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Rostock

Rostock, officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock, is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, close to the border with Pomerania. With around 210,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city on the German Baltic coast after Kiel and Lübeck, the eighth-largest city in the area of former East Germany, as well as the 39th-largest city of Germany. Wikipedia

Population 204,929 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Tourist office · 540 m Tourist-Information

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Wochenmarkt Neuer Markt

    1. Monday: 08:00–17:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–17:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–17:00
    4. Thursday: 08:00–17:00
    5. Friday: 08:00–17:00
    6. Saturday: 08:00–13:00
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    08:00–17:00
    Tuesday
    08:00–17:00
    Wednesday
    08:00–17:00
    Thursday
    08:00–17:00
    Friday
    08:00–17:00
    Saturday
    08:00–13:00
    730 m from the centre

  • Wochenmarkt Doberaner Platz

    Opening hours

    Mo,Th 08:00-18:00; Tu 12:00-18:00; We,Fr-Su,PH off

    860 m from the centre

  • Wochenmarkt Ulmenmarkt

    1. Monday: 08:00–16:00
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–16:00
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 08:00–12:00
    7. Sunday: closed
    Times vary by day
    Monday
    08:00–16:00
    Tuesday
    08:00–16:00
    Saturday
    08:00–12:00
    1.4 km from the centre

  • Wochenmarkt Gehlsdorf

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: 13:00–18:00
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    13:00–18:00

    2.6 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 7 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Rostock Parkstraße 1.7 km, Rostock-Kassebohm 2.0 km, Rostock Thierfelder Straße 2.2 km, Rostock-Holbeinplatz 2.5 km, Rostock-Bramow 3.5 km, Rostock-Marienehe 4.7 km, Papendorf 5.2 km, Roggentin 5.3 km, Groß Schwaß 5.6 km

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