Tourist attractions Kiel

This walk nearly 4 km long has been made along the harbour, and is bordered with shady parks. Hindenburg wharf offers extensive views over the harbour.

Some sixty farms and rural buildings typical of the country north of the Elbe and dating from the 16C to the 19C are reconstructed in this open-air museum (Schleswig-Holsteinisches Freilichtmuseum) and grouped into hamlets according to their geograph..

The shores of this bay (the Kieler Bucht) are dotted with busy, well-sheltered seaside resorts such as Stein, Strande, Schilksee, Schönberger Strand, Laboe and Heikendorf. The northern part has also been hosting sailing regattas for over a century an..

Ideal for family vacations, this beach resort has a fine fishing and pleasure-boating port as well as the Laboe Navy Memorial , marked by an 85-m tower in the shape of a keel. The history of the German navy is told here. Be sure to visit the U 995 s..

The town hall was built between 1907 and 1911, and is overlooked by a 106 m high tower. From the upper gallery one has a view over the entire harbour, as far as the Naval memorial in Laboe.

The retired lighthouse marks the location of the German Maritime Museum. Housed beneath the large vaulted ceiling of the old fish market (1910), the exhibition includes navigation instruments, paintings, ship layouts, log books and an interesting col..

Kiel canal , linking the North Sea to the Baltic, from Brunsbüttle to Kiel, was opened in 1895 by Wilhelm II. It is 100 km long, and over 38,000 ships use it each year. The Holtenau locks let it be linked to the Baltic. On the locks island an inte..