I love Kiel it has a great atmosphere and going down the canal is not as bad as some make out. As someone said earlier Constanza is real easy to to get in and out of.
Well here is why i love kiel and the canal so much.
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I agree Kiel has the most atmosphere. Of course to be fair I haven't seen 'em all yet in GWX....

Not having played past 1940 I've only seen Kiel and Wilhelmshaven. Love them both. Though I haven't played since long before GWX, I used the Canal many times and like going through it at a moderate TC, slowing down to look at the sights along the way. Great trip.

Bergen. :damn:

yeah same here. I DON'T pining for the fjords, I can tell you that. (*hint* Monty Python reference *hint*):)

I love Bergen. It's easy to get out of, even at 1024 TC.

I allways pick Kiel and later transfer to Lorient- never realy tried anything else. I have no real problem with both harbors: I like a slow ride out of the harbor- I imagine myself on the bridge going out, not knowing if I'll ever come back, little children watch the predatory U-boat from the shore with awe, unxperienced new watch officer standing behind me not saying a thing but completely on the edge waithing my next order, random crew on deck of the small coastal destroyer saluting, cold november wind mixed with salt blowing in my face and the setting sun on the horizon :arrgh!:.

And just when the sun sets and the land sinks below the horizon behind I say:
"Ahead two thirds, navigator set course 275, radio Lorient harbor and tell Jurgen well see eachother again in a couple of weeks... its time for the hunt"
and I calmly walk down the ladder in the conning tower...

This is the stuff that makes SHIII whait it is...

or what it should be......it's never like the movies you know.....

BTW, just had my best partol EVER!!!! On the same night, I sunk 12(!!!!) ships from a convoy heading for Gibraltar (probably from Freetown). One of them was my first warshipkill, a Black Swan class, who was already burning! I guess that it was a U-boat who did that. it was the only escort though, and this was late 1940, so it was like a turkey shoot! I lost all my ammo, a personal record for me!:arrgh!:

Bergen is a bugger getting through all the Fjords to actually get to the open ocean. Nice scenery through and lots of choices of which direction to go so maybe I's me and not my parrot who is pining for the fjords?:doh:

Well said, mate, these are nice moments... and having spent some time at sea irl helps appreciating them (thats something else than movies...), or others like a sunrise on a partly cloudy day on a calm sea,specially in the Med. :up: