Why this ride
A 406 km round trip from Potsdam - roughly 5 h 41 in the saddle. It goes by way of The ADGB Trade Union School, Serrahn and back through The ADGB Trade Union School. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin and Serrahn · 406 km from Potsdam
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 406 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 41
- 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.
Scenic road chapters
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin → The ADGB Trade Union School
This part of the ride is 91 km of Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin → The ADGB Trade Union School.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 91 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Potsdam lies just outside Berlin, in a landscape of lakes, rivers and woods along the Havel, and for over two centuries it was the summer residence of the Prussian kings and German emperors. Frederick the Great built the palace of Sanssouci here in the 1740s, a single-storey Rococo palace above terraced vineyards, where he wanted to live without worries, as its name suggests. His successors added more palaces, gardens and follies, and today the ensemble, together with sites in Berlin, forms one of Germany's largest UNESCO World Heritage sites.
Read the complete Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin is where the day begins. Next is The ADGB Trade Union School.
2. The ADGB Trade Union School
In the pine woods just outside Bernau, north of Berlin, a cluster of yellow brick buildings steps down a gentle slope toward a lake, and it is one of the purest expressions of Bauhaus architecture anywhere. The Federal School of the General German Trade Union Federation, known by its German initials ADGB, was designed by Hannes Meyer, the second director of the Bauhaus, with Hans Wittwer, and built between 1928 and 1930 as a training college for union officials. Every detail, from the arrangement of the dormitory wings in staggered blocks to the glass corridor that runs down the slope, was designed to encourage community, light and a healthy life. It was added to the UNESCO Bauhaus site in 2017.
Read the complete The ADGB Trade Union School write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The ADGB Trade Union School comes up about 91 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 192 km into the recorded legs you reach Serrahn. Next is back through The ADGB Trade Union School.
4. back through The ADGB Trade Union School
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The ADGB Trade Union School write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The ADGB Trade Union School, late in the day. Next is Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin.
5. Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin to The ADGB Trade Union School
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin → The ADGB Trade Union School is 91 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
The ADGB Trade Union School to Serrahn
The ADGB Trade Union School → Serrahn is 101 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Serrahn to back through The ADGB Trade Union School
Serrahn → back through The ADGB Trade Union School is 123 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through The ADGB Trade Union School to Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
back through The ADGB Trade Union School → Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin is 91 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.