Kiel Canal

摘要

The Kiel Canal, which stretches for 62 miles and connects the North Sea with the Baltic, opened in 1895 and remains one of the world's busiest waterways. Oliver Sesemann looks at the canal's history, how it has developed and what the future holds for this important gateway to the Baltic. Stretching from the mouth of the river Elbe in the south to the Skaw in the north, the Cimbrian Peninsula has always fulfilled a role as a land bridge between Scandinavia and Europe.