Kuhlungsborn

Kuhlungsborn or Bootshafen Kühlungsborn is a port in the seaside resort of Kuhlungsborn, Rostock district. The resort is one of the first to be founded in Germany and is a popular location with a long beach and a promenade by the marina. Visitors can either relax at one of the many restaurants or visit and buy souvenirs from the shops found here. Tourists can opt for bicycle transport inside the city and for the nearby premises a very popular attraction is the Molli steam railway that stretches for 15 kilometres on the Baltic Sea coast. A very old artefact can be found in the area, the Kuhlung, a wooden ridge formed during the ice age as a push moraine. Man-made attractions are located in Kuhlungsborn, like the 13th century St. John’s Church, or the Kuhlungsborn Pier. The Baltic Sea watchtower by the pier, one of East Germany’s last remaining witnesses still reminds of German division. In the resort visitors can also stumble upon the monument for the victims of fascism built 4 decades ago.