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Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) – Rüsterbergen Pilot Station loop from Rendsburg

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Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Rendsburg

Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) – Rüsterbergen Pilot Station loop from Rendsburg

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Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) – Rüsterbergen Pilot Station loop from Rendsburg

01:34

27.4km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 13.4 km for 224 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

After 25.4 km for 158 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.66 km

Canal view

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Very nice viewpoint!
Both to the east over the high bridge and to the west along the canal.

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3.38 km

World's Longest Bench on the Kiel Canal

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The bench was already cool 👍😊

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13.4 km

Breiholz Ferry on the Kiel Canal

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The Kiel Canal is an artificial waterway whose construction not only cut through landscapes, forests, and fields, but sometimes also villages and existing country roads. The major roads and railways …

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15.2 km

Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal)

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There is always a lot to see along the NOK route. ships, nature and so on. Even those who are hungry and thirsty will find some nice places here, where …

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18.7 km

Cycle path along the NOK (North Sea-Baltic Canal) from Brunsbüttel to Kiel

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Nice to drive with a view of big pots.

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18.8 km

Rüsterbergen Pilot Station

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Here is something more going on than on the canal. Good for photos of the big pots.

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21.7 km

Pilot station Rüsterbergen on the Kiel Canal

Highlight • Cycleway

From Kiel to Brunsbüttel on the "southern" canal bank and then back from Brunsbüttel to Kiel on the "northern" shore! The southern tour takes a little longer, as it runs with interruption on the canal.

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25.4 km

Rendsburg Canal Tunnel South Entrance

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Good connection for racing cyclists to cross the canal

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27.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.3 km

2.05 km

1.05 km

670 m

252 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.3 km

2.23 km

1.83 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 15 July

24°C

12°C

50 %

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Comments

September 17, 2023,Rendsburg-Breiholz-Rendsburg Fahrradtour

Today we go to the starting point of the rowing eights and to the finish line.

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October 8, 2022,Vom Stellplatz Schachtholm nach Rendsburg

A very beautiful one. Tour from the camper place. to Rendsburg there in the elevator. down by bike then. under the North Baltic Canal. other side. up with the elevator
on the other. Side by the canal back and ferry. over again

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August 21, 2021,Fahrradtour Rendsburg - Fähre Breiholz und zurück

The path on the south bank of the canal has been partly redone and is very easy to drive.

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May 9, 2024,2024_0509_am NOK entlang bis Rendsburg

Today we were late because we had to change our parking spot and it was difficult to find a new one. We ended up at the Eider. We then set off on our bikes and after about 3 kilometers we reached the Breiholz canal ferry. Here we crossed over and stormed the "Breiholzer Fähr Kombüse" beer garden to quench our …

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May 18, 2023,Stadtradeln NOK

Very nice tour in the best weather. We hit so many ships. Was really fun

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June 10, 2022,von der Schwebefähre Rendsburg - Breitholz - und zurück

The tour was very nice along the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal

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June 24, 2022,NOK 5, Fähranleger Breiholz nach Rendsburg

Surrounded by the scent of summer, roses, elderberries, hay and much more, we cycled along the Kiel Canal from Brunsbüttel to Kiel-Holtenau for 5 days and on the other side of the NOK from Kiel-Holtenau to Brunsbüttel.
On the 1st day a thunderstorm with hail and rain hit us. Every other day the sun shone, the sky was clear and …

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July 1, 2021,NOK - kurze Runde zum Eingewöhnen 😎

Still used the day of arrival and the first kilometers along the canal.
Tomorrow will be serious. 😉

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Canal view

World's Longest Bench on the Kiel Canal

Breiholz Ferry on the Kiel Canal

Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal)

Cycle path along the NOK (North Sea-Baltic Canal) from Brunsbüttel to Kiel

Rüsterbergen Pilot Station

Pilot station Rüsterbergen on the Kiel Canal

Rendsburg Canal Tunnel South Entrance

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