Why this ride
A 208 km one-way ride from near Mittenwalde, about 3 h 30 of riding. It goes by way of Scenic stretch near Ludwigsfelde, Beelitz and near Kremmen. in Oranienburg is the high point.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Müritz National Park Long Day · short arc
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 208 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 30
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Photo stop near Mittenwalde
Planning note
Photo stop near Mittenwalde is where the day begins. Next is Scenic stretch near Ludwigsfelde.
2. Scenic stretch near Ludwigsfelde
Planning note
Scenic stretch near Ludwigsfelde comes up about 39 km into the recorded legs. Next is Berlin motorcycle escapes return.
3. Near Beelitz, on the way back
Asparagus is a serious business in Beelitz. Every spring, from April to late June, the sandy fields around this small Brandenburg town southwest of Potsdam produce white asparagus, Spargel, which Germans adore, and roadside stalls, farms and restaurants all over the area sell it fresh, served with butter, hollandaise sauce, potatoes and ham. The season ends traditionally on 24 June, St John's Day, and people come from Berlin just for the asparagus.
Read the complete Near Beelitz, on the way back write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 69 km into the recorded legs you reach Berlin motorcycle escapes return. Next is Food stop near Kremmen.
4. Food stop near Kremmen
In 1412, on a causeway through the marshes near Kremmen, the forces of the new Hohenzollern rulers of Brandenburg fought the Dukes of Pomerania in a battle that marked the beginning of the Hohenzollern era, which would eventually lead to Prussia and the German Empire. The causeway, the Kremmer Damm, still crosses the wetland, and a memorial cross marks the site of the battle. Fontane described it in his travels, and the story is part of Brandenburg folklore.
Read the complete Fuel stop near Kremmen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Somewhere to get off the bike, about 152 km into the recorded legs. Next is High point in Oranienburg.
5. High point in Oranienburg
Oranienburg is a town on the Havel river, a short way north of Berlin, and it carries two very different histories side by side. On one side there is the palace, built in the seventeenth century for Louise Henriette of Orange, the Dutch-born wife of the Elector of Brandenburg, who gave the town its name. It was the first baroque palace in Brandenburg, and its Dutch influence is seen in the proportions and brick. The town became known as Oranienburg, the castle of Orange, and the palace now houses a museum and gardens.
Read the complete Photo stop near Oranienburg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
High point in Oranienburg tops the climb. Next is Müritz National Park Long Day checkpoint 8.
6. Glienicke
Glienicke/Nordbahn is a small town just outside Berlin's northern edge, in Brandenburg, and during the decades of the Berlin Wall it found itself in one of the strangest positions in divided Germany. The town was in East Germany, but it pushed into West Berlin on three sides, and one narrow part of it, known as the Entenschnabel, the duck's bill, was enclosed by the Wall on almost every side, so that residents of a few streets lived inside a corridor of concrete and barbed wire, with West Berlin just over their back fences.
Read the complete Glienicke write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 208 km. Next is back to Müritz National Park.
7. back to Müritz National Park
Bernau is the old walled town on the northern edge of the Barnim plateau, and it carries a surprising weight of history for a place that most Berliners know as the end of a railway line. Its medieval wall, with stretches still standing and a few towers, encloses a small centre of brick churches and old houses, and local legend says it was saved in 1432 when the women and children of the town poured boiling beer over Hussite attackers. The story has been told so often that a beer festival in July is named for it.
Read the complete Müritz National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back to Müritz National Park closes the day.
Leg by leg
Photo stop near Mittenwalde to Scenic stretch near Ludwigsfelde
Photo stop near Mittenwalde → Scenic stretch near Ludwigsfelde is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Scenic stretch near Ludwigsfelde to Near Beelitz, on the way back
Scenic stretch near Ludwigsfelde → Near Beelitz, on the way back is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Food stop near Kremmen to High point in Oranienburg
Food stop near Kremmen → High point in Oranienburg is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point in Oranienburg to Glienicke
High point in Oranienburg → Glienicke is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.