Located in the Hanseatic town of Stralsund is North Germany’s most visited museum - the German Oceanographic Museum. It’s set across numerous buildings, including the Nautineum, the Natureum and the Ozeaneum, with the main Oceanographic Museum housed within a former hall of St. Catherine’s Church.
The main Oceanographic Museum features exhibits detailing Germany’s marine environment, including its fishing industries, the flora and fauna of the Baltic Sea and ongoing conservation and research projects. Around 600 living marine crea-tures are on display in its dozens of aquaria, including a vast range of tropical fish and giant tortoises.
The Ozeaneum on Stralsund's harbor island is the main attraction of the German Oceanographic Museum and is one of the largest aquariums in Europe. It boasts around 7,000 marine animals, with a focus on sea life of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, and is renowned for having the world’s largest whale exhibition...