Why this ride
From Kreuzberg it runs 358 km to Kreuzberg; allow about 5 h 24 of riding. On the way it passes Grumsin, Serrahn and back through Grumsin. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates and Serrahn starting at Kreuzberg
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 358 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 24
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
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.
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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. Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Most World Heritage sites are palaces, cathedrals or ruins. Berlin got onto the list in 2008 with flats. The Berlin Modernism Housing Estates are six residential developments built between 1910 and 1933, among them the Hufeisensiedlung in Britz, shaped like a horseshoe around a pond, the Gartenstadt Falkenberg with its bright colours, the Weisse Stadt in Reinickendorf and the Siemensstadt estate. Architects such as Bruno Taut, Martin Wagner and Walter Gropius designed them to give ordinary working families light, air, green space and decent bathrooms at a time when many Berliners lived in dark, cramped tenement blocks around courtyards.
Read the complete Berlin Modernism Housing Estates write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates is where the day begins. Next is Grumsin.
2. Grumsin
North-east of Berlin, the last ice age left behind a landscape of hills, hollows and lakes, shaped by glaciers that advanced and melted back again. In one corner of it, between Angermünde and Joachimsthal, lies the Grumsin forest, a beech wood that has been left largely undisturbed for a long time. It is part of the UNESCO site of Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, inscribed as one of Germany's contributions in 2011. Old beeches tower above a forest floor scattered with fallen trunks, small ponds and bogs, and in spring the canopy glows a fresh, translucent green.
Read the complete Grumsin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Grumsin comes up about 81 km into the recorded legs. Next is Serrahn.
3. Serrahn
Between the lakes of Mecklenburg, north of Berlin, a pocket of old beech forest has been left to grow for the better part of a century, and it is now one of the most unusual places in Germany. Serrahn is a part of the Müritz National Park, a few kilometres from Carpin, and its beeches were once part of a ducal hunting reserve that was protected from logging, so some trees are two hundred years old and more. The Serrahn woods are part of the UNESCO listing of Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe, a serial site that protects the finest remaining beech forests, from Ukraine and Slovakia to Germany, Spain and Italy.
Read the complete Serrahn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 176 km into the recorded legs you reach Serrahn. Next is back through Grumsin.
4. back through Grumsin
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Grumsin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Grumsin, late in the day. Next is Berlin Modernism Housing Estates.
5. Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Berlin Modernism Housing Estates write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Berlin Modernism Housing Estates. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates to Grumsin
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates → Grumsin is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Grumsin to Serrahn
Grumsin → Serrahn is 95 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Serrahn to back through Grumsin
Serrahn → back through Grumsin is 101 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Grumsin to Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
back through Grumsin → Berlin Modernism Housing Estates is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.