Why this ride
A 385 km round trip from Bremen - roughly 5 h 30 in the saddle. The stops in between: Wadden Sea, National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen and back through Wadden Sea. The coast is the point of it.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of and National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen · 385 km from Bremen
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 385 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 30
- 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.
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
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of → Wadden Sea
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 72 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 76 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of
In 1404 the merchants of Bremen put up two statements of independence in their market square, a Gothic town hall and a stone statue of a knight, Roland, standing five and a half metres tall with a sword in his hand and a shield at his feet. The town hall was later given a Renaissance front in the Weser style, rich with arcades and sculptures, in the early seventeenth century, and the great hall inside has a ceiling hung with model ships. Roland, who looks out over the square towards the cathedral, symbolised the city's freedom from the archbishop, and a local saying holds that as long as Roland stands, Bremen will remain free. Both were inscribed by UNESCO in 2004.
Read the complete Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of is where the day begins. Next is Wadden Sea.
2. Wadden Sea
Where the Weser river widens into the North Sea at Bremerhaven, the land and water merge into one of the strangest landscapes in Europe. The Wadden Sea, a shallow stretch of sand and mud flats running from the Netherlands past Germany to Denmark, is the largest unbroken system of tidal flats in the world, and UNESCO protects it as a World Heritage Site. Twice a day the sea retreats, leaving a gleaming plain that birds, seals and worms use as a feeding ground, and twice a day it comes back, quickly and quietly.
Read the complete Wadden Sea write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Wadden Sea comes up about 76 km into the recorded legs. Next is National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen.
3. National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen
Behind the dyke at Dornumersiel the land is flatter than a billiard table and nearly as green, and on the other side the sea comes and goes twice a day across a vast expanse of sand and mud. This is the Wadden Sea, the largest system of intertidal flats in the world, stretching along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. The Lower Saxony section is a national park and part of a World Heritage site, and at low tide you can walk out across the seabed towards the East Frisian islands, ideally with a guide who knows the channels and the tides.
Read the complete National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 193 km into the recorded legs you reach National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen. Next is back through Wadden Sea.
4. back through Wadden Sea
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Wadden Sea write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Wadden Sea, late in the day. Next is Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of.
5. Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of to Wadden Sea
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of → Wadden Sea is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Wadden Sea to National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen
Wadden Sea → National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen is 117 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen to back through Wadden Sea
National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen → back through Wadden Sea is 117 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Wadden Sea to Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of
back through Wadden Sea → Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of is 76 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.