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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, Discover Berlin’s Mauerpark. Developed after German 5 km (+ 11 km with length of tour reunification, the park is located on the detour) former border strip between Wedding duration approx. 20 minutes and Prenzlauer Berg and an old train neighbourhoods by bike (by time cycling) (+ 45 minutes with detour) station. Today, this green area is popular district boundary with Berliners and visitors alike. easy tour suitable for all Sightseeing has many facets – and exploring by bike is the routes fitness levels, primarily hard Continue along Bernauer Straße towards to the south close to the latest trend for visitors to Berlin! Germany’s capital city is Reinickendorf Bike Tour surface route Nordbahnhof until you reach the Friedrichstraße/Kochstraße great for cycling, with easy rides between locations and very 21,2 km Berlin Wall Memorial. When junction. Here, the world- the Wall went up on 13 August famous sentry box recalls Berlin Wall few hills – making this the perfect way to see the sights and approx. 85 minutes Kreuzberg Bike Tour 1961, this street saw dramatic Cycle Tour the former border crossing scenes as residents desperately point between West and explore off the tourist trails. 23.1 km Worth a visit medium route requiring good Worth a visit attempted to escape from East Berlin. 014 Here, you can find 13 themed tours, fascinating routes and special insider 01 basic fitness levels, easy surfaces approx. windows in their apartment Borsigwerke Worth a visit 90 minutes Volkspark Hasenheide park houses, still in East Berlin, to reach the Following the Wall markers tips – and our partner komoot, the online route planner, provides all the 02 to ride on 015 Greenwichpromenade Viktoriapark and the beer garden Golgatha pavement outside, which was in the along Zimmerstraße, you pass the 03 7 “Der verlassene Raum” 016 details for casual or ambitious cyclists for a great day out on two wheels. 0 easy tour suitable for all West. Axel Springer publishing house. The Dicke Marie oak tree (The Deserted Room) memorial Landwehr Canal 04 08 fitness levels, primarily 017 Schillingbrücke bridge leads to the East Tegeler See bathing beach hard surface route Moritzplatz Simply register for free on komoot.de, download the app and enter the 05 Neue Synagoge 09 Past green Invalidenpark and Side Gallery, a 1.3 km section of the code visitBerlin under “Regions”. Restaurant Eagle Lodge Berlin Central Station, you reach the old inner Berlin Wall – both the world’s 06 10 Monbijoupark 0 government quarter. The buildings Märkisches Viertel quarter Volkspark Rehberge park largest open-air gallery and the longest All 50 tours can also be found on Berlin’s official tourism portal at 011 on the river banks symbolise the section of surviving Wall. Galleries in Auguststraße bike.visitBerlin.com. reunification of a once divided Germany. Jüdische Mädchenschule 012 The Reichstag’s glass dome* offers an Radtour Mauerweg Our “Going Local” app for Berlin (former Jewish School for Girls) aerial view of the nearby Brandenburg Spandau Bike Tour Gate. The impressive silhouette of 12.3 km not only includes tours, but over Heckmann Höfe courtyard the city the Potsdamer Platz to the south represents 700 personal tips as well as events 23.6 km 013 and Bonbonmacherei approx. 50 minutes handmade sweets the new face of Berlin. From there, Cycling and recommendations for eating out. approx. 95 minutes Leipziger Straße leads directly to easy tour suitable for all fitness levels, Download new inspiration for Friedrichstraße. Checkpoint Charlie is primarily hard surface route your Berlin visit! easy bike tour suitable for all fitness levels, primarily *Free access to the dome; advance registration required. hard surface route Berlin’s hotels are bike friendly On bike.visitBerlin.com, we have listed over 40 hotels with special 06 bike.visitBerlin.com services for cyclists. Our bike-friendly hotels all offer: 03 H free secure cycle storage Worth a visit 1 02 01 Pankow Bike Tour H drying area for clothing and equipment Eiscafé Florida 058 04 021 Two Wheels Two ice cream parlour 14.2 km H regional cycling maps 059 Worth a visit Spandau Old Town 060 05 Reinickendorf 020 Pankow 027 approx. 60 minutes H details on guided tours and customised suggestions for local tours Zitadelle Berlin fortress 018 Berlin Underworlds Association 061 easy tour suitable for all (Berliner Unterwelten e.V.) H Kolk quarter 019 Berlin on on Berlin fitness levels, primarily hard basic bike repair kit for simple repairs and maintenance 062 019 Pankeweg path Brauhaus Spandau brewpub 025 033 surface route H hire bikes for exploring the city on your own 063 Bürgerpark Pankow park 20 Ulis Museumsladen shop 0 018 026 024 (Beer Garden and Rosenstein Café) 010 021 Spandau 063 032 Niederschönhausen Palace park 062 031 022 061 060 022 023 Konnopke’s Currywurst Imbiss 059 Mitte 01207 030 #ridelikealocal 058 011 Find bike friendly hotels here: 08 054 Lichtenberg bike.visitBerlin.com 01309 055 Mauer-Tour 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 045 015 034 11.3 km 047 014 035 Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 044 T +49 (0)30-25 00 25 Europa-Center Berlin approx. 45 minutes 046 043 Tauentzienstraße 9, ground floor 048 042 RAD IM REGIO easy bike tour for all levels of 039 Lichtenberg Bike Tour Local info Mon–Sat 10am–8pm fitness, primarily paved paths S+U Zoologischer Garten 17.7 km Bicycle transport Central Station (Hauptbahnhof) U Kurfürstendamm, Wittenbergplatz approx. 60 minutes made easy Europaplatz entrance, ground floor B Europa-Center 049 easy tour suitable for all daily 8am –10pm Hotel Park Inn by Radisson fitness levels, primarily hard Tempelhof-Schöneberg 036 S+U+B Hauptbahnhof Berlin Alexanderplatz 041 surface route 037 Tegel Airport (TXL) Alexanderplatz 7, hotel lobby Mon–Sat 7am–9pm Terminal A, Gate 1 040 Sun 8am–6pm daily 8am – 9pm 051 Neukölln B TXL, X9, 109, 128 S+U+B Alexanderplatz Steglitz-Zehlendorf Treptow-Köpenick ZOB – Central Coach Station Berlin 050 038 Online (Zentraler Omnibus bahnhof Berlin) 052 Masurenallee 4–6 053 daily 8am–8pm Worth a visit U Kaiserdamm 054 visitBerlin.com S Messe Nord/ICC District Court Berlin Worth a visit facebook.com/visitBerlin 055 Charlottenburg Palace Brandenburg Gate facebook.com/Berlin 056 023 Hohenschönhausen (Brandenburger Tor) Berggruen Museum Memorial twitter.com/visitBerlin 057 Worth a visit 024 Pariser Platz / south gatehouse youtube.com/Berlin Schustehrus park 039 Mies van der Rohe Haus Tempelhofer Feld park 025 daily 9.30am – 6pm* instagram.com/visit_Berlin Tempelhof-Schöneberg 040 Fauler See nature reserve S U blog.visitBerlin.de Britzer Garten park 026 + Brandenburger Tor BikeTour 041 Orankesee beer garden #visitBerlin Hufeisensiedlung Modernist Estate 027 042 Falkenberger Luch nature reserve * Extended opening hours April to October. snapchat.visitBerlin 16.5 km Karl-Marx-Straße 043 approx. 75 minutes Klunkerkranich rooftop bar Marzahn-Hellersdorf easy bike tour suitable for Bike Tour THE OFFICIAL TOURIST TICKET Steglitz-Zehlendorf Bike Tour all fitness levels, primarily hard surface route Neukölln Bike Tour approx. 17 km VBB project for a relaxed 16.8 km Worth a visit approx. 34 km 034 Insel der Jugend / Island of Youth approx. 80 minutes train journey approx. 60 minutes approx. 2 hours 035 and 20 minutes Soviet War Memorial Travelling with your bicycle by train – simplified: medium route requiring good basic easy tour suitable for all fitness levels, primarily hard surface route Köpenick Old Town medium route requiring fitness levels, primarily hard · Prior to travel: (Altstadtcafé Cöpenick – good basic fitness levels, 036 surface route Find the bicycle areas within the train (using the 'Bus & Bahn' app) Worth a visit traditional coffee house) Worth a visit 37 28 Worth a visit 044 primarily hard surface 0 0 · At the platform: bicycle areas are well-marked on the train free travel on Schöneberg Town Hall SpreeArche Schloss Biesdorf Palace park 049 045 route 038 029 · In the train: specially marked areas in RE2, RE3, RE4 and RE5 trains public transport Domäne Dahlem Treptow-Köpenick Bike Tour 050 Schwerbelastungskörper Dämeritzsee lake Wuhletal Cycle Path 030 · At your final destination: find a bike rental station using 046 save up to 50% on 200 attractions Wannsee lake 051 Schöneberg Gasometer approx. 35 km Gardens of the World the VBB Live Map (www.VBB.de/Livekarte). 047 031 Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island) Viktoriapark approx. 2 hours Alt-Marzahn village incl. pocket guide + city map 048 032 Glienicker Brücke and 20 minutes 052 SA Prison Papestraße Memorial 033 Windmill (“Bridge of Spies”) Further information: VBB.de/RadimRegio incl. discounts at bike tours 053 medium route requiring good Ahrensfelder Berge hills Available everywhere in Berlin! Five Palace View basic fitness levels, primarily hard surface route EN I 2017/2018 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 2017 Download for free now! Schloss Charlottenburg Palace Schloss Charlottenburg Palace Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Marzahn-Hellersdorf Neukölln A special zest for life A village green with a capital