Cruises to and from Kiel, Germany

Where the sea is concerned, nowhere is more important in Germany – and, arguably, Northern Europe – than Kiel. This Schleswig-Holstein port city is a vital link between the Baltic and North Seas, heading up the Kiel Canal, the world’s busiest artificial waterway, which connects the two.
 
Kiel is one of Northern Europe’s major cruise and shipbuilding hubs, too, and a Kiel cruise can show you the delights of Kieler Woche (Kiel Week), one of Europe’s biggest regattas, and Kiel Aquarium with its eclectic assortment of Baltic and North Sea sea life.

But a trip to Kiel is also about location. Kiel cruises can factor-in the Jutland peninsula’s other alluring ports: dynamic city-state Hamburg and history-rich Lübeck, a chief port of the once super-powerful Hanseatic League that ruled Europe’s sea trade for centuries.
A cruise to Kiel can also include visits to Kiel Botanical Gardens and its staggering 14,000 plant species, one of Germany’s best open-air museums at Molfsee and bewitching Baroque fortress Eutin Castle. Take a Kiel cruise for unforgettable adventures to this compelling corner of Germany.

This nautically-driven city can also be the starting point for an adventure to some of Europe’s most staggeringly beautiful scenery – the Norwegian fjords. Take a cruise from Kiel to these awe-inspiring landscapes (easily accessible from Norwegian port stops including Geiranger, Molde and Ålesund) and start soaking up towering cliffs rising from powerfully blue waters, gaping mountain valleys and thick forests. Truly a place of tranquillity, and ultimately reachable from Kiel’s animated shores.

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