On our way to Hamburg, we visited Schwerin, the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Picture of the Schweriner Schloss (Schwerin Palace).

For centuries the palace was the home of the dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg and later Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Today it serves as the residence of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament.