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Landwehr Ferry – Landwehr Ferry (Kiel Canal) loop from ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

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Landwehr Ferry – Landwehr Ferry (Kiel Canal) loop from ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

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Landwehr Ferry – Landwehr Ferry (Kiel Canal) loop from ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

01:51

31.2km

140m

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: June 25, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 16.4 km for 148 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.57 km

Wiker Balkon

Viewpoint

5.35 km

View of Ships on the Kiel Canal

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Here, just down the road, you can get right to the Kiel Canal. It's popular with anglers. The cycle and pedestrian path along the Kiel Canal also begins here. It's a great spot for boat watching.

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10.2 km

Suchsdorf Animal Enclosure

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The relatively small enclosure with 3.6 hectares is located between the Kiel Canal and the Kronshagen-Ottendorfer Au. You can reach the enclosure from Eckernförder Straße. The entrance is in the …

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11.2 km

View of the Kiel Canal

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From here you can already see the Levensauer Bridge on the horizon!

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16.4 km

Landwehr Ferry

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....very friendly staff. Nice little ferry ride. Free of charge for cars, pedestrians and cyclists.

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16.6 km

Landwehr Ferry (Kiel Canal)

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The ferry is free like all ferries via the NOK for people & bicycles and all kinds of vehicles!
Small tip☝️: If you come from Kiel, you should change the page here!

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19.9 km

Kiel Canal

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There is always something to see .... the big ships.

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24.2 km

Levensau High Bridge

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The old Levensau High Bridge was built at the end of the 19th century for railway and tram traffic. The new, eastern Levensau High Bridge was built about 90 years …

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24.3 km

Kiel Canal near Suchsdorf

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On the NOK, also known as the Kiel Canal, it's always just beautiful...

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31.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.0 km

11.5 km

4.07 km

3.22 km

402 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.8 km

12.5 km

3.25 km

920 m

762 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 30 June

22°C

13°C

74 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

June 11, 2023,NOK -Tour top 👍und flop 👎

I come to today's tour on the NOK.
Friends of ours wanted to do a nice little NOK tour with us. This would also have been 👍 great if it wasn't for the construction site at the Levensauer Hochbrücke. 👎No reasonable signage for diversion or no signs. The construction workers there couldn't help either (some of them didn't come from …

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April 24, 2022,Fahrradtour

A great canal tour with a coffee break at the Holtenauer lighthouse.

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August 15, 2021,Pötte kieken, mit dem Schuhkarton den NOK passiert - 15.08.2021

From Landwehr we drove along the fast lane from the NOK to the locks at Pötte kieken. Some pots came towards us and we overtook others with the highest permitted speed of 15 km / h or 12 km / h on the NOK. In the Kiel shoe box (ADLER I) we passed the Kiel Canal from Kiel-Holtenau to Kiel-Wik …

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July 18, 2025,Nord-Ostsee Kanal bis Kiel

Since the route on both sides under the canal bridge "B76" will remain closed for the foreseeable future, my route north of the N.O.K. is not recommended, as on certain sections the bike must be pushed along narrow paths!

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January 3, 2022,"into the dark" oder "Mit dem Rad am Kanal entlang bis zur Fähre und zurück"

Better a short round at the beginning of the year than none at all ...

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Landwehr Ferry – Landwehr Ferry (Kiel Canal) loop from ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

View of Ships on the Kiel Canal

Suchsdorf Animal Enclosure

View of the Kiel Canal

Landwehr Ferry

Landwehr Ferry (Kiel Canal)

Kiel Canal

Levensau High Bridge

Kiel Canal near Suchsdorf

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