This I would imagine is for safety and preservation reasons. Some areas are off limits - you cannot walk along the top of the submarine, go up the ladder into the conning tower, raise the periscope or man the guns ). Once exiting the U-boat, rather than following the gangway back towards the road, walk around to the other side as this allows you to get closer to it's exterior given the submarine is slightly raised from the ground. Likewise I would not advise entering with a backpack for risk of it getting caught and the fact it limits movement. To move from section to section of the submarine you would need to wait for them to move on themselves before continuing through. I can imagine during busy periods, the amount of visitors allowed in is restricted, as there is little space to pass others. Be sure to crouch if you are tall minding your head, and be flexible enough bend down to get through the small bulkhead doors to each section of the boat. You can walk through the centre of the boat passing the engine room, control room, crew quarters, and exiting via the bow torpedo room at the other end. I say that because its all up close and personal on board, such is the limit of space. You can marvel above, below and all around at the sheer amount of heavy metal pipes, cogs, chains and systems equipment that there is right in front of your eyes. Its extremely tight for space inside, the only way through being via a central walkway. On after paying for admission at the counter, put a token through the turnstile and you are clear to board U995 from the stern. Admission is 7€ for adults, 5€ students and children, free for children 5 and under, and 14€ for a family ticket.A great experience of seeing and feeling what it must have been like on board a German Submarine during World War 2. The site is open April to October daily 9am to 5pm, November to March Sundays and holidays 11am to 4pm. A half-timbered inn serves tasty lunches. Craftspeople operate shops while working animals perform their tasks. Farms and rustic country homes, dating from the 16th to the 19th century, have been assembled here. The open-air Schleswig-Holsteinisches Freilichtmuseum, Alte Hamburger Landstrasse (tel. Admission is 3.50€ adults, 2.30€ students and children ages 6 to 17. April to October, you can tour it every day 9:30am to 7pm (Nov-Mar to 5pm). Besides the beach, the town's main attraction is the restored World War II submarine U-Boot 995, Strandstrasse 92, Kiel-Laboe (tel. If you'd like to go to the beach, take a short steamer trip to one of the nearby Baltic towns, such as Laboe, about 15km (10 miles) to the north. Call Tourist Information Kiel for additional details. Perches along this embankment are especially favored by spectators during regattas. For a closer view over the harbor, take a stroll along the Hindenburgufer (Hindenburg Embankment), which stretches for 3km (2 miles) along the west side of the fiord, opposite the shipyards. May to September, guided tours (in English and German) are offered Wednesday at 2pm for 9€ per person. For the best overall look at the city and harbor, go to the Rathaus's 107m (350-ft.), century-old tower, much of which was restored after the devastating bombs of World War II.
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