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- The regional express RE9 runs roughly hourly from Stralsund via Bergen auf R\u00fcgen to Sassnitz; the journey takes just under an hour. From the station it's around 600 metres as the crow flies to the pontoons.<\/li>\n
- There's a multi-storey car park at the town harbour with 472 covered spaces.<\/li>\n
- A supermarket is located directly at the harbour, and a REWE supermarket around 300 metres away in the town.<\/li>\n
- The chalk cliffs at K\u00f6nigsstuhl lie around 5 nautical miles to the north, R\u00f8nne on Bornholm around 50 nautical miles to the north-east.<\/li>\n
- Off the chalk coast, the Jasmund National Park extends around 500 metres out to sea. Stay outside it except in marked channels and harbour approaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Where is Stadthafen Sassnitz?<\/h2>\n
Stadthafen Sassnitz lies below the town centre behind an outer breakwater around 1.5 kilometres long, at the end of which stands a green-and-white lighthouse. Sailing yachts are berthed in Marina Sassnitz on a floating pontoon system in the rear part of the harbour. The rest of the harbour accommodates excursion boats, fishing cutters and the museum submarine, and the quays are lined with restaurants, caf\u00e9s and smokehouses.<\/p>\n
From the town centre, a pedestrian suspension bridge leads you down to the harbour. The Mukran ferry port, where the ferries to Bornholm and cargo ships berth, is a separate port a few kilometres further south. The ferry port is closed to leisure craft.<\/p>\n
Arriving for trip departure at Stadthafen Sassnitz<\/h2>\n
The easiest way to reach Sassnitz is by train via Stralsund or by car via the A20 Baltic Sea motorway and the R\u00fcgen bridge. The railway station, bus station and town harbour are close to one another.<\/p>\n
From the airport to Sassnitz<\/h3>\n
The nearest airport is Rostock-Laage, around 110 kilometres as the crow flies south-west of Sassnitz. From there you drive by hire car via the A20 towards Stralsund and on to the island.<\/p>\n
Berlin and Hamburg airports have more flight connections, around 240 and 260 kilometres away as the crow flies respectively. From both you travel by train to Stralsund and change there to the regional express to Sassnitz.<\/p>\n
By car, train, bus or ferry<\/h3>\n
By car you drive via the A20 to Stralsund, over the R\u00fcgen bridge onto the island and on the B96 via Bergen auf R\u00fcgen to Sassnitz.<\/p>\n
By train you travel to Stralsund Hauptbahnhof. From there the RE9 runs roughly hourly via Altef\u00e4hr and Bergen auf R\u00fcgen to Sassnitz; the journey takes around 55 minutes. Long-distance trains run via Bergen auf R\u00fcgen to Binz; only the regional express goes to Sassnitz. Sassnitz station is in Bahnhofstra\u00dfe north of the centre. There is a taxi rank at the station.<\/p>\n
The bus station is about 50 metres from the railway station and about 400 metres from the harbour. From there, the buses of the Verkehrsgesellschaft Vorpommern-R\u00fcgen<\/a> run across the island. The harbour bus, line 23, runs daily from the bus station via the \u201cSassnitz Stadthafen Parkhaus\u201d stop to the K\u00f6nigsstuhl National Park Centre, with additional journeys from 1 May to 31 October (as things stand, November 2026).<\/p>\n
From Denmark, in the season you can take the ferry from R\u00f8nne on Bornholm to the Mukran ferry port in about 3 hours 20 minutes. From there it is about 6 kilometres to Sassnitz railway station. You can continue by taxi or by bus line 22 from the \u201cMukran F\u00e4hrhafen\u201d stop, which is about 200 metres from the ferry terminal.<\/p>\n
Parking<\/h3>\n
The town harbour has a multi-storey car park with 472 covered spaces and a lift. On the upper parking deck there are an additional 60 outdoor spaces for vehicles taller than 2.20 metres. You may park there for up to 31 consecutive days; the fee is according to the price list at the entrance.<\/p>\n
Further public car parks are less than 150 metres from the harbour.<\/p>\n
Showers and sanitary facilities<\/h3>\n
The marina in the town harbour has sanitary facilities with showers and washing machines. You pay for showers and washing machines with coins at the machine.<\/p>\n
Shopping for the trip<\/h3>\n
Directly at the harbour is the \"Alte Werkstatt\" shop. A REWE supermarket is around 300 metres away in the town, a Netto supermarket around 800 metres west of the harbour. For a big shop by car you drive to Aldi and another REWE supermarket on the edge of town, around 1.5 kilometres away.<\/p>\n
You can get fish at the smokehouses directly on the quays.<\/p>\n
Doctor, pharmacy and emergency services<\/h3>\n
The nearest pharmacy is the St\u00f6rtebeker-Apotheke, around 200 metres from the harbour. Two other pharmacies, the Hanse Apotheke and the Baltic Apotheke, are also in the centre.<\/p>\n
The nearest hospital is the Sana-Krankenhaus R\u00fcgen at Calandstra\u00dfe 7\/8 in Bergen auf R\u00fcgen, around 17 kilometres as the crow flies to the southwest. It has emergency departments for internal medicine, surgery and paediatrics, among others.<\/p>\n
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- 112: Ambulance service, emergency doctor and fire brigade<\/li>\n
- 110: Police<\/li>\n
- 116 117: out-of-hours medical service<\/li>\n
- 0800 0022833: emergency pharmacy service<\/li>\n
- At sea: VHF channel 16 or DSC on channel 70, call sign \"Bremen Rescue Radio\", the maritime rescue coordination centre of the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbr\u00fcchiger (DGzRS) in Bremen; by telephone round the clock on +49 421 53687-0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What does Sassnitz town harbour offer?<\/h2>\n
The marina in the town harbour has 106 numbered berths at the floating pontoon system, for yachts up to 19 metres in length. The key details at a glance (as at October 2026):<\/p>\n
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