Stage 3 "Havel Cycle Path": Oranienburg - Potsdam

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Repair work is being carried out on the Hennigsdorf section of the Havel Cycle Path, in the area of ​​the Alstom company. A corresponding detour is signposted. The detour runs via Spandauer Allee, Neuendorfstraße to Horst-Müller-Straße and vice versa.



The third stage of the Havel Cycle Path covers 67 kilometers from Oranienburg to Potsdam. The route begins in Birkenwerder and continues to Hennigsdorf on the outskirts of Berlin. Following the Havel River, the path leads to Berlin-Spandau. At Heerstraße, you reach Scharfe Lanke. Continuing along the Havel, the route reaches Kladow, where you can take the ferry to Wannsee. From Wannsee, the path leads past Peacock Island and Glienicke Park, along the Havel, and across the Glienicke Bridge to Potsdam. Finally, Berliner Straße takes you to Potsdam's Old Market Square, with a detour to the banks of the Alte Fahrt canal.

Length: 67 km

Start: Oranienburg / Goal: Potsdam

Logo / route sign: dark blue sign with a curved light blue band, an orange bicycle and the name in white lettering

Arrival: From Berlin Hauptbahnhof take the RE5 (Rostock) to Oranienburg (approx. 30 minutes).

Check out: From Potsdam Hauptbahnhof take the RE1 (Eisenhüttenstadt) to Berlin Hauptbahnhof (approx. 30 minutes).

Course: Oranienburg, Birkenwerder, Hennigsdorf, Berlin, Potsdam

Sights:

• Oranienburg: Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, Palace and Park, Oranienwerk
• Birkenwerder: Clara Zetkin Memorial
• Niederneuendorf border tower
• Berlin-Spandau: Spandau Citadel, Spandau Old Town, Neukladow Estate Park
• Potsdam: Glienicke Bridge, Schiffbauergasse, Friendship Island, Old Market with St. Nicholas Church, State Parliament Building, Museum Barberini, Potsdam Museum

Possible combinations:

• Berlin-Copenhagen cycle route
• Queen Louise Cycle Route
• Lakes-Culture Cycle Route
• Wall Trail
• European cycle route R1
• Old Fritz Cycle Route

Road condition / route development: In the Brandenburg district of Oberhavel, between Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Berlin border, the paths are in excellent condition and run exclusively on paved cycle paths or quiet side roads. In Berlin and Potsdam, existing cycle paths are used.

Maps / Literature:
"Bikeline Havel Cycle Path with Havelland Cycle Path." From the Mecklenburg Lake District to the Elbe River. 1:50.000. Cycle tour guide, publication date 03/2021, publisher: Esterbauer Publishing.

"KOMPASS Bicycle Touring Map Havel Cycle Path", 1:50.000 scale bicycle touring map. GPS accurate. 1:50000. Map, publication date: March 18, 2021, publisher: Kompass-Karten GmbH

"Cycling and hiking map Havel Cycle Path", 1:50.000 (with zigzag fold)
Along the Havel River from its source in Ankershagen via Fürstenberg, Berlin and Potsdam to Havelberg on the Elbe River, publication date 01.10.2021, publisher: Barthel Verlag