Kiel Highlights:
Discover all of Kiel in one easy walk! With just your smartphone and headphones, you'll stroll from the waterfront promenade along the fjord to the folding Hörn Bridge and the rebuilt heart of Germany's great sailing city – while an immersive audio guide with a high-quality voice reveals the story behind each stop. Surprising fun facts and historical photos bring the city to life, turning a simple walk into an unforgettable journey through a port that rose again from the rubble where the Baltic reaches deep inland.
How It Works
No human person for guiding (tourguide), this is self-guided audio tour. You use your own smartphone to navigate and listen. No app download is required—just click the access link in your ticket to begin instantly. This route explores the free public sights, so no entrance tickets are needed or included.
Tour Details
* Duration: 2h walking, 40m audio
* Stops: 8
* Languages: EN, DE, IT, FR, ES
What's included
Audio and Writing in different Languages
Audio Guide App
Headphones
What to expect
10m
The plain brick complex on this waterfront corner marks the spot where Kiel's founding castle once stood. Bombed to its foundations in 1944 and rebuilt as a concert hall, it is the city's dramatic story of loss and renewal in one building.
Fischhalle Maritime Museum
10m
A grand former fish auction hall on the fjord, now Kiel's maritime museum, with a small fleet of historic ships moored right outside its door.
10m
Kiel's oldest building rises over the Old Market Square, guarded by Ernst Barlach's haunting bronze angel, the Geistkämpfer. Church and sculpture both survived war and dictatorship to stand here today.
Landeshauptstadt Kiel | Rathaus
10m
A grand Jugendstil town hall crowned by a soaring bell tower that looks as though it drifted north from Venice. Its 106 metre spire is Kiel's defining landmark, watching over the Rathausplatz and the little lake below.
Holstenstrasse
10m
Kiel's busy pedestrian shopping spine, a broad ribbon of shops and cafés that was the very first traffic-free street in West Germany. Beneath the modern facades runs one of the oldest roads in the city.
10m
A working quay in the heart of the city where towering overnight ferries slip out toward Sweden. This is Kiel at its most Baltic, a place where the streets simply run out and the open water begins.
Hornbrucke
10m
A slender footbridge across the innermost tip of the Kiel Fjord that folds upward into the shape of the letter N to let boats pass. It is the only three segment folding bridge of its kind in the world.
10m
old town
Meeting and pickup
Meeting point
Please note: There is no human person (tourguide) to meet you here. Simply open the link provided in your ticket on your smartphone to start the audio guide and navigation entirely on your own.
End point
Additional information
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
