Mecklenburg-Vorpommern · Germany
Where to stay in Schwerin
Schwerin is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, home to about 98,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Schwerin, with about 262 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LBC50 km · Lübeck Blankensee Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Schwerin
Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It has around 96,000 inhabitants, and is thus the least populous of all German state capitals.
Zuarina was founded as a Slavic fortress in the 10th or 11th century. In the 12th century, it was conquered by Germans and the region was Christianised. Schwerin was made the seat of a county, that later evolved into the Duchy of Mecklenburg. While Schwerin remained the political centre, the Hanseatic seaports Rostock and Wismar were more prosperous and grew faster. Around 1765, Duke Frederick II ("the Pious") moved his residence to Ludwigslust, a Baroque new town planned on a drawing board, 40 km south of Schwerin (like Louis XIV of France had moved his residence from Paris to Versailles).
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Schwerin
See
- Schweriner Schloss
- Schwerin Cathedral
- Schweriner Fernsehturm
- Internationales Feuerwehrmuseum Schwerin
- Zoo Schwerin
- Freilichtmuseum Schwerin-Mueß
Do
- Climb Schwerin Cathedral Tower
- Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater
- Capitol Schwerin
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Schwerin
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Hotel Hamburg-Wittenburg hotel | 124 |
| Landhotel Spornitz hotel | 138 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Schwerin
12 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Schloss Hasenwinkel | 23.2 km | |
| IntercityHotel Schwerin | 0.7 km | |
| Best Western Seehotel Frankenhorst | 5.3 km | |
| Hotel Arte Schwerin | 3.7 km | |
| Hotel Christinenhof Gadebusch | 21.8 km | |
| Hotel Niederländischer Hof | 0.6 km | |
| Hotel Speicher am Ziegelsee | 1.4 km | |
| NH Schwerin | 3.2 km | |
| Pension Karina Schwerin | 0.7 km | |
| PLAZA Premium Schwerin PLAZA Hotelgroup | 1.3 km | |
| Schloss Basthorst | 14.0 km | |
| Weinhaus Uhle | 0.1 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Schwerin
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Schwerin are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; July is the wettest, with about 77 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Schwerin: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC), about 50 km from the city centre in a straight line; Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG, 65 km) and Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM, 94 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The closest major airport is Hamburg (HAM), 115 km from Schwerin (1½ hours by train). Rostock airport (RLG) is a little closer (78 km), but little frequented. Berlin Brandenburg Airport is further off (some 200 km) and less conveniently connected - one option is to take the IC to Rostock and change trains there.
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LBC · Lübeck Blankensee Airport
RLG · Rostock-Laage Airport
HAM · Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport
Questions
Schwerin: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Schwerin?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Schwerin are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; July is the wettest, with about 77 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Schwerin?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC), about 50 km from the city centre in a straight line; Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG, 65 km) and Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM, 94 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Schwerin?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Schwerin
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.