Arrival
By car
The region is also easily accessible using both highways.
From the south, you can reach Holstein via Hamburg from the A23 or A7.
You can reach the southern part of our region from Northwestern Hamburg via the B 431.
If you’re driving from the north, the A23 takes you directly to us in the lower Elbe.
From the northeast, takes the A7.
State roads B431, B206, and B5 connects the region.
By train
You can easily reach Holstein by train, via a number of lines and stations:
Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB) Hamburg - Westerland line:
Hamburg-Altona, Elmshorn, Glückstadt, Itzehoe, Wilster, Burg, Sankt Michaelisdonn, Meldorf, Heide.
NordBahn Hamburg - Itzehoe line:
Hamburg-Altona, Elmshorn, Herzhorn, Glückstadt, Krempe, Kremperheide, Itzehoe.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) Hamburg - Neumünster - Kiel line:
Hamburg Hbf., Hamburg Dammtor, Pinneberg, Elmshorn, Wrist, Neumünster, Bordesholm, Kiel Hbf.
Schleswig-Holstein Bahn (SHB) Hamburg - Neumünster line:
Bönningstedt, Hasloh, Quickborn, Ellerau, Tanneneck, Ulzburg, Kaltenkirchen, Nützen, Lentförden, Bad Bramstedt, Wiemersdorf, Großenaspe, Boostedt, Neumünster.
Schleswig-Holstein Bahn (SHB) Elmshorn - Henstedt-Ulzburgline:
Elmshorn, Sparrieshoop, Bockholt, Voßloch, Barmstedt, Langeln, Alveslohe, Henstedt-Ulzburg.
Schleswig-Holstein Bahn (SHB) Neumünster - Büsum line:
Neumünster, Wasbek, Aukrug, Hohenwestedt.
By train
You can easily reach Holstein by train, via a number of lines and stations:
Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB) Hamburg - Westerland line:
Hamburg-Altona, Elmshorn, Glückstadt, Itzehoe, Wilster, Burg, Sankt Michaelisdonn, Meldorf, Heide.
NordBahn Hamburg - Itzehoe line:
Hamburg-Altona, Elmshorn, Herzhorn, Glückstadt, Krempe, Kremperheide, Itzehoe.
Deutsche Bahn (DB) Hamburg - Neumünster - Kiel line:
Hamburg Hbf., Hamburg Dammtor, Pinneberg, Elmshorn, Wrist, Neumünster, Bordesholm, Kiel Hbf.
Schleswig-Holstein Bahn (SHB) Hamburg - Neumünster line:
Bönningstedt, Hasloh, Quickborn, Ellerau, Tanneneck, Ulzburg, Kaltenkirchen, Nützen, Lentförden, Bad Bramstedt, Wiemersdorf, Großenaspe, Boostedt, Neumünster.
Schleswig-Holstein Bahn (SHB) Elmshorn - Henstedt-Ulzburgline:
Elmshorn, Sparrieshoop, Bockholt, Voßloch, Barmstedt, Langeln, Alveslohe, Henstedt-Ulzburg.
Schleswig-Holstein Bahn (SHB) Neumünster - Büsum line:
Neumünster, Wasbek, Aukrug, Hohenwestedt.
By car
The region is also easily accessible using both highways.
From the south, you can reach Holstein via Hamburg from the A23 or A7.
You can reach the southern part of our region from Northwestern Hamburg via the B 431.
If you’re driving from the north, the A23 takes you directly to us in the lower Elbe.
From the northeast, takes the A7.
State roads B431, B206, and B5 connects the region.
For our foreign guests
From Scandinavia
If you’re coming from Scandinavia, you have the choice of coming by ferry, or coming through Denmark and the bridge over the Öresund in the Great Belt. Of course you can combine these two forms of transport.
The most important connections between the different countries are:
Norway:
Oslo – Kiel
Oslo – Frederikshaven
(Bergen) – Starvanger – Hirtshals
Kristiansand – Hirtshals
Larvik – Hirtshals
Sweden:
Gothenburg – Kiel
Varberg – Grenas
Malmö – Travemünde
Trelleborg - Travemünde
further connections to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.g Sassnitz or Rostock.
Denmark:
Rödby – Puttgarden
further connections to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.g Rostock.
Upon arriving at the Danish ferry harbor, or by traveling directly without using ferries, travel south on the highway down the eastern coast and enter Germany through Flensburg. From there you will continue south along the A7. If you choose to travel along the western coast (no highway passes through here), you’ll reach Germany just behind Tondern, and can follow the B5 or A23 right into the heart of Holstein.
Upon arrival in the Kiel Harbor, travel south along the A215 to the A7 towards Hamburg.
From Puttgarden harbor, follow the A1 towards Bad Bramstedt; from Travemünde harbor, take the A20 towards Bad Segeberg, and from there take B2016 straight to Bad Bramstedt.
From the Netherlands
Choose the most convenient border crossing, and follow the A31, A28, or A1 towards Bremen. From there, take the A1 towards Hamburg, then the A23 or A7 towards Holstein.
If you would like to combine your arrival with a mini cruise, take the A27 from Bremen just past the Bremen Harbor, then drive to Wisch harbor. There you can board a 20 minute mini cruise to Glückstadt, and into Holstein.