Berlin’s biggest lake & New Venice

Tour Details & Meeting Point

Berlin is Europe´s most water-rich & greenest major city. Taking part in this guided bike tour you will discover the city´s nature side. However, the 35 km / 22 mi ride is still packed with sightseeing & monument stops on our way to the city´s biggest lake & New Venice: this Berlin suburb is an amazing artificial lagoon built in1925. Feel free to swim!

Total distance: 35 km / 22 mi (free electric or conventional bike use)
Duration: approx. 6 hours (including Lunch/BBQ, many breaks & return trip by Metro)

Start time: Tuesday – Sunday 1:00 PM (& on request)

Price: 59 €, including:

Guided Bike Tour (English & German spoken)
Bike use (E-Bike or conventional)
Ferry Boat Ticket
Metro Ticket (Return Trip)
Made in Berlin Souvenir (free choice from our own label)
19 % German VAT

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Address | Meeting point:
Cotheniusstrasse 8 | 10407 Berlin
(in front of the bike shop)

Public transport (see map)

Metro stop: Landsberger Allee (S-Bahn)
Lines: S 41 & 42 (circle lines) | S8 | S85

Tramway stop: Landsberger Allee / Petersburger Straße
Lines: M5 | M6 | M8 | M10

Bus stop: Conrad-Blenkle-Straße
Line: 200

View from the Great Müggelberg

Berlin > Venice = 25 km

Featuring the city´s biggest lake, highest hill (no need to climb) and largest, most greenest district. Tour dates: Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday. Start time: 10:30 am

Wow, there are mountains in flat Berlin? Is this tour very strenuous?
No, not at all! They are rather hills that every recreational cyclist can easily handle. Berlin’s highest natural elevation is the Great Müggelberg at 115m. This “elevation”, along with the majority of the numerous lakes, most notably the Great Müggelsee, were created during the last Ice Age.

This tour can therefore be described as Berlin‘s Superlative Tour, allowing participants to see the city‘s largest lake (excellent for swimming), its highest mountain and – albeit subjectively – the greatest views of Berlin’s city centre and the surrounding area of Brandenburg. In addition, much of the route is in Berlin’s largest and greenest district of Treptow-Köpenick, of which more than 50% consists of forest, parks or waters!

Famous impostor: The captain of Köpenick

Beautiful spot located in Berlin´s most southern district

The Great Müggelsee – Berlin´s biggest lake

Wuhlesee

And what about the other two hills, they follow directly after each other?

No, there are only flat sections between the hills. In addition, both the Ahrensfelder Mountains and the Kienberg are mastered in a few minutes. The observation deck (120m) offers a unique 360 ° view from the summit of the Kienberg. It also boasts Berlin’s only cable car, which is more of an attraction than a necessity.

Highlights:

The White Villa next to former brewery Berliner Bürgerbräu | Friedrichshagen

What else is there to say about this tour?

Berlin has many different faces; idyllic and unexpected city oases are often only a few hundred metres away from catastrophic and imposing building eyesores. This contrast is best understood in the eastern part of the city and are covered during this tour. You will also learn a lot of historical information – from the Vistula Ice Age and the Berlin Urstrom Valley to the fabulously grotesque but truly fraudulent story of Captain von Köpenick.

New Venice – a big name for the small local laguna

Berlin´s only cable car

Herzberge Landscape Park

Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Stadtfarm

Is the route mostly on large roads with high levels of traffic?

No, quite the opposite and this is another highlight of this tour. After a few kilometres of riding in protected bike lanes and through inner-city parks we reach the Wuhletal nature reserve in the North-East of the city. In this section we have to cross very few roads, but not ride along one! It almost feels like a never-ending oasis until we reach beautiful suburb Friedrichshagen and Lake Müggelsee.

Districts covered:

Prenzlauer Berg | Lichtenberg | Marzahn-Hellersdorf | Treptow-Köpenick