENSTR Rathaus DR.-LEB ER-STRASSE
Niederländischer Hof expensive DIEBST RASSE
Subtle modern touches render ST-MARIEN-KIRCHHOF HEGEDE GROSSSCHMIEDESTR
sophistication to the old­world ele­ ST. Markt T U R M S T R A S S E
gance of this splendid 19th­century WALLSTRASSE St Georgen Marienkirche AM MARKT
GEORGEN KIRCHHOF
hotel opposite Lake Pfaffenteich. Kirche Fürstenhof DANKWARTSTR
GR.HOHESTR
Alexandrinenstrasse 12–13, 19055; GRÜNESTR MECKLENBURGERSTR BERGSTRASSE
03855 911 00; www.niederlaender. BLIEDENSTR PAPENSTR
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Where to Stay: inexpensive, under €70; moderate, €70–€150; expensive, over €150
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