Kiel does not have the reputation of being a beautiful city. But those who undertake the journey to the far north will be rewarded with a rich cultural scene, original restaurants and Nordic nonchalance. And now with the Kiel Week.
They’ll be back soon. The ships. And the people. For the Kiel Week, which boasts of being the “biggest sailing event in the world”. Around three and a half million visitors flocked to the fjord before Corona. Standing on the quay, cheering the sailors. The “Gorch Fock” is to lead the “Windjammerparade” again this year after seven years.
Mayor Ulf Kampfer (SPD) wants to celebrate the “Kiwo” after the pandemic “more powerfully and bigger” than ever before. “If the sky doesn’t fall on our heads by then, the Kiel Week will take place from June 18th to 26th in the usual way,” he announced in the “Kieler Nachrichten”. “The Kieler Woche is radiant for the city, so the euro doesn’t matter.”