Warnemünde, Germany

June 22 & 23, 2012

Warnemünde, located in what was once East Germany, is a resort town with a cruise ship port and a light rail terminal. Our ship stopped there so that ship’s passengers would have an option to tour various German towns, most commonly near-by Rostock and more distant Berlin. Other cruises lines that service the German community use Warnemünde as the start-end points for their cruises. The train station for the light rail is less than a kilometer from the cruise ship port, making the transfer between ship and rail easy.

Bill and I decided to stay in Warnemünde for our two day stop.

der Alte Strom

The commercial, touristy area of Warnemünde fronts a canal, der Alte Strom, that extends inland from the Baltic Sea stopping short of the cruise ship dock. This area has much the look and feel of tourist towns in Door County, Wisconsin or in Michigan. Unlike other touristy areas that we visited in our Northern Europe Adventure, Warnemünde does not cater to English speaking tourists. The signs on shops and restaurants, for example, were in German only.

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Warnemunde
Warnemunde
Warnemunde Looking up the canal, our ship the ms Eurodam is in the background. Distances are deceptive in this image – the canal ends about 500 meters short of the ship dock.
Warnemunde A European Herring Gull perched on a piling near the canal: These large and muscular gulls are found throughout Northern Europe. Once abundant, the Herring Gull population is now declining significantly.
Warnemunde Herring Gull - the head shot. How about that beak?
Warnemunde Train leaving the station

Waterfront near the cruise ship dock

Warnemunde
Warnemunde