Main tourist attractions in Kiel

Cultural institution exhibiting over 60 historic buildings that reconstruct rural life in Schleswig-Holstein from the 16th to the 19th centuries with demonstrations of traditional crafts.

Five-story department store in the city center offering fashion, cosmetics, electronics, and a dining area with terrace overlooking the pedestrian Holstenstraße.

A 15-hectare green space established in 1888 featuring formal French gardens, an artificial pond, bandstand, and walking paths lined with century-old oaks.

A 31-meter navigation tower built in 1895 marking the entrance of the Kiel Canal to the Baltic Sea, serving as a reference point for commercial ships.

Maritime complex including collections of naval objects, a traditional fresh fish market, and port facilities with an observation walkway over the Kiel Canal.

Renovated port district featuring restaurant terraces, waterfront cafés, a marina, and promenades along the quays with a view of the fjord.

Port facility hosting racing sailboats, private yachts, and pleasure boats with mooring pontoons, nautical services, and a coastal promenade.

Municipal commemorative park including landscaped gardens, ornamental ponds, pedestrian paths, rest areas, and plantings of trees and shrubs dedicated to world peace.

University green spaces with heated greenhouses, specialized plant collections, and educational trails for students and visitors interested in European and tropical botany.

Scientific aquatic center focused on marine research, exhibiting live fish, crustaceans, and other organisms from the Baltic Sea in reconstructed tanks.

Municipal building constructed between 1907 and 1911, featuring a tower reaching 106 meters with a public observation platform.

Protestant church dating from the 13th century, rebuilt after the war, recognizable by its spire rising above the urban and harbor landscape.

Waterfront promenade stretching for several kilometers along the shores of the fjord, allowing visitors to watch maritime traffic and adjacent green spaces.

Modern shopping center grouping more than a hundred specialty stores, dining areas, cinema, and various services across multiple levels in a covered complex.

Maritime signal tower built in 1865 guiding ships to the entrance of the fjord from the Baltic Sea, 36 meters high and open to visitors.

Swimming area on the eastern coast of the fjord with sandy beach, sanitary facilities, children's play areas, and shaded lounging spaces.

Former wartime underground shelter built during the world conflict now converted into a memorial site with documentary exhibitions about this difficult period of European history.

Major artificial waterway 98 kilometers long, enabling ships to cross the Jutland Peninsula and avoid going around Denmark to reach both seas.

Cultural institution devoted to fine arts, regularly organizing temporary exhibits of modern and traditional works by locally and internationally recognized artists.

Museum focusing on the development of computer science, displaying old machines, historic computers, and electronic devices demonstrating technological advances achieved over several decades in this field.

Main shopping street in Kiel converted into a pedestrian area, lined with traditional shops, local restaurants, and buildings from various periods of German architecture.

Aquatic recreation area on the Baltic Sea shore, equipped with changing rooms, playgrounds, and rental services for sailing and other marine activities.

Cultural institution housed in a historic building presenting permanent exhibitions on urban development, maritime traditions, and regional craftsmanship of Schleswig-Holstein.

Commemorative sculpture erected in honor of Russian ruler Peter III, recalling the dynastic ties between Russia and the Duchy of Holstein in the 18th century.