Why this ride
A 186 km one-way ride from near Buckow, about 3 h 05 of riding. On the way it passes near Neulewin and Konradshöhe.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Scharmützelsee Water Loop · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 186 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 05
- 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.
Scenic road chapters
Scharmützelsee Water Loop scenic road → Scharmützelsee Water Loop phot
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 32 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 35 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Scenic stretch in Buckow
Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel spent their summers in Buckow in the 1950s, in a house by the lake, and it was here that Brecht wrote the Buckow Elegies, a series of short poems tinged with disillusion. The house is now a small museum, with Weigel's old covered wagon from Mother Courage in the barn. The playwright was not the first to fall for Buckow; the novelist Theodor Fontane praised the area, and the doctors of the nineteenth century prescribed its air for the nerves.
Read the complete Scenic stretch in Buckow write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Scenic stretch in Buckow is where the day begins. Next is Photo stop near Neulewin.
2. Photo stop near Neulewin
Planning note
Photo stop near Neulewin comes up about 35 km into the recorded legs. Next is Scharmützelsee Water Loop checkpoint 8.
3. Konradshöhe
At the northwestern edge of Berlin, where the city gives way to forest and water, Konradshöhe is a quiet residential area in the district of Reinickendorf, on a gentle rise above the Havel river and the Tegeler See. It feels more like a village than part of a capital: tree-lined streets of villas and small houses, sailing clubs and boathouses along the water, and the Tegeler Forst, a large forest of pine and oak, on its doorstep.
Read the complete Konradshöhe 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 186 km. Next is Back to Scharmützelsee.
4. Back to Scharmützelsee
Nauen is a small town in the Havelland, on the flat country west of Berlin, with a secret claim to fame: radio. In 1906 a transmitter station opened here, among the fields, and it became one of the first in the world to send signals across the globe. The station grew into a huge installation, with steel masts and long wire arrays, and parts of it are still preserved, making it the oldest radio station of its kind still standing. A museum tells the story, and the old masts rise above the fields.
Read the complete Scharmützelsee write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back to Scharmützelsee closes the day.
Leg by leg
Scenic stretch in Buckow to Photo stop near Neulewin
Scenic stretch in Buckow → Photo stop near Neulewin is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Photo stop near Neulewin to Konradshöhe
Photo stop near Neulewin → Konradshöhe is 107 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.