There are many opportunities to get to know the wider region:
- Schönberg (3km) - the nearest town with various shops and restaurants as well as the Probsteimuseum with historical half-timbered houses and the Childhood Museum with many interesting historical exhibits
- Krokauer Mühle (5km) - Visit a fully functioning historic windmill
- Laboe (12 km) with wartime submarine, naval memorial and Marine Biological Base (external link: Marine Biological Base)
- Gut Panker (14 km) - Stroll through the historic estate with its numerous shops with design articles, restaurants, cafés etc. (external link: Gut Panker)
- Turmhügelburg Lütjenburg (16km) – Reconstruction of a medieval fortress, 2km after Panker (externer Link: Turmhügelburg)
- Kiel (28km) with shopping facilities, shipping museum, art gallery and computer museum can also be reached by bus (line 200, bus stop about 25m from our holiday home)
- Nord-Ostsee-Kanal (35km) - visit the most frequented artificial waterway in the world
- Holsteinische Schweiz and Seenplatte (35km) - Five large, interconnected lakes and in the middle of them our district town Plön. The lake trips by excursion steamer are especially popular (external link: boat trips from Plön)
- Bad Segeberg (75km) - a visit to the Karl May Festival is a "must" for many families (external link: Karl-May-Spiele)
- Lübeck (75km) - with its historical old town (world cultural heritage) and the famous marzipan
- Schleswig (90km) - with state museum and the viking village "Haitabu" (world cultural heritage) (external link: Viking museum Haitabu)
Veranstaltungen
- Kieler Woche (always at the end of June, 18 to 26 June 2022) - the central event for all sailing enthusiasts. Thanks to the entertaining and varied supporting programme, even landlubbers get their money's worth here (external link: Kieler Woche)
- Schleswig-Holstein Classical Music Festival (July/August) - classical music with a twist. Our insider tip are the concerts on the estate of the Emkendorf manor (about 50km): combine music in the old barn with picnic in the park of the manor house. Suitable for young and old. Early booking is essential (external link: Schleswig-Holstein Classical Music Festival)
