Warnemünde Germany

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So our first port of call on our Baltic cruise was the seaside fishing port of Warnemünde. Warnemünde used to be in the former East Germany and my impression was that perhaps it would be a bit drab and uninteresting but NO it was a cute and pretty little town. Unfortunately for us it was a bank holiday in Germany on this day so many places were closed but the fish market and restaurants were all open. We walked past the station and into the small inlet where boats were moored. You could take a little boat trip from here or have lunch on the many restaurant boats tied up against the quayside. Some of the streets were cobbled and there were trees along the sides of the roads. Interestingly Rostock quite a large city further up the river were concerned that the little village of Warnemünde would cause problems preventing their access to the sea so the city of Rostock bought it in 1323 so that access could not be denied. One of its most interesting sites is the lighthouse and a building built next to it known as the teapot. They are side by side on the promenade. The lighthouse was built in 1887 and is 37 meters high. (121ft). The photo is of the lighthouse and the Teapot which is full of restaurants. Walking along the promenade with the town and quaint nicely colourfully painted fishermen's houses on the left and the long sandy beach and dunes on your right. After walking along the promenade we headed into the town. The town was really quite quaint and very pleasant indeed. We made our way to the main square where in front of the church was a little music festival going on with beer tents and stalls selling German sausage cooked over coals. We visited the church and wandered along the narrow lanes to the canal side where we sat down for a drink and to people watch for a while. If you wanted to you could visit Berlin on an organised tour which was incredibly expensive at over £330 ($437) (377 Euros) We chose not to do this as it involved a 3 hour trip on a bus to Berlin 3 hours back leaving only 3 hours to have a quick tour of Berlin. We could spend a weekend in Berlin for the same price so decided not to do this trip. A few people we spoke to did not realise that it involved sitting on a coach for 6 hours and wished they had not done it. So all in all Warnemünde actually surpassed my expectations and was quite a pleasant stop over and an interesting little port.