Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Most visitors treat Wismar as a UNESCO brick postcard between Lübeck and Rostock, or a one-hour stop for Wasserkunst photos and a harbor selfie. Fair if the train is tight. Wrong if you have soft shoes and a morning not already sold to a cruise schedule. This is a Hanseatic Baltic town with salt-trade memory … Read more

Most people treat Rostock as a train change for Warnemünde beach or a cruise-port hour with a brick-gate selfie. Fine if the day is short. Wrong if you have soft shoes and one slow morning. This is a Hanseatic river city where the Warnow still does real work, the university keeps the west side awake … Read more