We'd never heard of the Kiel Canal, but it's an engineering marvel given that it was started in 1887 and took 9000 workers to finish it by 1895. It cuts off a significant amount of dangerous waterway from having to go around the treacherous entry to the Baltic Sea and makes for a much safer and shorter passage. You can see in the map Stockholm, where we first started out trip, and Rostock, which was our last stop prior to the canal.
Looking back on the canal.
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| Looking Back at the Canal |
The Germans, along with most countries along the Baltic sea are big believers in wind power.
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| Wind Power |
And then we were into the locks, watching the back gate close behing us.
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| The Marina at the End of the Cana |
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| The Closing Lock |
And then we were out ... saying goodbye to the Baltic Sea and into the North Sea.
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| Goodbye to the Baltic Sea |
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