Schlei & Angeln
An arm of the Baltic Sea like a river: The Schlei winds forty kilometers through the hills of Angeln — Viking history, fishing villages and small harbors included.
AI-generated illustrative imageAngeln lies between Flensburger Förde and Schlei: bocage hedgerows, gentle hills and water at every turn. The Schlei is not a river, but a narrow arm of the Baltic Sea — along its shores lie Schleswig with its cathedral and Viking settlement, Kappeln with its bascule bridge and Arnis, Germany's smallest town. Swimming is possible in the Förde, Schlei and Baltic Sea alike.
What you ought to see — my picks.
Viking Museum Haithabu
Reconstructed Viking settlement with museum at Haddebyer Noor — together with the Danewerk UNESCO World Heritage site.
Schleswig with St. Petri Cathedral
The old mill town with the famous Bordesholm Altar by Hans Brüggemann and the fishermen's settlement Holm.
Kappeln
Small harbor town on the Schlei with a bascule bridge and Europe's last functioning herring fence.
Arnis
With around 300 inhabitants, Germany's smallest town — a single street on a peninsula in the Schlei.
Schloss Glücksburg
One of the most important water castles in Northern Europe, ancestral seat of European royal houses, directly on the Flensburger Förde.
Schleimünde
Where the Schlei flows into the Baltic Sea: lighthouse, nature reserve and only accessible by boat or on foot from Maasholm.
