 Schwaan is located on the Rostock-Güstrow and Rostock-Bützow-Schwerin railway lines.The town is well connected to the national highway network, with Bundesautobahn 19 (comparable to a freeway, expressway or interstate highway) and Bundesautobahn 20 about 15 km to the north and east.Also to the east, about 16 km, is the Rostock-Laage Airport.