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Kiel

Kiel is the capital city of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein and a major maritime hub on the Baltic Sea, one of Germany's main passenger ports and as the Baltic endpoint of the Kiel Canal, Wikivoyage

Population 251,842 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Kiel Week

    June

    The Kiel Week (German: Kieler Woche) or Kiel Regatta is an annual sailing event in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage; descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Wochenmarkt Exerzierplatz

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–13:00
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 08:00–13:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:00–13:00

    930 m from the centre

  • Wochenmarkt Vinetaplatz

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–13:00
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 08:00–13:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:00–13:00

    1.6 km from the centre

  • Wochenmarkt Blücherplatz

    1. Monday: 08:00–13:00
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: 08:00–13:00
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:00–13:00

    1.9 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 38 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Kiel Schulen am Langsee 2.3 km, Kiel-Ellerbek 2.3 km, Kiel-Hassee CITTI-Park 3.2 km, Kronshagen 3.8 km, Suchsdorf 4.2 km, Kiel-Oppendorf 4.4 km, Kiel-Russee 4.9 km, Kiel-Elmschenhagen 5.0 km, Schönkirchen 5.8 km

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