Wismar Herring Days

A stroll through the UNESCO World Heritage site

With its red brick churches and impressive market square lined with restored townhouses, Wismar has one of the best-preserved medieval city centres in Germany. Before exploring the World Heritage city on your own, visit the free exhibition at World Heritage House, complete with artefacts and stories about the city. 

Around the market square

The one-hectare market square is home to many elegant buildings with historic façades, including your hotel. Also of note is the famous Alter Schwede, one of the oldest townhouses in Wismar, with an imposing Brick Gothic façade. The beautiful waterworks fountain in the centre of the square is a symbol of the city. It once supplied 220 houses and 16 wells with spring water. 

A walk through the old harbour

The old port of Wismar was an important trading centre in the Baltic Sea area during the Hanseatic period. Today it is more of an open-air museum, as the industrial port has settled elsewhere. On a stroll past the historical and modern buildings, the Hanseatic flair will seem to come alive. Or put to sea aboard the Wissemara, a replica of a medieval cog.

The street is called what!?

The hotel is located directly on the historic “Tittentasterstraße”. The street, which no longer exists today, was so narrow that people would inevitably come into contact with each other in passing. This gave rise to its unofficial name: “Tit-Touching Street”. So don’t be surprised when you see people stop to laugh by the side entrance of the hotel every now and again.

See the sea

Want to go island hopping? Then book a passage to the island of Poel. Here you will find the finest sandy beaches, small fishing villages and impressive nature. From May to September a passenger ferry shuttles between Wismar and the island’s main town of Kirchdorf. Traveling time: one hour. The island can also be reached year-round by taking bus line 430.

If you’re in a learning mood

Numerous experiments and interactive exhibits await at the PhanTECHNIKUM technical museum, giving visitors a chance to learn something new. And because knowledge makes you hungry, your museum visit is best followed by a delicious piece of cake at Café Glücklich.