Cycle routes in Berlin
Our own route descriptions with the criteria written out: length, typical duration, surface, how the route is laid out, what speaks for riding with children — and who established that, and when.
7 routes of 21 on record
Typical duration: 1 to 2 hours all durations (21)
From the Schäfersee along the Nordgraben to Wittenau
Nine and a half kilometres through the green corridors of Reinickendorf, from the Schäfersee along the Nordgraben to Wittenau. Three sets of traffic lights, no crossing without them, flat throughout.
Length: 9.6 km · Typical duration: 1 hour · Surface: Asphalt, compacted gravel
Last checked on 16 Sep 2026
Along the Spree from Köpenick to Ostkreuz
Fourteen kilometres from the south-east into the inner city, mostly by the water. It is the main commuting axis of Treptow-Köpenick and also carries the hardest spot in the starting set: the tram rails in Oberschöneweide.
Length: 14.2 km · Typical duration: 1 hrs 5 min · Surface: Asphalt, Cobbles
Last checked on 16 Sep 2026
The northern Wall Trail from Wilhelmsruh to Hermsdorf
Thirteen and a half kilometres along the northern edge of the city, from the Nordgraben across the Blankenfelde fields to the Tegeler Fließ. Here the signposted Wall Trail is largely a field track with a view, not an urban cycle path.
Length: 13.5 km · Typical duration: 1 hrs 5 min · Surface: Asphalt, compacted gravel
Last checked on 16 Sep 2026
From the Plänterwald to the Dahme at Grünau
Fifteen and a half kilometres from the Spree bank in Treptow across the Königsheide woods to the Dahme. A leisure route that is rideable all year and passes through Adlershof halfway.
Length: 15.5 km · Typical duration: 1 hrs 10 min · Surface: Asphalt, compacted gravel
Last checked on 16 Sep 2026
A loop through the Spandau forest
Eighteen kilometres through the largest continuous woodland in the west of the city, with exactly one set of traffic lights on the whole loop. Ninety per cent of the route lies in forest.
Length: 18 km · Typical duration: 1 hrs 15 min · Surface: Asphalt, compacted gravel · Loop
Last checked on 16 Sep 2026
Through the Grunewald to the Havel and on to Wannsee
Sixteen and a half kilometres from Grunewald station past the Grunewaldturm down to the Havel and on to Wannsee. The only route in the starting set with noticeable climbs.
Length: 16.5 km · Typical duration: 1 hrs 15 min · Surface: Asphalt, compacted gravel
Last checked on 16 Sep 2026
Around the Tegeler See and through the Tegeler Fließ
Twenty-one kilometres of Reinickendorf in one go: lake shore, forest, the Konradshöhe peninsula and the Tegeler Fließ to finish. Four sets of traffic lights on the whole loop.
Length: 21 km · Typical duration: 1 hrs 35 min · Surface: Asphalt, compacted gravel · Loop
Last checked on 16 Sep 2026
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