Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Cycle Path – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Brunsbüttel
Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Cycle Path – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Brunsbüttel
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Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Cycle Path – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Brunsbüttel
03:28
62.1km
50m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. 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: June 14, 2026
This route includes a ferry crossing
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Temporary access restrictions
Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.
After 37.8 km for 214 m
Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)
After 47.5 km for 217 m
Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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5.61 km
High bridge Brunsbüttel
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13.6 km
Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Cycle Path
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18.7 km
View of the Hochdonn Railway Bridge
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24.3 km
View of the Schafstedt High Bridge over the Kiel Canal
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25.7 km
Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal)
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Over its length of 98 kilometers, it crosses the state of Schleswig-Holstein between Brunsbüttel and Kiel-Holtenau. This saves him the journey around the Cimbrian Peninsula (Jutland) through the North Sea, Skagerrak and Kattegat. With the canal, the route is on average 250 nautical miles (around 460 km) shorter, depending on the port of departure and destination.
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30.8 km
Grunental High Bridge and view of the Kiel Canal
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The most exciting are the ships 🚢 on the canal, simply wonderful to look at.
For an overnight tour I can recommend the Heuherberge in Beldorf and the Ferienhof Sievers in Hanerau-Hademarschen! Very good value for money. 👍
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38.0 km
Hohenhörn Canal Ferry
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42.9 km
View of the Hochdonn High Bridge
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Shortly after the canal was completed, both the size of ships and the volume of shipping increased significantly. It was primarily for this reason that the decision was made to widen the canal for the first time. The swing bridge, which was designed for the original width of the canal, now represented a bottleneck. In order to make rail and shipping traffic independent of each other during the first widening of the canal, which was carried out from 1907 to 1914, the plans led to the necessary new bridge being built in the form of a high bridge despite considerable additional costs to carry out.
The construction of a high bridge near Taterpfahl was not possible due to the lack of load-bearing capacity of the subsoil. The canal crossing was relocated to a geest ridge about 12 km further east to Hochdonn. After the Rendsburg High Bridge (built 1911 - 1913), the Hochdonner High Bridge (built 1913 -1920) is the second large steel structure that was built on the basis of the design and construction plans carried out by Dr.-Ing. Voß (1872 - 1953). The fact that the bridge can still be used for rail traffic even after a service life of almost 100 years is an impressive confirmation of the high quality of this engineering and craftsmanship achievement.
Source: Kiel Canal Waterways and Shipping Office
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62.1 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
50.5 km
6.81 km
3.02 km
1.60 km
134 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
51.2 km
9.43 km
1.05 km
301 m
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< 100 m
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A great tour rated 4 out of 5 shamrocks.
The start takes place at a huge parking lot, which is located directly on the Kiel Canal. The path is paved throughout and is very easy to drive on, in any weather, on both sides. The side can be changed at any time via the small car ferries that leave …
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for a cozy stop.
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