
Frankenstraße 7, 18439 Stralsund
On the Frankenstraße in Stralsund, a UNESCO-listed Hanseatic city whose red-brick Gothic silhouette rises dramatically above the Strelasund strait, CineStar occupies a position in one of the most visually striking small cities in all of Germany. Stralsund's medieval core — the Rathaus facade, the three great parish churches, the ornate merchant houses — earned its World Heritage status alongside Wismar in 2002, and the city remains an astonishing treasury of Baltic Gothic architecture. The cinema serves as a cultural meeting point for both the local population and the stream of visitors who use Stralsund as the gateway to Rügen island, Germany's largest. The surrounding region is defined by the sea: wind, light, and the particular luminosity of the northern Baltic coast. Inside, the screens offer a welcome retreat from the coastal weather without sacrificing the pleasure of a walkable historic centre just beyond the doors. It is a cinema with an incomparable postcode.