Cul­ture, leisure and sport

Hanse Sail Ro­s­tock

Hanse Sail Ro­s­tock is the world’s largest an­nual gath­er­ing of tra­di­tional sailors and mu­seum ships, cap­ti­vat­ing some one mil­lion vis­i­tors. 200 par­tic­i­pat­ing ships are joined by cruise lin­ers, fer­ries and naval ves­sels, adding their own touch to Ro­s­tock’s and Warnemünde’s unique vibe.

And you too can be a sailor! Cruises al­low you to ex­pe­ri­ence tra­di­tional sea­far­ing up close and per­son­ally, with many vin­tage ves­sels run­ning day and night ser­vices. You can watch the port up to four times a day from the quay­side at the Stadthafen (city har­bour) or in Warnemünde. Cruises can also be booked dur­ing Hanse Sail or from Ro­s­tock to other Baltic or North Sea ports.

On land, mean­while, you can en­joy a var­ied en­ter­tain­ment pro­gramme at themed mar­kets, a num­ber of in­ter­ac­tive zones, and sev­eral stages. The fire­works on the Sat­ur­day night are the fi­nal high­light.