# Guided tour of the new Niederfinow boat lift

What to do en Chorin and Niederfinow · Chorin and Niederfinow

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow/things-to-do/new-boat-lift · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 13 € per person, combined with the old lift (2027 fare)
- Duración: 1 h 30
- Temporada: 1 March to 3 January; closed 24 to 26 December and in January and February
- Para quién: All ages; with a visitors' lift

Guided tour · 1 h 30 · From €13 with the old lift · You go up the most modern boat lift in Europe, opened in 2022, which raises boats 36 metres

What it is
At Niederfinow the Oder-Havel Canal drops 36 metres in one go: boats do not pass through locks but rise and descend inside a huge trough of water. Beside the old lift of 1934, a new one opened on 4 October 2022, the most modern in Europe, for larger boats. Both operate at the same time.
How it works
Guided tours of the new lift leave several times an hour, at least between 10:00 and 16:00, and cannot be booked for groups of fewer than 15: you go to the ticket office at the information centre and they give you the time and the meeting point, on the canal bridge, north of the lift. There is a visitors' lift. The combined ticket, with entry to the old lift, costs €13 (€9 concession, €40 family) according to the fare published for 2027. The special "into the heart of the lift" tour costs €24 and is booked online.

Lo organiza: Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow (SHW Tourismus), desde 13 € per person (2027 fare) (https://schiffshebewerk-niederfinow.com/besichtigungen/)

Lo organiza: Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow (SHW Tourismus), desde 24 € per person (https://schiffshebewerk-niederfinow.com/besichtigungen/)

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 52.8476, 13.9447

## Cerca de aquí

- [The old boat lift of 1934](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow/things-to-do/old-boat-lift), a 196 m
- [By boat through the Niederfinow lift](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow/things-to-do/boat-through-the-lifts), a 352 m
- [Gasthof Zum Barnimer Holzmich'l](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow/where-to-eat/zum-barnimer-holzmichl), a 413 m
- [Hotel Am Schiffshebewerk](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow/where-to-stay/hotel-am-schiffshebewerk), a 641 m
- [Hotel Am Schiffshebewerk restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow/where-to-eat/hotel-am-schiffshebewerk-restaurant), a 641 m
- [Hotel Haus Chorin](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow/where-to-stay/hotel-haus-chorin), a 6.7 km
- [Chorin Monastery, brick Gothic by a lake](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow/things-to-do/chorin-monastery), a 6.8 km
- [Guided tour of Chorin Monastery](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow/things-to-do/monastery-guided-tour), a 6.8 km

## Consejos

### Watch the boats on the webcam
If you want to see a lift in action, the website has live cameras.

### Allow an hour and a half
With the tour of the new lift and a free wander round the old one.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Do you need to book the tour?
No, except for groups of 15 or more; you go to the ticket office at the information centre.

### Are dogs allowed?
On a lead, yes, on the normal tours.

### Is it open in winter?
Until 3 January; it is closed in January and February.

Destino: [Chorin and Niederfinow](https://www.geocalia.com/en/germany/brandenburg/chorin-and-niederfinow.md)