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Baltic beaches, white chalk cliffs and brick Gothic Hanseatic towns.
2 museumsMecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the land of the Baltic coast. Stralsund and Wismar are UNESCO Hanseatic towns, Schwerin has a fairy-tale palace on a lake, and the chalk cliffs of Rügen inspired Caspar David Friedrich.
In Stralsund, the Ozeaneum shows the life of the Baltic and North Sea, with life-size whales hanging from the ceiling. Its old town and that of Wismar, full of brick Gothic churches and merchants' houses, are on the UNESCO list, and so is Schwerin's palace, rising from an island in the lake. Greifswald is the birthplace of Caspar David Friedrich, and the Pomeranian State Museum shows his paintings. On Rügen, the white chalk cliffs of the Königsstuhl stand above old beech forests, and on Usedom the seaside resorts have long piers and white villas. At Peenemünde, a museum tells the dark history of the rocket test site. Food comes from the sea and the fields: smoked fish and fish rolls on the harbour, Mecklenburg roast pork with apples and plums, and anything made with orange sea buckthorn berries. In August, the Hanse Sail brings tall ships to Rostock, and in summer the Störtebeker Festival plays pirate stories on an open-air stage on Rügen.
The big moments, and where to see them today.
The world of the Baltic and North Sea, with life-size whales.
A fairy-tale palace on an island in the lake, with state rooms and gardens.
Caspar David Friedrich and 14,000 years of Pomeranian history.
The rocket test site and the people forced to work there.
Almost every museum is easy to reach by public transport.
Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.
