Sassnitz - City center

Sassnitz City Center
ALTSTADT, BEACHFRONT, SMALL BOAT HARBOUR

Sassnitz has an old town, Altstadt, with resort hotels, beautiful mansions and a nice beach promenad with boats and fish restaurants. This area is very hilly and is situated right next to the sea. Sassnitz has the longest outer mole in Europe. In the town center you can also find some grey buildings from the DDR era, as well as the futuristic suspension bridge from 2007.

OLD TOWN (ALTSTADT):

The beach promenade (Strandpromenade) of Sassnitz

		Bridge at the beach promenade
Hotel Fürstenhof		Strandhotel


Hotel Fürstenhof	Restaurant Rügenstaube	The beach

Harborfront	The rocks of Rügen	Fährblick Pension

		Strandpromenade
Strandpromenade		Strandpromenade

		Strandpromenade
Hotel Fürstenhof		Bachpromenade


Strandpromenade		Strandpromenade		Strandhotel, view towards the sea

		Bachpromenade
Bachpromenade		Bachpromenade

		Bachpromenade
Bachpromenade		Bachpromenade


Bachpromenade		Bachpromenade		Alter Reichshof (Imperial Court)

		Villa Maria
Villa Bella-Vista and other mansions on the hills above the sea		Villa Hertha


Villa Anna		Villa Hermes		Upper Town


Villa Bertha, Villa Mary		Villa Hermes		St John's Church, Upper Town

		Villa Maria
There is a gap in the middle of the woods of Jasmund National Park, above Sassnitz		Villa Hertha

TOWN CENTER, NEWER PART:


St John's, a Protestant Church		Hauptstrasse (Main Street)		Mansions,Upper Town


St John's Church		Hauptstrasse (Main Street)		Nightclub at the Railway Station


Neglect DDR building		At the railway staion		Stores in the newer part of the city center

		Rügen Hotel, a 10-storey remnant from the DDR
Rügen-Galerie, a modern shopping street with Rügen Hotel in the background.		Stairs in the newer parts

		The historical Kurhotel Sassnitz
Kurhotel Sassnitz. Built before the regime of DDR. Seen from Hauptstrasse.		Kurhotel Sassnitz

THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE AND THE PORT:

		The narrow suspension bridge
The modern suspension bridge, built in 2007, long after the fall of DDR. It is 274m long. The bridge connects the town center with the port.		Stairs and the modern bridge


Suspension bridge		Suspension bridge		Suspension bridge


Pedestrians on the suspension bridge		The port beneath the suspension bridge		View from the suspension bridge


The submarine in the port, part of the U-boot museum		HMS Otus is a former British submarine, towed to the port by the Germans		HMS Otus


The suspension brigdge and the Hafenbahnhof		Suspension bridge		Suspension bridge


Hafenstrasse		Boats of Rügen		Boats of Rügen

		Turm
Turm, a white tower with a restaurant.		Rügen is famous for its fish t


Hafenstrasse		Hafenstrasse		Hafenstrasse


Moby's Bistro, where we had lunch		Of course I chosed fish		The Fishing and Harbour Museum

		The fishing port
The fishing port with its colourful boats.		Wooden sculpture in the fishing port