Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Cycle Path – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Gokels

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Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Cycle Path – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Gokels

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Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Cycle Path – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Gokels

05:52

103km

160m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very 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: August 18, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 8.40 km for 224 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

After 94.2 km for 224 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.1 km

Gieselau Canal Lock and Bascule Bridge

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Lock from the Eider region to the Kiel Canal.

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26.2 km

Grunental High Bridge and view of the Kiel Canal

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Hello. In any case, it is always worth a tour. But you should start in Brunsbüttel, because you usually have tailwind, I did it from Holtenau with headwind because I …

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32.7 km

View of the Schafstedt High Bridge over the Kiel Canal

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Driving here on the canal near Schafstedt is a really beautiful, impressive route on the NOK. Then to have a view of the high bridge in the nicest weather, to be amazed to admire the construction, is a real experience.

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43.4 km

Nord-Ostsee-Kanal Cycle Path

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Great bike path on the Kiel Canal

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49.1 km

Cycle Path Along the Kiel Canal

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51.4 km

High bridge Brunsbüttel

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The traffic of the four-lane federal highway 5 runs over the 2,830.8 meter long steel truss bridge in Brunsbüttel.

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64.4 km

View of the Hochdonn Railway Bridge

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When the summer weather is nice, a tour here is worth it.

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71.5 km

Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal)

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The North Baltic Sea Canal (NOK; international name Kiel Canal, in Germany until 1948 Kaiser Wilhelm Canal) connects the North Sea (Elbe estuary) with the Baltic Sea (Kiel Fjord). The …

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103 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

63.1 km

28.2 km

5.94 km

5.51 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

72.0 km

27.6 km

1.50 km

1.12 km

454 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

14°C

2°C

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Comments

August 24, 2021,Fahrradtour Nordostseekanal 24.08.2021 19:39

That was a long ride today. We drove from Breiholz to Brunsbüttel and back. Always along the canal. It's a fantastic route. Luckily the weather played along and so it was a great but also very exhausting tour.

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June 13, 2025,Brunsbüttel - Rendsburg

Beautiful tour along the NOK, North Baltic Sea Canal, you can marvel at the large ships, if you enjoy the solitude, this is the right place, there are 13 ferries in total, all free of charge, so you can always change sides

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August 11, 2023,NOK Tour Etappe 2

Our second stage on the NOK to the end of the canal at the brunsbüttel locks.
According to the water and shipping authority, there should be several closures on the section between Breiholz and Fischerhütte due to construction work. But the whole thing is more like a prank. Locals unanimously told us that apart from the erection of a construction …

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