📜 Oldest zoo in Northeast Germany, home to 4,500 animals of 450 species.
🏆 Repeatedly voted the best zoo in Europe in its category.
🦁 See thousands of animals from around the world, including polar bears, gorillas, and orangutans
🌿 Explore unique botanical treasures like the dahlia quarter and rhododendron grove
👨👩👧👦 Enjoy a family-friendly facility with themed playgrounds and experience stations
🎓 Discover varied educational opportunities, public show feedings, and exciting guided tours
🗓️ Spend an eventful day any time of the year, exploring living museums like Darwineum and Polarium
Day tickets, evening tickets, and annual season tickets are available.
Children under 4, blind persons, and attendants of severely disabled persons receive free admission.
Group rates are available for classes (from 10 pupils) and adults (from 20 persons).
Open daily from 9 a.m.
Ticket office hours vary seasonally:
Accessible by car to Barnstorfer Ring 1, 18059 Rostock.
Public transport options include streetcar lines 3 and 6, and bus 28.
A chargeable parking lot is available at the Barnstorfer Ring entrance.
Wheelchair accessible toilets and baby changing rooms are available.
Dogs are allowed on a short leash, but not permitted in animal facilities, Polarium, or Darwineum visitor centers.
Stroller rental is available.
Zoologischer Garten Rostock gGmbH.