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visitBerlin.com 25 00 (0)30-25 +49 Key: Mitte Bike Tour This section of the Wall tour starts in Information Tickets, Hotels, Cycling Berlin’s Mauerpark. Developed after German 5 km (+ 15 km length of tour reunification, the park is located on the with detour) former border strip between Wedding duration approx. 20 minutes and Prenzlauer Berg and an old train neighbourhoods (by time cycling) (+ 60 minutes with detour) station. Today, this green area is popular district boundary with Berliners and visitors alike. easy tour suitable for all Explore Berlin by bike – and discover the highlights and hid- routes fitness levels, primarily hard Continue along Bernauer Straße towards to the south close to the Reinickendorf Bike Tour surface route Nordbahnhof until you reach the den gems off the tourist trails. To make it even easier, we have Berlin WelcomeCard Friedrichstraße/Kochstraße Berlin Wall Memorial. When put together 13 tours with fun routes and special insider tips – Partners 21.2 km junction. Here, the world- Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg the Wall went up on 13 August Berlin Wall famous sentry box recalls and our partner komoot, the online route planner, provides all 1961, this street saw dramatic the former border crossing Berlin Wall Cycle Trail approx. 85 minutes Bike Tour Cycle Trail the details for leisure or dedicated cyclists for a great day out scenes as residents desperately point between West and medium route requiring good 23.1 km Worth a visit attempted to escape from East Berlin. on two wheels. 014 windows in their apartment Worth a visit basic fitness levels, easy surfaces approx. 01 Worth a visit Volkspark Hasenheide park houses, still in East Berlin, to reach the to ride on 90 minutes 015 Following the Wall markers Borsig engineering works Viktoriapark and the Golgatha beer garden pavement outside, which was in the along Zimmerstraße, you pass the 02 7 “Der verlassene Raum” 016 0 West. Axel Springer publishing house. The Our tips Greenwichpromenade 03 (The Deserted Room) memorial easy tour suitable for all Landwehr Canal 08 fitness levels, primarily hard 017 Schillingbrücke bridge leads to the East 04 Dicke Marie oak tree Neue Synagoge Moritzplatz Simply register for free on komoot.de, 09 surface route Past green Invalidenpark and Side Gallery, a 1.3 km section of the Tegeler See Lake Berlin Central Station, you reach the old inner Berlin Wall – both the world’s download the app and enter the code 05 10 Monbijoupark Fishermanns Fish Restaurant 0 government quarter. The buildings largest open-air gallery and the longest visitBerlin under “Regions”. 06 Volkspark Rehberge park 011 Märkisches Viertel quarter on the river banks symbolise the section of surviving Wall. Galleries in Auguststraße reunification of a once divided Germany. Our Going Local app for Berlin not only 012 Jüdische Mädchenschule The Reichstag’s glass dome* offers an Berlin Wall Bike Tour shows you all the city’s neighbourhood (former Jewish School for Girls) aerial view of the nearby Brandenburg gems and includes tours, but also has countless personal tips, events Spandau Bike Tour 013 12.3 km Prime Time Theater Gate. The impressive silhouette of and recommendations for eating out. Download new inspiration for your Potsdamer Platz to the south represents 23.6 km approx. 50 minutes the new face of Berlin. From there, the city the Berlin visit! approx. 95 minutes Leipziger Straße leads directly to easy tour suitable for all fitness levels, Cycling Take your bike on local trains. With the VBB ‘Bus & Bahn’ app, check Friedrichstraße. Checkpoint Charlie is primarily hard surface route the dedicated cycle carriages on trains – a relaxed way to reach your easy bike tour suitable for * Free access to the dome; advance registration required. destination! all fitness levels, primarily bundestag.de/en/visittheBundestag hard surface route Berlin’s hotels are bike friendly 6 visitBerlin.de/cycling-tours On visitBerlin.de/fahrrad, we have listed over forty hotels with special 0 services for cyclists. 03 H Free secure storage of bikes Worth a visit 1 02 H 01 019 Drying area for clothing and equipment Eiscafé Florida Pankow Bike Tour 058 04 021 Two Wheels Two H ice cream parlour Regional cycling maps available 059 14.2 km Spandau Old Town 027 Worth a visit H Information on guided tours and customised suggestions 060 05 Reinickendorf 020 (+ 4 km with detour) Zitadelle Berlin fortress for local tours 061 (+ 20 minutes with detour) 018 Berliner Unterwelten e.V. Behnitz quarter (Berlin Underworlds Association) Berlin on on Berlin Pankow H Basic bike repair kit available for simple repairs 062 easy tour suitable for all 019 Brauhaus Spandau brewpub 25 033 Pankeweg hiking and cycling trail and maintenance 063 0 fitness levels, primarily hard Ulis Museumsladen shop 018 surface route Bürgerpark Pankow park 020 H 026 024 Hire bikes available for exploring 010 (Beer Garden and Rosenstein Café) Spandau 063 013 032 021 the city on your own 062 031 Niederschönhausen Palace park 061 060 022 023 022 059 Mitte Konnopke‘s Imbiss - Snack Bar 01207 030 #ridelikealocal 058 011 Berlin’s bike-friendly hotels and more tours on 08 054 Lichtenberg visitBerlin.de/cycling-tours 09 055 Berlin Wall Cycle Trail More information at 056 029 T+49 (0)30-25 00 25 057 Friedrichshain- 028 Kreuzberg 017 Marzahn-Hellersdorf Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 016 Bike Tour Berlin Tourist Info Centres 045 015 047 035 034 11.3 km 044 014 Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 046 Local info approx. 45 minutes 043 048 042 easy bike tour for all levels of 039 Lichtenberg Bike Tour Brandenburg Gate Europa-Center Berlin fitness, primarily paved paths (Brandenburger Tor) Tauentzienstraße 9, ground floor 17.7 km Pariser Platz / south gatehouse Mon–Sat 10am–8pm approx. 60 minutes • Architecture, design & lifestyle daily 9.30am – 6pm* S+U Zoologischer Garten 049 easy tour suitable for all from modernism to today S+U Brandenburger Tor U Kurfürstendamm, Wittenbergplatz fitness levels, primarily hard B Europa-Center Tempelhof-Schöneberg 041 036 surface route • Tours to the hidden gems in Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) 037 Berlin’s neighbourhoods Europaplatz entrance, ground floor * Extended opening hours April–October • Bauhaus centenary events daily 8am –9pm 040 Neukölln S+U+B Hauptbahnhof 051 Steglitz-Zehlendorf Treptow-Köpenick Tegel Airport (TXL) 050 038 Terminal A, Gate 1 Online 052 daily 8am – 7pm 053 and main hall daily 7am – 10pm Worth a visit B TXL, X9, 109, 128 visitBerlin.com 054 District Court Berlin Worth a visit facebook.com/visitBerlin 055 Charlottenburg Palace 23 Hohenschönhausen Hotel Park Inn by Radisson facebook.com/Berlin 056 0 Berggruen Museum Worth a visit Memorial Berlin Alexanderplatz twitter.com/visitBerlin 57 024 0 039 Mies van der Rohe Haus Alexanderplatz 7, youtube.com/Berlin Schustehrus park Tempelhofer Feld park 025 Tempelhof-Schöneberg 040 Fauler See nature reserve hotel lobby instagram.com/visit_Berlin Britzer Garten park 026 Mon–Sat 7am–9pm, Sun 8am–6pm visitBerlin.de/blog Bike Tour 041 Orankesee beer garden Hufeisensiedlung Modernist Estate 027 S+U+B Alexanderplatz #visit_Berlin 042 Falkenberger Luch nature reserve 16.5 km Karl-Marx-Straße 043 approx. 75 minutes Klunkerkranich rooftop bar Marzahn-Hellersdorf easy bike tour suitable for THE OFFICIAL TOURIST TICKET Bike Tour Steglitz-Zehlendorf Bike Tour all fitness levels, primarily hard surface route Neukölln Bike Tour approx. 17 km 16.8 km Worth a visit approx. 34 km 034 Insel der Jugend (Island of Youth) approx. 80 minutes approx. 60 minutes approx. 2 hours 035 Soviet War Memorial medium route requiring good basic and 20 minutes easy tour suitable for all fitness levels, primarily hard surface route Köpenick Old Town medium route requiring fitness levels, primarily hard Photo: Steve Simon Steve Photo: (Altstadtcafé Cöpenick – good basic fitness levels, 036 surface route Worth a visit traditional coffee house) Worth a visit 044 primarily hard surface 037 028 Worth a visit SpreeArche Schloss Biesdorf Palace park 049 Schöneberg Town Hall route 038 029 Domäne Dahlem Treptow-Köpenick Bike Tour Dämeritzsee lake Wuhletal Cycle Path 050 046 Schwerbelastungskörper 045 030 Wannsee lake (Heavy Load-Bearing Body) Gardens of the World Public Transport 051 approx. 35 km 031 Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island) Schöneberg Gasometer approx. 2 hours Alt-Marzahn village Savings of up to 50% 047 032 052 Glienicker Brücke Viktoriapark and 20 minutes Windmill A product by 048 033 200 Attractions (“Bridge of Spies”) 053 SA Prison Papestraße Memorial medium route requiring good Ahrensfelder Berge hill visitberlin.de/berlin-modernism Available here: Berlin Tourist Info berlin-welcomecard.com Five Palace View basic fitness levels, primarily hard surface route EN I 2019/2020 published by Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH, Am Karlsbad 11, 10785 Berlin Cover photo: Design/Layout: Beate Autering, beworx; Illustrations: Judith Carnaby; Map: beworx, basic data Many more tips in the app! Dagmar Schwelle © OpenStreetMap participants; Printed by: Druckhaus Haberbeck GmbH; As of: March 2019 Download for free now! Charlottenburg Palace Charlottenburg Palace Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Marzahn-Hellersdorf Neukölln A special zest for life A village green with a capital view Vibrant cosmopolitan diversity Enjoy panoramic views of the district and insights into its An old historic village and green recreational areas amid In Neukölln, you can feel the pulse of Berlin’s urban vibe and famed culture and creativity. modern tower blocks and colourfully designed high-rises. enjoy architectural highlights and spreading green areas. From Hermannplatz, cycle past the This tour starts just as it ends – in some Here, Berlin’s history mixes with Volkspark Hasenheide park 014 and charming green spaces! On the first stretch, bustling multicultural life, old village across the Südstern intersection to the you cycle through Biesdorf Palace park 028 settlements and the vast Tempelhofer charming Chamissoplatz square, set in with its ornamental fountain and tea pavilion Feld park 039 on the site of the old an area of late 19th-century working class to the Wuhletal Cycle Path 029 .