Warnemünde Travel Guide

 

Warnemunde


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Warnemunde (literally Warnow estuary) is a sea resort located on a Baltic sea, in Northwestern Germany. First the independent village, is now the district of city Rostock, and is known as a paradise for kite surfers.

Rostock


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Rostock is one of the biggest German sea ports, located over the Baltic sea. Preserved town walls and the brick-red color of most building in a city center remains of the thousand years of city history, while the sea resort of Warnemunde district is live attraction for holidaymakers.

Town walls


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As every medieval town, Rostock was surrounded by a town walls. What is unique about this city, is relatively big part of this 13th century construction, which avoided destruction, and can be still admired.

Town Hall


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Dominating feature of the New Market (Neuer Markt) is a Town Hall (Rathaus). Interesting fact is, that this 13th century construction is still serving administrative purposes, and is the oldest brisk town hall in Germany.

St. Mary's Church


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The church of st. Mary is one of the most important Rostock churches, as it is the seat of Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Germany. The brick-Gothic building is one of the biggest this kind, and was only slightly changed after middle ages.

Abbey of the Holy Cross


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The abbey of the Holy Cross was originally the Cisterian nuns abbey, and now is the only fully preserved monastery complex in Rostock. The church which is a part of it is now a university church, and the rest of abbey buildings host the museum.

Berlin


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Berlin is a capitol city of Germany and the biggest of its cities. Its also the 7th urban area in European Union. For the bigger part of 20th century it was divided into East and West Berlin, the second surrounded by Berlin Wall, now the modern, fast developing city has only few reminders of those times, such as a...

Brandenburg Gate


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Rising above the Pariser Platz, the Brandenburg Gate is undoubtedly the best known Berlin landmark. Once it was regular city gate, but after a reconstruction it's function is more like the Triumphal arch.

Reichstag


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Located in a very center o Berlin, just next to the Brandenburg gate, the Reichstag is not only the seat of German Parliament, but also a symbol of political importance and empire ambitions.

The Berlin Wall


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The Berlin Wall was a 156 kilometers construction separating West German enclave from the Eastern part of the country. It was one of the cold war symbols and the destroying of the wall is considered as the end of a communism in Germany.

Potsdam Square


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Potsdam Square Potsdamer Platz) is one of central points of Berlin, with very modern architecture and one of the most important reminder of contemporary history - not destroyed parts of Berlin Wall.

Checkpoint Charlie


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From 1961 to 1989 Germny and Berlin was divided into Western part controlled by USA and Eastern under the influence of Soviet Union. The Western part of Berlin was an enclave, marked with a 3,6 meter high wall.

Holocaust Memorial


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Between the streets Ebertstrasse and Hanna-Arendt strasse lies confusing, alarming monument made from concrete blocks. It's called officially „Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe”.

Unter den Linden Avenue


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Unter den linden is a name of the main Berlin Avenue, and means literally „under the linden (lime) trees”. It begins on a Pariser Platz (Square), under the famous Brandenburg gate and finish on Alexanderplatz, where rise the Television Tower.

Museums Island


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Museumsinsel (museum island) is actually the island in a vary center of Berlin, where five important museums are located. The island is also a house of Berlinerdom – Berlin Cathedral.

Berlin Cathedral


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On the Museum Island rise not only the classicist shapes of famous museums, but also the biggest domes in Berlin – the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom). Officially called Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, never was literally cathedral, but the Berliners called it “dom” as it is the most important church in...

Schloss Charlottenburg


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Charlottenburg Palace is the only preserved royal residence of Hohenzollern Family in Berlin., it is also the biggest Palace in the city. It was damaged during Second World War, but now, renovated, together with gardens is one of the biggest Berlin's attractions.

Oranienburger Strasse and New Synagogue


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The Oranienburger Strasse was before Second World War the center of Jewish life in Berlin. Here was located many Jewish houses, schools and cemeteries. After 1940 district begin to desolate, only in 80s started the renovation of the New Synagogue and Jewish culture is slowly coming back to Berlin.

Gendarmenmarkt


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Gendarmenmarkt is a square located one block south from Bebelplatx, where are located two cathedrals – French Cathedral and German Cathedral, and the Konzerthaus between them – the concert hall which is considered one of the best concert halls in the world.

Kurfuerstendamm Boulevard and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church


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Kurfuerstendamm Avenue is the most elegant street in Berlin, with a lot of shops and restaurants.

Alexanderplatz and TV Tower


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Altough Alexanderplatz is not joined with famous Unter den Linden, it's usually the end of the walk by that famous street. This central square have less touristic character than Pariser Platz, and the main attraction of it is a Television Tower.

Nikolai Quarter


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Nikolai Quarter (Nikolaiviertel) is a subdistrict in a central Berlin, south from Alexanderplatz. The name was taken from St. Nicholas Church, the oldest church in Berlin, and the neighbourhood had historical, yet less touristic atmosphere.

Tiergarten


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Tiergaten is a name both of the district and the big urban park in a very center of Berlin. It spread west from Brandenburg Gate, and cover 210 hectares, which make it the second biggest urban garden in Europe.

Victory Column


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West from Brandenburg Gate, in the middle of Tiergaten Park stand the Victory Column, the symbol of Prussian power in 19th century.
 
 
 

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