length:
27,00 km
Starting point:
S-Bhf Treptower Park
End point:
S-Bhf Erkner
Lenght
1 h 45 min
 difficulty:
easy

EUROROUTE R1
Passing by culture and nature

Experience Berlin’s diversity on the R1 European Cycle Route: From Treptower Park via the observatory to Müggelsee. Each station combines culture and nature, from historic landmarks to idyllic landscapes.

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Route description

First cycle on Puschkinallee towards Plänterwald. The route leads through Treptower Park with its Soviet War Memorial and the Archenhold Observatory.

Behind the historical restaurant “Zenner” you have two options how to continue: Either turn into Bulgarische Straße and carefully meander along the riverbank promenade or continue through Neue Krugallee and cross Plänterwald via Dammweg and Kiehnwerderallee to the Baumschulenstraße ferry landing.

From Treptow riverside promenade you can see the church tower of  Stralau peninsula, a relic of Berlin’s oldest fishing settlement. A bridge connects Treptow shore with the Insel der Jugend (literally translated: Isle of the Youth).

Across  Spreepark, once Berlin’s largest amusement park, barges are moored in front of the shut down Klingenberg  power plant. On level of the vacant “Eierhäuschen”, you  hear music from the opposite bank from a beach bar near the former GDR radio station on Nalepastrasse. Once you have left Plänterwald, 200m before Baumschulenstraße, you need to take a ferry (every 20 mins) to cross the river.

On well paved paths you will  cycle through the Wilhelmstrand allotment garden colony, cross Rummelsburger Landstraße and enter the oak woods of Wuhlheide.

The forest path meets Treskowallee at a tramstop and is leading past Karlshorst horse racecourse, Wuhlheide outdoor swimming pool and the Berlin-Brandenburg model park. Head straight on to Eichgestell if you want to visit the open-air stage, the swimming pool or one of the other attractions at the leisure and recreation center FEZ Wuhlheide.

Should you want to continue your journey on the R1 European Cycle Route, go round the recreation center via Rathenaustraße and “An der Wuhlheide”, turn East until you reach the train bridge where you meet the river Spree again. Cross the river via Wilhelm-Spindler Bridge.

On the side of Spindlersfeld, the bike path follows the Spree. The tour takes you through Mentzelpark to the mouth of the river Dahme.  We reach Gutenbergstraße, Köllnischer Platz and pass Lange Brücke.

Next to the bridge shines the restored baroque facade of Köpenick Palace, the tower of Köpenick City Hall is a landmark visible from far above the red roofs of the old town.

The tour continues towards Salvador Allende district.

Follow along Strandschlossweg, Erwin-Bock-Strasse around the DRK clinics to Müggelschlösschenweg.

At the the Spree Tunnel, the bike path branches off to the South and meanders parallel to the lakeside hiking trail. The Rübezahl restaurant and beergarden, as popular now as it was in GDR times, has been rebuilt  as the Müggelseeterrassen. A beautiful place for a rest and a drink.

The next part of the Müggelseeradweg leads on forest roads towards Müggelhort.  Here is a ferry dock and another restaurant / hotel. The route turns into the forest bike and you pass  the “Kleiner Müggelsee.” A sign points in the direction of Neu-Helgoland, another restaurant with a large terrace right at the water – one can spend a pleasant time here.

Passing through woods and typical moorland you will reach the Müggelsee.

At the the Spree Tunnel, the bike path branches off to the South and meanders parallel to the lakeside hiking trail. The Rübezahl restaurant and beergarden, as popular now as it was in GDR times, has been rebuilt  as the Müggelseeterrassen. A beautiful place for a rest and a drink.

The next part of the Müggelseeradweg leads on forest roads towards Müggelhort.  Here is a ferry dock and another restaurant / hotel. The route turns into the forest bike and you pass  the “Kleiner Müggelsee.” A sign points in the direction of Neu-Helgoland, another restaurant with a large terrace right at the water – one can spend a pleasant time here.

Continuing through mixed forest, you reach via a wooden bridge Hessenwinkel district, also called New Venice, because of its many bridges and crisscrossing canals.

Behind Triglaw Brücke, a sign points in the direction of Erkner- Erkner being the end point of the Berlin part of the R1.

On Kanalstrasse, Lindenstrasse and Lutherstrasse, past villas with turrets and lake views, we cycle along Lake Dämeritz. The route turns into Fürstenwalder Allee and reaches the town of Erkner.

At the roundabout a sign points towards the S-Bahn station, straight ahead is the home of the famous writer and poet Gerhard Hauptmann, now a museum, another sign showing the logo of the R1 European Cycle Route announces Grünheide, Buckow (home of another very famous writer Bert Brecht) and Märkische Schweiz as the next destinations.