3rd stage "Havel Cycle Route": Oranienburg - Potsdam

The third stage of the Havel Cycle Path leads over 66 kilometres from Oranienburg to Potsdam. First it goes via Birkenwerder to Hennigsdorf on the outskirts of Berlin. The route continues directly along the Havel to Berlin-Spandau. At Heerstraße you reach Scharfe Lanke. Follow the banks of the Havel to Kladow, where you take the ferry to Wannsee. From Wannsee, the route passes Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island) and Glienicker Park and follows the Havel over Glienicker Brücke (Glienicke Bridge) to Potsdam. Berliner Straße then leads with a detour to the banks of the Alte Fahrt to Potsdam's Alter Markt.

Length: 66 km

Start: Oranienburg / Finish: Potsdam

Logo / route sign: dark bluesign with curved light blue ribbon, an orange bicycle and the name in white letters

How to get there: From Berlin main station take the RE5 (Rostock) to Oranienburg (approx. 30 minutes).

Departure: From Potsdam main station with RE1 (Eisenhüttenstadt) to Berlin main station (approx. 30 minutes).

Route: Oranienburg, Birkenwerder, Hennigsdorf, Berlin, Potsdam

Places of interest :

• Oranienburg: Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, Palace and Park, Oranienwerk
• Birkenwerder: Clara Zetkin Memorial Site
• Niederneuendorf border tower
• Berlin-Spandau: Spandau Citadel, Spandau Old Town, Neukladow Estate Park
• Potsdam: Glienicke Bridge, Schiffbauergasse, Freundschaftsinsel, Alter Markt with Nikolai Church, State Parliament Building, Museum Barberini, Potsdam Museum

Possible combinations:

• Berlin-Copenhagen Cycle Route
• Queen Luise Cycle Route
• Lakes Culture Cycle Route
• Wall path
• R1 European Cycle Route
• Alter Fritz cycle route

Trail condition / route development: In the Brandenburg district of Oberhavel, between Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the border with Berlin, the trails are in excellent condition and lead exclusively on asphalt cycle paths or quiet side roads. In Berlin and Potsdam, existing cycle paths are used.

Maps / Literature:

"Bikeline Havel Cycle Route with Havelland Cycle Route." From the Mecklenburg Lake District to the Elbe. 1:50.000. Cycle tour book, publication date 03/2021, publisher: Verlag Esterbauer.

"KOMPASS Fahrrad-Tourenkarte Havel-Radweg", 1:50.000 Bicycle Tour Map. GPS-genau. 1:50000. map, Publication date: 18.03.2021, Publisher: Kompass-Karten GmbH.

"Havel Cycle Route Hiking and Cycling Map", 1:50,000 (with zig-zag folding)

Along the Havel from its source in Ankershagen via Fürstenberg, Berlin and Potsdam to Havelberg on the Elbe, Publication date 01.10.2021, Publisher: Barthel Verlag