A Personal Guide to The Baltic - Eastern Germany

Nicholas Hill

Stralsund

The city lies on a channel, the Strelasund, which is about 15 miles long. The entrance to the south is from the Greifswalder Bodden, which is about 10 miles by 10 miles, with reasonably deep water and several harbours. To the north are much shallower boddens, and it is about 8 or 9 miles out to the Baltic proper. The Strelasund is blocked by a large bridge just to the south of the city. There is a lifting bridge which lets you through, but it only opens a few times a day.

The city is being considerably revived and rebuilt. The city centre is quite impressive, but apart from a few pastry shops, it is very difficult to find provisions such as milk. There is a small chandlers on one of the quays, but the stock is not impressive.

berthing and facilities

There are several places to chose from, but most of them are the 'box' type moorings. There is, however, the new [opened 2006] Citymarina, which has pontoon berths and all facilities. It is very convenient for the city. Shelter in the marina is good.

The marina has a novel way of charging you for extras. You get a card from the marina office, and pay, say, €10. To pay for electricity, you then place the card onto the post with the sockets, and a menu appears on a screen. You type in which socket you are using, and then how many kWhrs you wish to pay for (€0.5 per kWhr). Similarly for the showers: each minute costs you so much; you type in the shower number, number of minutes, press the card against the screen, and off you go (yes, you pay by the minute!). The same card is also used to pay for the washing machine and drier.

A chart of the marina and more information here.

Citymarina

Stralsund CityMarina