Cul­ture, leisure and sport

Events all year round

It all kicks off on 1st of Jan­u­ary with the ‘Warnemünder Turm­leuchten‘. The spec­tac­u­lar New Year’s show with lights, lasers, fire­works and per­for­mances at­tracts tens of thou­sands of peo­ple to the sea­side re­sort every year.

Then in late Jan­u­ary/early Feb­ru­ary, there’s ‘Warnemünder Win­ter­vergnügen’ win­ter fes­ti­val on the beach where vis­i­tors can en­joy horse races, camp­fires, live mu­sic and all kinds of steam­ing hot del­i­ca­cies. Spring brings the an­nual ‘Stromerwachen’, when mem­bers of the ‘Ro­s­tocker See­hunde’ club per­form their tra­di­tional ice swim, while ma­jor mar­itime events such as the Warnemünder Woche and Hanse Sail are reg­u­lar sum­mer high­lights that are def­i­nitely not to be missed. Sail­ing fans and ship lovers in par­tic­u­lar can ad­mire a unique spec­ta­cle here. Cruise ships are just as much part of Warnemünde as the light­house and Al­ter Strom wa­ter­way. And some of these ships are bid­den fit­ting farewells by lo­cals, tourists and pas­sen­gers dur­ing the Warnemünde Port Par­ties.

Sum­mer gets go­ing with sail­ing, surf­ing, kite surf­ing, hik­ing or cy­cling along the Ost­seeküsten­rad­weg (Baltic Coast Cy­cle Path). Mean­while, the AOK Ac­tive Beach and the Sport Beach Arena right on the beach of­fer the fun and games. And for those who pre­fer things more chilled out, there are sea­side re­sort con­certs, an arts & crafts mar­ket, and even ro­man­tic sun­set cruises.

Au­tumn and win­ter are the per­fect time to visit the cul­tural sites and mu­se­ums in and around Ro­s­tock, or un­wind at one of the many well­ness fa­cil­i­ties.