Urban Reinvention: How Kiel became Kiel again

2023-07-22 09:19:16

keel? Oh God! Wasn’t that a gray city by the sea? It was temporarily rebuilt after the immense destruction in World War II. In the course of the elevation to the “Olympic City” in 1972, it received striking improvements. Chunky blocks ruined the area in front of the beautiful, plain old Nikolaikirche. And after that, the “City” lost all urban charm over time.

But now? As an old man from Kiel, you won’t believe your eyes. This is no longer the city you last visited four or five years ago. No longer the ugly duckling among the German state capitals. Here…