Rostock Car Rental Guide
This page gives you information about car rental in Rostock and also describes the main car rental and driving restrictions valid in Germany.
Rental Restrictions
Driving restrictions
In Germany, the minimum age of a driver is 17 years. Children must be at least 12 years of age to sit in the front. Children under the age of 12 must either sit in the rear of the vehicle or, if in the front, be in a child seat. The legal blood alcohol limit is 0.5‰.
It is illegal to drive with the parking lights only, but low beams must used during bad weather. Motorcyclists must drive with headlights on at all times.
You are considered parked if you leave your car or stop for 3 minutes unless you are loading or unloading the vehicle. You are not allowed to park within 5 metres of a pedestrian crossing or intersection, within 10 metres of a traffic light or stop/yield sign if that might obstruct the view of the sign. When parking, you must leave at least 3 metres between your vehicle and the middle of the street or the nearest lane divider.
In Germany, the police use automatic cameras to catch traffic violators. The parking ticket will be posted to the offender.
Speed limits:| Area | Limit |
| Expressways | 100-unlimited KM/H |
| Outside the City | 90 KM/H |
| In the City | 50 KM/H |
Emergency Numbers
Police: 110
Fire Brigade and Ambulance: 112
Road Tolls
Germany has no road tolls for cars.
Some useful expressions for tourists visiting Germany
Car – das Auto
Car rental – Autovermietung
Road – die Autostrasse
To drive – fahren
About Rostock
Rostock is situated in the north of Germany at the coast of the Baltic Sea. It is the largest German Baltic Port, being the Baltic gateway to Germany and Europe. The fact that Rostock has been closely associated with the sea is evidenced by the exhibitions in the Marine Museum.
Despite severe war damage, many of Rostock’s historic old buildings have survived. The architecture of the Hanseatic times is mixed with that of later styles. The many attractions in the city include the elegant burghers’ houses in Thalmann Square, the 15 th century Town Hall and the late Gothic St. Mary’s Church with its old astronomical clock.
Rostock boasts the oldest university in Northern Europe as well as the biggest zoo on the Baltic coast.
Area: 110 sq km
Population: 250,000
Country: Germany
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
Telephone Area Code: 381
Monetary unit: Euro
