drsel Posted December 6, 2022 Author #26 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Essiesmom said: If I had a week to spend in Hamburg, I would make make my way to Kiel or Brunsbeuttel and take a cruise through the Kiel Canal. EM Is that 99 km as scenic as cruising through the Norwegian fjords? Edited December 6, 2022 by drsel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted December 6, 2022 Author #27 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Maybe I should spend 2 nights in Kiel and then 5 nights in Hamburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted December 6, 2022 #28 Share Posted December 6, 2022 If we had a week, we would probably rent a car and explore the region. Another possibility would be to take the train or drive to Berlin for a few days. Hamburg is a nice city but we would not want to spend a week in that place. Hank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted December 7, 2022 #29 Share Posted December 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Hlitner said: If we had a week, we would probably rent a car and explore the region. Another possibility would be to take the train or drive to Berlin for a few days. Hamburg is a nice city but we would not want to spend a week in that place. Hank Agreed -- other than London, Paris, Rome and New York, few cities would wear well for a real out-of-towner for more than three days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted December 7, 2022 Author #30 Share Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Hlitner said: If we had a week, we would probably rent a car and explore the region. Another possibility would be to take the train or drive to Berlin for a few days. Hamburg is a nice city but we would not want to spend a week in that place. Hank Hamburg will be our base city for day trips to Lubeck, Bremen, Wismar, Schwerin, Lunebeck. We will also be spending 6 nights in Berlin (after the last Cruise) and doing 2 --3 day trips to Potsdam, Leipzig and Dresden Do you have the link where I can book tickets for a 96 km Cruise through the Kiel canal, starting & ending in Kiel? Edited December 7, 2022 by drsel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted December 7, 2022 #31 Share Posted December 7, 2022 1 hour ago, drsel said: Hamburg will be our base city for day trips to Lubeck, Bremen, Wismar, Schwerin, Lunebeck. We will also be spending 6 nights in Berlin (after the last Cruise) and doing 2 --3 day trips to Potsdam, Leipzig and Dresden Do you have the link where I can book tickets for a 96 km Cruise through the Kiel canal, starting & ending in Kiel? No clue about booking a cruise through the canal. We once transited that canal on the Prinsendam. My memory is waking up as we entered the canal with a loud "Oompah" Band playing outside my porthole (the band later came aboard to put on a concert. What is interesting is that the Prinsendam had a beam of 32.3 meters and the canals maximium was 32.5, When we were in locks it felt like being in a floating coffin. When we were low in the locks all you saw were dark walls. Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted December 7, 2022 #32 Share Posted December 7, 2022 I have never transited the Kiel Canal - it's on my bucket list - but used to follow ships through the canal via portcams and bridgecams. It looked pretty interesting. Sadly, there are few cruise ships left small enough for the trip. But in watching the cams it was obvious there were multiple excursion boats. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted December 7, 2022 Author #33 Share Posted December 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Essiesmom said: I have never transited the Kiel Canal - it's on my bucket list - but used to follow ships through the canal via portcams and bridgecams. It looked pretty interesting. But in watching the cams it was obvious there were multiple excursion boats. EM https://www.sfk-kiel.de/en/cruises/fjord/ Is this the excursion boat you are referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted December 8, 2022 #34 Share Posted December 8, 2022 That looks more like a harbor/fjord excursion. It doesn’t sound like it goes very far into the canal, if at all. There are locks at both ends of the canal, and like at the Panama Canal, there are old locks, and older locks. You should Google for the history. The cams that have been at the locks are at the newer of the locks. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted December 8, 2022 Author #35 Share Posted December 8, 2022 1 hour ago, Essiesmom said: That looks more like a harbor/fjord excursion. It doesn’t sound like it goes very far into the canal, if at all. So how and where to book tickets on the excursion boat that sails through the entire canal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted December 8, 2022 #36 Share Posted December 8, 2022 You are going to have to ask Mr. google, or research on the Ports of Call board for Germany. EM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted December 9, 2022 Author #37 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) On 12/8/2022 at 9:40 AM, Essiesmom said: You are going to have to ask Mr. google, or research on the Ports of Call board for Germany. EM Google says there are no local ferries giving joyrides through the Kiel canal from one end to the other (96km). Only this is available https://www.sfk-kiel.de/en/cruises/fjord/ www.whatsinport.com also has a list of all Kiel attractons (attached herewith) but no mention of a boat ride or cruise through the Kiel canal stadtplan_rueckseite_englisch.pdf Edited December 9, 2022 by drsel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted December 9, 2022 Author #38 Share Posted December 9, 2022 I saw 2 videos of Hapag Lloyd Europa & Azamara Pursuit going through the Kiel canal. From the videos it appears that these cruise ships were the main attraction, not the Kiel canal. There is nothing much to see except the locks opening, greenery on both banks & a railway bridge. I think the Rhine cruise is much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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