Kiel Bay Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
bay in the southwestern Baltic Sea
About Kiel Bay
A millenium ago, this region was aVikingstronghold centered around Haithaby (Hedeby) near present-day Schleswig. Today aworld heritage site, the settlements' defensive walls named Danevirke were still used in the mid-19th century by the Danes as a defense against the Prussians. As the region known as Schleswig was part of Denmark until then, there are still someDanish aspectsabout it, including a sizable Danish minority, Danish architecture and Danish visitors attracted by the border shops and otherwise. Overall much of the land traffic between Denmark (and Scandinavia in general) and Central and Western Europe passes through here in the present day. Sea traffic is also notable here with Kiel being one of the biggest ports in Germany and theKiel Canalcutting through Schleswig-Holstein prov
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