🌊Kiel, Germany Surprised Us | Strande Beach & City Adventure

🌊Kiel, Germany Surprised Us | Strande Beach & City Adventure

Good morning folks, travelers and travelers. Good morning. We are actually it’s good afternoon. Um we are in Keel and we are going to be exploring the city a little bit. So we’re just right now on our way to the post office for what? uh stamps for postcards. That’s right. Because remember that the postage when you send postcards from Germany somewhere else may be different uh to whatever country you’re sending them to. So, we’re on our way to the post office to actually buy the right amount of postage for the right amount of postcards uh for the uh country to be sent to, which is the US. So, Germany to the US. Um, and after that we’re just going to explore a little bit of the city and we are going to take you along with it. So, uh, enjoy. Welcome aboard the Jetway Journal. Buckle up. Adventures just ahead. Okay, so note when you go to the uh post office that may be just a little store in a hole in the wall kind of store. Uh, this one did not have any post stamps, postage stamps, but he said, uh, just bring me your, uh, postcards and we will stamp them for you, I guess, with their So, you’re not stamping stamp, ink stamp kind of thing. So, um, we’ll have to come back here and drop off the postcards and that will be that’ll work. Um, in the meantime, we are going to keep walking down um, Keel and uh, I’ll show you a little bit about the city. This is the St. Nikolai church and it’s the uh name of the this uh church is it’s a Protestant church in Keel uh which is the capital of Schlikstein which is a state very north of uh Germany and when you come here this is the old town there’s a nice marketplace with beautiful restaurants and a nice little marketplace down there the uh mangoes is where we’re going to go to Nate. And uh so I’m surrounded by bars and uh restaurants. And then you come to this statue here. And uh the statue embodies an angel with a uh sword as you can see. And uh it’s standing on a wolflike creature and it’s supposed to embody the uh defeat of good versus evil. And the interesting fact about this um statue is that in 1937 it was actually removed. So this was b this was made in 1928. Uh in 1937 uh Nazis removed this because they didn’t feel like this was art and uh so they removed it and then uh later after the war it was back put it back in its place. Um, so this is kind of a uh I guess an icon here in Keel. Um, and then the the church of course is a quite interesting church. We accidentally went down this little road yesterday um and it was dark and uh and it was all red red lights everywhere and uh you can kind of imagine what uh road this is. It looks very different during the daytime. Uh still very few people here but you can see again the church the back of the church and uh yeah so when you come here at night uh don’t go through this street I guess is the uh moral these are some typical buildings along the way um the prominade in K this is a zelch ba which is a um I guess it’s a storage it used to or was it’s named after a forage um something. There’s now there are a lot of uh businesses in there. And then we come up to this building and this is over there around the corner. This is the uh Shifat Museum. This is the shipping museum. Um it’s in its old style from 1800 something I think. Uh we’ll have to go around here and look and then uh we’ll see. Uh the German Naval Yard. Oh yeah. And uh right across is the German Naval Yard. Uh this is a huge port city and uh ship building. There’s a lot of ship building going on. Um the German Navy is actually has actually a base here in Keel and um as far as I know there are I believe submarines done over there. They’re manufactured over there in the naval yard. Um, this this is kind of cool. This is a called a Koga. Uh, K O G G E. And um, these are ships that would be generally used in the uh, I believe 1200s and 1300s right here. Oh yeah, there’s some over here as well. Uh, 13 1380. This is a This is a um uh it’s made out of oak and uh nails. And uh it’s a replica of a boat from 1380 that was found in the harbor here in 1962. And um they built this in the 80s uh into the ’90s. And this is the type of boat they would have used frequently in the uh 1380s through 1400s for um merchant marines. So this was a just a marine merchant marine ship. Kind of cool. It’s all made out of wood. It’s a copy of one from 1380 that was found in 1962. the nails and the details in this coming through. Very cool. Yeah. And this is the uh boat that they found. And here’s one with the uh mast and the uh sail fully out. And uh and this is the um museum like we said. Um here’s another interesting fact is the lighthouse that you see over there is actually a a lighthouse from a light lighthouse vessel. um this lighthouse vessel, this would have been mounted on top of the boat and uh the boat would have gone out to sea uh to wherever it needed to be stationed and uh and from there it would warn the incoming ships of any dangers. It’s a This is a specific one from the Stanfoya Stamfoya shif ke um and uh it says here in English. So uh but yeah right there I’m pointing with the shadow foyer ke light of the light vessel Keel and that was built in 1906 and it was used in Keel uh as from 1945. Um because the predecessor was sunk by aerial bombs in 1945. Uh it deviated slightly from its position because the boat swayed and twisted on the anchor chain of course went back and forth. And so um they replace replaced these light light vessels in 1967 by uh the newly built lighthouse here in Keel. So, um, yeah, kind of an interesting interesting fact about it. [Applause] Have you ever seen something like that? If you have, where did you see it? I want to know. So, put that comment down below. And if you enjoy this tour of K so far, please let let us know as well. Um, and hit that like and subscribe button. We really appreciate that. Um, I think we’re going to go and see. The Shifhat Museum is unfortunately closed right now. We’re going to go a little bit further up and see what else is up there. And um, and then we’ll see. We’ll take you along. Not sure if you can see the swan right there. He’s uh, he’s diving in the water. The water is really really clear. I don’t know if you can see that. The the ground on the it is amazingly clear. And he can like you can see his neck all the way down to the floor down to the bottom of the water. He’s just like plucking along. There he is. There’s the mate. This is a foyer lush boat. Uh it’s a fire fire engine boat. That’s what that is. And back there is a rescue boat. Not sure if you can actually see that. Um the red, it has a helicopter pad up on the top and fast boats in the back. Um it’s it’s pretty cool. Um see it back there. Yep. It’s a gigantic It is a gigantic boat. Here’s that uh rescue vessel again. And uh there are people fishing at the harbor here and um fairies and the fairies go all the way up north um to strand and other areas. Uh so you can just grab those one of those from KE, go up to the beach communities, um you know, rent one of those beach baskets and uh spend the day at the beach and then come back to K if you want to. So it’s quite nice. I don’t know if you can see that right over there. That is um the city hall. And uh yeah, let’s go over there. That’s the city hall. And uh we’ll take you over there. I don’t know if we’ll be able to get all the way over there, but uh we’ll try. There are pigeons. And look at this, guys. Just squid. Be nice. Be nice. You tell them. These guys are gigantic. Look at that. Compared to the chair. That store right there is a Ferdinand Viceland M. No, Melan, sorry. Um, that was founded in 1882. And um I have not been able to find out yet why they have pillows hanging out of the windows, but um I’m going to see if I can find out. And then also mo is what they say here in North Germany for hello, good day, how are you? They say mo. So when we say hello or they say mo. So now you know when you get to Hamburg, Hamburg, Braymond, all of northern Germany is pretty much the same. They all say moy. So uh yeah, I think you should tell the story of Hansen Gluke. Oh yeah, Hansen Gluke. So this is a great burger grill bar. Uh this was an amazing place. We ate there yesterday. They have all this outdoor seating. Um it is a a burger bar. They had really really good burgers. Hansen gluk is a fairy tale from uh the brothers grim. Uh there are a lot of fairy tales here that are from the grim brothers. Uh you can actually uh travel a fairy tale street in Germany that goes all the way I believe from Bertsburg uh all the way up to here to Keel uh following all the fairy tales that the brothers grim have ever written. So, uh, Hansen Gluke is one of them and, uh, you’ll have to Google that. Um, what was the moral of the story? Well, as Hans goes along, he wants to go home and see his mother, and he has things that he’s trading for along the way, um, to help him get home. And the last thing he trades for is a grinding stone. And the person who talks him out of the goose he has and into taking this heavy grinding stone um is much smarter and wiser he thinks than Hans. And Hans is walking along with this heavy stone that he’s going to go home and and make knives with and make a living with. And it falls into the creek to the very bottom of the creek or river. And Hans comes to the enlightenment that it’s not all the things in life that weigh you down that are important. It’s just going home and seeing the people who are important to you. So after Hans dropped his grinding stone into the river, he was able to go home and see his mom. Call your mom. That’s the moral of the story. And then we have Faradine Melan. This is the guy I was just talking about. 189 1882. So, this is the first money that uh Ferdinatelon actually earned. Look at this. Isn’t this cool? That’s That’s awesome. So, we walked into the store now and we asked actually what this what it was up with the pillows out front in the windows. So the super nice help here actually told us the whole story and um uh this feller here Melon uh born in 82 till 93. So he did the store and uh uh originally the store was all about um pillows, linens, linens and things quality and quality linens and that’s why there are pillows hanging out of the uh window. This is very cool. And then did they add 1882? And these are all old hand glass. And here it is. Yeah, this is 19 1891 through 1937. And this is 1937. The sign of Keel front. The things you learn when you come into just, you know, the average store. You think you come into a general store and uh you just don’t know what you find. And these hand blown windows are just amazing. Look at this. I just like the ship railing. They’re br Oh, yeah. Brass ship. Yeah, brass ship railing. Yeah. Look at this. Oh, the It’s all textiles. The weaver. Yep. All the textiles. The Singer uh at Warp Fuff sewing machines and iron. And they were very proud of the linens that they made. They’re high quality linens. And so that’s what this is about. This is a really cool store. This is just so cool. And being in the ship here, he really humans were very cool place. This guy there. And this is the old um Rat Autika. What that means? It’s uh it’s the pharmacy at the um it’s the pharmacy at the um plat at the uh um city center and uh it’s 400 years old. Can you believe that? 400 years old. Uh and now I lost Glinda. I know where she is. Found her. Um so this rat, this pharmacy is 400 years old. So that is uh amazingly old and uh I mean compared to you know the US age um and to have a pharmacy in general. So we’re going to go over to the uh house to the city center to the city hall and uh see how it’s there. This place is huge. And I’m going to have to get the sun behind it. It’s 197 to 19. This is the house or city hall. And uh the main entrance is right there. 1911. And uh oh boy, my Latin is a little rusty. Uh, MCM V11. I know V11 is 511, so that’s seven. It’s 19 to 1911. M. So, this building uh has a number up in there that says 1907 or 197 in 1911. So, I assume that that is when it was built. Uh, so it’s over 120 years old, right? 110 something years old. Um, it’s amazing. And it has these things in the ground that are pretty much the same for the uh Keeler Hoffen, right? So, the harbor where the boats are tied up. And um we’re going to do a a short stop here and uh see there’s some Oh, this the theater. This is the opera house. Uh opera house and the theater. And uh see there’s a little statue sitting there. Let’s see what this is. Let’s see what this says. This says bon deon. Uh okay. Bonf. I don’t know. This is gu good something of the house. I don’t know what f is uh in French. I had I have to look that up. And a little fountain back there. It’s kind of cool. And again, these uh the ratas, the city hall goes all the way over there. So, you see how massive this building is. It’s pretty big. This was the Olympic fire from the Olympic Games 1972. As you can tell, the Olympic Games have long been extinguished here. At least the flame has. Well, you can see it during the day. It’s gone. [Music] When you are here in Germany, don’t forget that all the stores are closed on Sunday. Pretty much everything is closed on Sunday except for a handful of restaurants maybe. The other thing you want to keep in mind is that the majority of stores and museums, anything really that you want to go see and visit, most likely will be closed at 6:00, 5, between 5 and 6. restaurants are typically open a little longer until 10, maybe 9, 9:30, 10. But um yeah, anything if you want to go check out anything like museums or so, they’ll be closed at 5 or 6:00. So, plan your time accordingly. You know, get all the the stuff out of the way in the morning. Um, most of the places open at 10:00 in the morning, so 10:00 a.m. And then, uh, get all that stuff out of the way that you absolutely have to see or want to see. Uh, we have one thing that we had our on our list that we really wanted to see and um, I don’t think we will be able to make it. It is right now 5:00 5:08 and it’s about a 30 minute walk there and uh yeah I don’t I don’t think we’ll be able to uh to make that but we’ll see. We’ll try. Um but there’s the uh help and there was almost an accident between the bus and a taxi driver. That would have been uh quite a sight to behold. And a taxi driver just flipped off the bus driver. That was interesting. Anyway, uh main railway station in Keel is right there. And uh we went in and explored the massive shopping mall in Keel. But halfway through I was stopped by security and told I wasn’t allowed to film. If you haven’t watched our last video in Hamr, I had a similar experience at a grocery store. So apparently it’s It’s from English. It is 8:30 at night and as you can see on a this is a Monday night nonetheless. Um this is uh end of August and the FAA or the uh pedestrian zone is uh pretty much deserted. Uh it’s empty. So when you come to KE, enjoy the vegetation, the lights on the but there’s no people watching because except on the weekends maybe. Um but there are no people cuz I don’t know why. So no people watching. We rounded out our day in K with dinner at Mangoes. The perfect ending to an incredible day. Earlier we explored the beaches of strand further north with their iconic strand kurba or beach baskets. Those cozy little beach baskets that have become such a symbol of northern Germany. From there we wandered through history visiting churches, spotting traditional cogs and lighouses along the water and even getting a behindthescenes look inside a linen store. It was a day that showed us so many different sides of Keel and it’s just one of those reasons this region is so unique and worth discovering. Thank you so much for joining us on this adventure. If you enjoyed coming along all don’t forget to hit that like button, leave a comment below and subscribe so you don’t miss out on what’s coming next. And as always, gutteriza safe travels and we will see you in the next one. [Music] [Applause] [Music]

🚶‍♂️🌊 One day in Kiel, Germany — from the beaches of Strande with its famous Strandkörbe, to historic churches, lighthouse ships, and hidden gems in the city center. A perfect mix of coast, culture, and everyday life in Northern Germany! 🇩🇪✨

Kiel may be best known as a naval hub, but spend a day here and you’ll find so much more waiting to be discovered. We started the morning in Strande, with its wide sandy beaches and iconic “Strandkörbe,” before heading into downtown Kiel to explore a mix of history and everyday life.

From historic churches and a rare lighthouse ship to the city’s historic hall where the Olympic flame once burned, Kiel offered plenty of surprises. We stumbled upon closed museums, peeked into unique shops (including an Asian supermarket), and ended the evening with dinner at Mango’s — the perfect way to wrap up a day full of contrasts between tradition and modern living.

📍 One Day in Kiel: Timestamps
[00:00:00] Postcard fail
[00:02:05] St Nicolai Church
[00:04:45] Shipping Museum
[00:05:53] Historic Cog and Lighthouse Vessel
[00:11:33] Exploring Historic Churches & City Center
[00:14:47] Ferdinand Meisland Historic Linen Store
[00:18:12] Kiel City Hall and Olympic Flame
[00:23:20] Another VERBOTEN moment !!
[00:24:19] Dinner Review at Mango’s

📍As mentioned in the video: learn more about the German Fairy Tale Route here:
https://www.deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com/

👉 If you missed our last adventure through Hemer & Menden in North Rhine-Westphalia, you can catch that here:
https://youtu.be/K5VdK6P89cU

Whether you’re planning a trip to Northern Germany or just love exploring cities beyond the tourist trail, this vlog offers a glimpse into Kiel’s culture, history, and everyday life.

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