# Things to see in Kiel (Germany): 68 places and when to go

> Kiel is a city in Germany with around 269,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 68 places in and around it, mainly Nature (23), Wildlife (20), Diving (9). The best known are German cruiser Admiral Scheer, Lehmkuhlen and German submarine U-995. The best time to come is April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 16 h 55 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 05. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kiel/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Germany · 54.3304, 10.13
- **Population:** About 269,000
- **Places:** 68 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturaleza/) (23) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fauna/) (20) · [Diving](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/submarinismo/) (9) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historia/) (9) · [With kids](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/familia/) (8) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/montana/) (7)
- **Best time:** April to October.
- **Also possible:** November to March.
- **Nearest airport:** HAM Hamburg, 79 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Kiel

The places in and around Kiel, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [German cruiser Admiral Scheer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/cruiser-admiral-scheer/): 1933 Deutschland-class heavy cruiser · 2.4 km
- [Lehmkuhlen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-bredeneek/): History · 13 km
- [German submarine U-995](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/u-995/): 1943 Type VII C/41 submarine · 11 km
- [Kiel Fjord](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ria-de-kiel/): Fjord in Germany · 7.6 km
- [Eckernförde Bay](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eckernforder-bucht/): Nature · 21 km
- [Laboe Naval Memorial](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/laboe-naval-memorial/): Museum in Germany · 11 km
- [Kunsthalle Kiel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kunsthalle/): Art museum in Kiel · 1.1 km
- [Kiel Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ostflugel/): Castle in Kiel, Germany · 1.1 km
- [Bülk Lighthouse](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/leuchtturm-bulk/): Lighthouse in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 15 km
- [Zoological Museum of Kiel University](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zoologisches-museum/): Zoological museum in Kiel · 964 m
- [Dosenmoor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dosenmoor/): Nature reserve in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 23 km
- [Leuchtturm Kiel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kiel-lighthouse/): Lighthouse in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 21 km
- [Schwentine Oxbow Lake](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/altarm-der-schwentine/): Nature reserve in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 8.0 km
- [Blomenburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/blomenburg/): Castle · 20 km
- [Bottsand](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bottsand/): Nature reserve in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 15 km
- [Leuchtfeuer Heidkate](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/heidkate-warnfeuer/): Lighthouse in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 17 km
- [Gut Eckhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/herrenhaus-eckhof/): Manor house · 12 km
- [Preetz Priory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/klosterkirche-preetz/): Former nunnery in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 14 km
- [Tüteberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tuteberg/): Mountain in Germany · 16 km
- [Ahrensee und nordöstlicher Westensee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ahrensee-und-nordostlicher-westensee/): Nature reserve in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 11 km
- [Bakers Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bakersberg/): Hill in Germany · 18 km
- [Barsbeker See und Umgebung](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/barsbeker-see-und-umgebung/): Nature reserve in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 15 km
- [Bewaldete Düne bei Noer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bewaldete-dune-bei-noer/): Nature reserve in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · 17 km
- [Brautberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brautberg/): Burial mound · 18 km

And the other 44, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Düvelsteen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/duvelstein/), [Flintbeker Eibe](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/flintbeker-eibe/), [Jägers Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jagersberg/), [Kaltenhofer Moor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kaltenhofer-moor/), [Kronsberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kronsberg/), [Lütjensee und Hochfelder See südöstlich Gut Bothkamp](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lutjensee-und-hochfelder-see-sudostlich-gut-bothkamp/), [Mönkeberger See](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/monkeberger-see/), [Russenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/russenberg/), [Schulensee und Umgebung](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schulensee-und-umgebung/), [Strandseelandschaft bei Schmoel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/strandseelandschaft-bei-schmoel/), [Tröndelsee und Umgebung](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/trondelsee-und-umgebung/), [Überschwemmungswiesen Jägerslust](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/uberschwemmungswiesen-jagerslust/)
- **History**: [Großsteingrab Langholz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/grosssteingrab-langholz/)
- **Museums and art**: [Heimatmuseum Preetz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/heimatmuseum-preetz/), [Künstlermuseum Heikendorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kunstlermuseum-heikendorf/)
- **With kids**: [Mediendom Kiel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mediendom/), [Tierpark Gettorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tierpark-gettorf/), [Aquarium Kiel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/aquarium-geomar/), [Hasseldieksdamm wildlife park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tiergehege-hasseldieksdamm/), [Tiergehege Suchsdorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tiergehege-suchsdorf/), [Tannenberg wildlife park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tiergehege-tannenberg/), [Tiergehege Uhlenkrog](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tiergehege-uhlenkrog/), [Wildpark Schwentinental](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wildpark-schwentinental/)
- **Stargazing**: [Kiel Observatory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sternwarte-kiel/), [Sternwarte der GSP](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sternwarte-der-gsp/)
- **Diving**: [Aschau](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/aschau/), [Eckernförde - Hauptstrand: DLRG Station](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eckernforde-hauptstrand-dlrg-station/), [Eckernförde - Riff](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eckernforde-riff/), [Eckernförde - Südstrand](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eckernforde-sudstrand/), [Falkenstein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/falkenstein/), [Karlsminde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/karlsminde/), [Kitzeberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kitzeberg/), [Noer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/noer/)
- **Food and drink**: [Czernys Küstenbrauerei](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/czernys-kustenbrauerei/), [Isarnhoe Destillerie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/isarnhoe-destillerie/), [Kleiner Kobel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kleiner-kobel/), [Lillebräu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lillebrau/)
- **Hiking**: [Eidertal-Wanderweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eidertal-wanderweg/), [E6 European long distance path](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/european-long-distance-path-e6-germany-schleswig-holstein/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobsweg-via-jutlandica-schleswig-holstein-via-lubeck/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobsweg-via-jutlandica-schleswig-holstein-via-lubeck-nord/), [Naturpark Wanderwege](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturpark-wanderwege/), [Rundweg R1 Stadtrandwanderweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rundweg-r1-stadtrandwanderweg/), [Schusteracht](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schusteracht/)

## When to go to Kiel

The best time to visit Kiel is **April to October**; also possible: November to March. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 7 h 37 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 26 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 29 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 47 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 46 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 55 |
| July | Best time | 16 h 26 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 40 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 25 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 11 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 09 |
| December | Possible | 7 h 05 |

In June there are 16 h 55 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 05. In June, 66 of the 68 places are at their best.

When to go to Germany in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Kiel

The nearest main airport is Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM, Hamburg), 79 km as the crow flies. How to get around Germany (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=54.3304%2C10.13)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.3304%2C10.13)

## Other towns nearby

- [Rendsburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rendsburg/): 17 places · 30 km
- [Bosau](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bosau/): 22 places · 31 km
- [Blekendorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/blekendorf/): 25 places · 36 km
- [Aukrug](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/aukrug/): 15 places · 36 km
- [Kappeln](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kappeln/): 14 places · 38 km
- [Schleswig](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schleswig/): 20 places · 42 km

And all of Germany, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Kiel?

The best known: [German cruiser Admiral Scheer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/cruiser-admiral-scheer/), [Lehmkuhlen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-bredeneek/), [German submarine U-995](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/u-995/), [Kiel Fjord](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ria-de-kiel/), [Eckernförde Bay](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eckernforder-bucht/). In all, 68 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Kiel?

April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 16 h 55 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 05.

### How do you get to Kiel?

The nearest main airport is Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM), 79 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.3304%2C10.13) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Kiel as the destination and these 68 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).