Twin Cities

Aarhus

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1964

Hav­ing been re­warded the ti­tle of Eu­ro­pean Cap­i­tal of Cul­ture 2017, Aarhus had a spec­tac­u­lar open­ing cer­e­mony. Six Viking ships were car­ried through the City
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Antwerp

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1963

Antwerp and Ro­s­tock are lo­cated at the sea and are as­so­ci­ated with mar­itime econ­omy, ports and ship­ping com­pa­nies. 
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Bergen

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1965

Bueko­rps is a Bergen tra­di­tion, orig­i­nat­ing from an old „po­lice force“ or brigades of cit­i­zens. Buekops are groups of chil­dren (mainly boys), who prac­tice march­ing
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Bre­men

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1987

The Free Hanseatic City of Bre­men is also a fed­eral state. Among the sights to see there is the beau­ti­ful City Hall, the seat of the Pres­i­dent of the Sen­ate and of the Mayor. It is one of the most im­por­tant ex­am­ples of brick gothic ar­chi­tec­ture in Eu­rope.
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Dalian

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1988

In Dalian you can visit the Lao­hutan Ocean Park, which con­tains the Po­lar Re­gion Ma­rine An­i­mals World, the Coral Aquar­ium, and the World of Birds.
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Dunkirk

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1960

The name of Dunkirk de­rives from West Flem­ish „dun(e)“ (dune or dun) and „kerke“ (church), mean­ing „church in the dunes“. Un­til the mid­dle of the 20th cen­tury the dis­trict was French Flem­ish.
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Gothen­burg

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1965

Gothen­burg is char­ac­ter­ized by its rich sur­round­ing na­ture. Thus, en­joy­ing the most beau­ti­ful parks in Scan­di­navia or try­ing out ca­noe­ing on one of more than 50 lakes
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Guld­borgsund Mu­nic­i­pal­ity

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 2014

Every year around 50.000 guests come to Guld­borgsund to ex­pe­ri­ence the au­then­tic Me­dieval Cen­tre which fea­tures me­dieval houses and daily life
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Raleigh

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 2001

Raleigh got its name from the Eng­lish sea­man Sir Wal­ter Raleigh. Lo­cal peo­ple call their town the city of Oaks. Within Raleigh bor­ders, you can find a se­ries of fields ad­ja­cent to a waste­water plant.
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Riga

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1961

Riga is an old Hanseatic city fa­mous for its Art Nou­veau build­ings, as well as for its well-pre­served Old Town. In 2016 the Com­mu­nity of the Protes­tant Churches in Eu­rope awarded Riga the tile of “Re­for­ma­tion Town of Eu­rope”.
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Ri­jeka

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1966

Ri­jeka is a Mediter­ranean city, a mod­ern, ur­ban set­tle­ment with ex­cel­lent drink­ing wa­ter, clean beaches and pure sea wa­ter.
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Szczecin

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1957

Ro­s­tock and Szczecin have the longest twin­ning his­tory be­tween Ger­man and Pol­ish cities, dat­ing back to 1957. When vis­it­ing, en­joy one of the con­certs at the mod­ern Phil­har­monic Hall or ex­plore the cas­tle
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Turku

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1959

Turku in­tends to be car­bon neu­tral by 2040. Even ice hockey is played eco­log­i­cally in Turku, by uti­liz­ing the en­ergy cre­ated by the cool­ing sys­tems to heat the premises. When vis­it­ing, take a look at the Har­mo­nia,
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Varna

Part­ner­ship with Ro­s­tock since 1966

Varna is the third largest city in Bul­garia, with an area of 205 sq. km. Its Sit­u­a­tion on the North­ern shore of the Black Sea, along with its rich­ness in nat­ural re­sources make it one of the fa­mous re­sorts Eu­rope wide, def­i­nitely the largest one in the Black Sea re­gion.
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