Discover Bad Doberan

Bad Doberan offers two specific starting points for planning your trip: the minster and the Molli railway. Bad Doberan Minster is one of the historic sights in the wider Rostock destination. The historic narrow-gauge Molli railway runs between Bad Doberan and Kühlungsborn. If you are looking for hotels in Bad Doberan, consider whether you would like to focus your stay mainly on the minster, railway history, or both.

The Minster and Molli in Bad Doberan

Molli is the oldest narrow-gauge railway on the Baltic coast and has an unusual gauge of 900 mm. It has shaped the coastal townscape since 1886. The route information makes Bad Doberan one of the two named endpoints; the gauge and the railway’s long-standing presence in the townscape add technical and historical aspects to the railway story. This gives you two different interests to consider when planning your trip: a historic sight in town and a railway connecting Bad Doberan with Kühlungsborn.

Culture in the wider Rostock destination

The wider Rostock destination also offers a range of cultural and historical topics. The Volhynian Resettlers Museum in Linstow offers guided tours for groups and individuals. Using ethnographic objects, photographs and documents, the tours present the history of the Volhynian Germans from the mid-19th century until their resettlement in Mecklenburg after the Second World War. The theatre in Güstrow is Mecklenburg’s oldest surviving civic theatre. The former monastery in Rühn is another of the region’s historic sights.

Historic crafts are another feature of the Rostock district: the twin mills of Neu Vorwerk offer a vivid introduction to them. In Alt Kalen, a windmill operator still grinds flour. This means that the region offers encounters with theatre and migration history, former monasteries and craft traditions.

Landscapes and activities in the region

With its deeply cut breakthrough valleys along the Warnow, numerous lakes, hills and extensive forests, Sternberger Seenland Nature Park is particularly well suited to hiking and cycling. The Mecklenburg Baltic Sea Coast is one of the Rostock district’s key tourist areas. The Rostock region is bordered by 62 kilometres of Baltic coastline, with a number of seaside resorts; inland, the coastal foreland includes the river valleys of the Warnow and Recknitz. This means the wider destination brings coastal and river landscapes together.

There are several ways to explore wildlife and nature. Visitors can explore Wildpark-MV independently or join guided walks, including wolf, owl and evening walks. Discovery tours focusing on beavers, wolves and white-tailed eagles are also available in Sternberger Seenland, Nossentiner-Schwinzer-Heide, Mecklenburgische Schweiz and Kummerower See nature parks, as well as at Wildpark-MV. The nature park focuses on the landscape and its hiking and cycling opportunities, while the guided walks at the wildlife park offer a different focus.

Schwaan Climbing and Adventure Forest has seven courses for children, beginners and advanced climbers. Its facilities include a 116.5-metre-long Flying Fox zip line that runs directly over the lake. The range of courses and the Flying Fox offer specific options if you are looking for a climbing or adventure activity in the wider Rostock destination.

More regional highlights

In the wider Rostock destination, the Milk Route around Bützow connects agriculture with a visitor experience, showing how farming works. Karl’s Adventure Village in Rövershagen offers more than 50 experiences, including Karl’s Candy Land, an indoor adventure world covering more than 2,000 square metres. At the manufacturers’ market, visitors can experience handmade jams, confectionery and chocolate, as well as fresh coffee.

Getting around the wider Rostock destination

Buses and trains operate throughout the Rostock district as part of the public transport network. With one ticket, holidaymakers can travel across the entire region, including the Hanseatic and university city of Rostock. For road travel, the A19 enters the district from the south, where it intersects the A20, which runs from west to east.

Discover more destinations: Kessin, Graal-Muritz, Groß Lüsewitz, Amt Warnow-West, Amt Neubukow-Salzhaff, Markgrafenheide, Amt Güstrow-Land, Amt Mecklenburgische Schweiz.

Back to the wider travel overview: Rostock.