"Tidenkieker"

The Tidenkieker sets off on the river Elbe from Stade and offers a unique kind of nature experience that makes you feel like you’re on holiday and allows you to forget your everyday worries. Get out on the Elbe, let the wind blow through your hair and immerse yourself in the unique world of the maritime river landscape.

Directly from Stade’s historic town centre down the river Schwinge and across the Elbe: the ‘Paradise among the reeds’ tour takes you past impressive container ships into what used to be Europe’s largest freshwater mudflats, the Haseldorfer Binnenelbe. A trip through the realm of reed warblers and white-tailed eagles and a stopover on the Elbe island of Pagensand are possible in good water and weather conditions.

The tides, the mighty pulse of the sea, characterise the landscape on the Lower Elbe. Thousands of hobby skippers, captains of huge container ships and the Elbe fishermen on their cutters are guided by the tides that people here call the “Ebbe” (low tide) and “Flut” (high tide). From aboard the flat-bottomed ship Tidenkieker, you can experience this unique tidal landscape up close in the company of Lower Elbe experts.

Route changes are possible depending on water and weather conditions.