Eider Canal conservation areas. Eider Canal The Eider Canal (also called the Schleswig-Holstein Canal) was an artificial waterway in southern Denmark (later northern Germany) which connected the North Sea with the Baltic Sea by way of the rivers Eider and Levensau. Constructed between 1777 and 1784, the Eider Canal was built to create a path for ships entering and exiting the Baltic that was shorter and less storm-prone than navigating around the Jutland peninsula. In the 1880s the canal was replaced by the enlarged Kiel Canal, which includes some of the Eider Canal's watercourse. The canal's watercourse followed the border between the
North Sea Canal in 1929 it was the largest canal lock in the world. Railway tunnels (with nearest train station on the south and north bank): Road tunnels, from east to west: The most western crossing is the road over the locks. The route depends on which of the locks is closed. Several ferries. In Amsterdam there are several across the IJ; at least one is frequent, operating 24 hours a day, free of charge. Bicyclists may only cross the canal at the locks or in the very south of Amsterdam or via ferries. Tunnels for bicyclists still do not exist. North Sea