Why this ride
A 181 km one-way ride from near Grünheide, about 2 h 30 of riding.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Oderbruch Wide Horizon Ride · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 181 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 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. Fuel stop near Grünheide
For most of its history, Grünheide was a sleepy village of lakes and pine forests on the south-eastern edge of Berlin. Then Tesla arrived. The enormous electric car factory that opened here in 2022 transformed the place into a symbol of industrial change, controversy over water and forests, and new traffic. Even so, the countryside around it still offers some of the nicest lake landscapes near the capital.
Read the complete Fuel stop near Grünheide write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Oderbruch Wide Horizon Ride is where the day begins. Next is Berlin motorcycle escapes return.
2. Near Gerswalde, on the way back
The Uckermark, in the far north-east of Brandenburg, is one of the emptiest regions in Germany, and that is precisely its charm: rolling hills, endless fields of grain and rapeseed, beech forests, villages with brick churches and, scattered everywhere, lakes left behind by the glaciers of the last ice age. Gerswalde sits between some of the largest of these lakes, and on a hot day on the way back to Berlin, it is a wonderful place for a swim.
Read the complete Near Gerswalde, 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
Berlin motorcycle escapes return comes up about 125 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Fürstenberg.
3. Food stop near Fürstenberg
Three lakes wrap around Fürstenberg/Havel, and the town calls itself a water town with good reason: bridges, boat hire, and the Havel threading between the Röblinsee, the Baalensee and the Schwedtsee. It sits right on the border with Mecklenburg, at the southern edge of the great lake district that runs north towards Neustrelitz and the Müritz, and in summer the waterways are full of houseboats and canoes.
Read the complete Food stop near Fürstenberg 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 181 km.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop near Grünheide to Near Gerswalde, on the way back
Fuel stop near Grünheide → Near Gerswalde, on the way back is 125 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.