Rendsburg High Bridge – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Gokels

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Rendsburg High Bridge – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Gokels

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Rendsburg High Bridge – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Gokels

06:49

115km

310m

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: October 9, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 28.8 km for 69 m

After 88.2 km for 244 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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14.4 km

Breiholz Ferry on the Kiel Canal

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The Kiel Canal is an artificial waterway whose construction not only cut through landscapes, forests, and fields, but sometimes also villages and existing country roads. The major roads and railways …

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25.0 km

Gerhardshain

Forest

28.2 km

Rendsburger Stadtsee

Lake

31.1 km

Rendsburg Transporter Bridge (Schwebefähre Rendsburg)

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Due to a technical defect, the transporter bridge is out of service until further notice. Visit the WSV website for more information. Use the Nobiskrug ferry. Two ferries operate there. ✅

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31.5 km

Rendsburg High Bridge

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Before planning tours that include the Rendsburg transporter bridge under the railway high bridge, you should check if it is actually operational.

Because unfortunately it is stationary more often than it actually runs.

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36.1 km

Pilot station Rüsterbergen on the Kiel Canal

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From Kiel to Brunsbüttel on the "southern" canal bank and then back from Brunsbüttel to Kiel on the "northern" shore! The southern tour takes a little longer, as it runs with interruption on the canal.

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39.1 km

Cycle path along the NOK (North Sea-Baltic Canal) from Brunsbüttel to Kiel

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Nice to drive with a view of big pots.

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42.6 km

Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal)

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There is always a lot to see along the NOK route. ships, nature and so on. Even those who are hungry and thirsty will find some nice places here, where …

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88.3 km

Bökelnburg

Archaeological Site

97.7 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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99.1 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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