Kiel Canal
The Kiel Canal, the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal in German, formerly the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal, connects the North Sea at Brunsbüttel to the Baltic Sea at Kiel through Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.
UnderstandCompleted in 1895, it is one of the world's busiest canals. Due to the personal insistence of Kaiser Wilhelm II, all crossings (ferry bridge or tunnel) are and continue to be free of charge for pedestrians.
Get inThe canal enters the Baltic Sea near which as the capital and one of the two biggest cities of Schleswig Holstein shouldn't be hard to reach.
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