In The Forest, In The Garden
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Berlin Day Hike: Sunny Walk Around Wilkendorf and Ihlandsee
Location: Wilkendorf, Am Schlosssee – direction North – around Ihlandsee – back to Wilkendorf – through the village – coffee and Cake at the Golf Club – back to Am Schlosssee / Distance: 9 km / Public Transport: Strausberg, by bus direction Altlandsberg, get off at Wilkendorf, 1:30h / from city center: 55 km / East / Weather: 18 °C, sunny / Camera: Nikon D500, 18-105 mm lens
Other trails nearby
Berlin Day Hike: A Magical Landscape Shaped By Beavers
When we hiked around Buckow last week, we met a couple that told us about a huge dam build by beavers on the other side of the town. I was quite curious to see it and so I followed his description “at the end of the village direction Strausberg along Sophienfließ. In fact, it was not one dam but at least ten of them embedded in a magical, shire-like and blooming landscape where the sunlight falling through the trees is caught in the creek and the birds are singing as if there was a competition to win.
Along Sophienfließ
The Ruins of Wurzelfichte, killed by storm Kyrill in 2007
Along Drachenkehle and Poetensteig
Location: Northern border of Buckow – go right and follow Sophienfließ heading north until “Wurzelfichte” – through Drachenkehle until Krugberg Tower – back to Buckow over Poetensteig – along Sopphienfließ on the other shore / Distance: 6,5 km / public transport: over Strausberg and Müncheberg, from Müncheberg to Buckow by bus, at least 1:40h / from city center: 60 km / East / Weather: 18 °C, sunny / Camera: Nikon D500, 70-300 mm lens
Berlin Day Hike: Buckow, Brecht, Beavers And Big Birds
We started and ended our hike in Buckow and had a quite relaxing day around the picturesque capital of Märkische Schweiz. I saw the Brecht-Weigel-Haus for the first time and it’s still more beautiful than on all the pictures I saw before. Our friends from England liked the German country side but were quite surprised […]
Berlin Day Hike: First Rays Of Spring around Waldsieversdorf And Dahmsdorf
We had a wonderful hike with our dear guests from England and we chose a trail which is mostly outside the forest to get some sun. When hiking along the Buckower Kleinbahn you’ll see an alley with huge old trees on the other side of the rails in the middle of nowhere. It leads to […]
Berlin Day Hike: Lange Dammwiesen Near Rehfelde In The Rain
Just a short hike to have a look how this landscape looks like to hike it another time. Unfortunately it began to rain like hell and we weren’t well equipped. Location: Bahnhof Herrensee – direction Hennickendorf – along Stranggraben – Dammwiesen – and back / Distance: 5 km / Public Transport: Bahnhof Herrensee over Lichtenberg, around […]
The Best Hikes In Berlin And Brandenburg
… even for people who did them all :-))
In the last years I was kind of busy exploring hikeable areas in Berlin and Brandenburg. Here is a list of most of my hikes in Berlin and Brandenburg including a rough evaluation of the public transport possibilities to get there. Behind every link you’ll find pictures and most of the time a short description including a map of the trail I took.
As always, most of the links include maps which I recorded during my hikes. As I change direction spontaneously—based on weather, on an attractive area I spotted, on my mood or on the fact that it gets dark quickly—I recommend to explore the areas with openness to hike another trail or change the direction whenever you like to. I recommend the landscapes, not necessarily the exact trail I took. Don’t forget to use maps and GPS :-). I highly recommend MapOut offline maps.
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How to read the charts:
Location and month:
I noted the month in which I hiked because every landscape looks different with the seasons. For some of them you can have an impression of another weather and therefore another atmosphere of the trail and scenery.
Public Transport Rating:
I always looked up from Berlin Central Station/Hauptbahnhof. This is what set rating means:
★★ = It’s easy and even better to get there by public transport than by car
★☆ = It’s already more complicated to get there by public transport, sometimes you have to walk for a while to reach the trail, sometimes you have to change trains for more than 3 times
☆☆ = You can go everywhere by public transport, but in this case you’ll spend really a lot of time and it’s very complicated to get there
Please use Open Street Map with public transport layer to get a visual impression where you want to go and where you have to get out of the train/bus/tram. And look up on BVG.de how long it will take you to go there.
Favorite:
❤️ = The hikes marked with a heart are my personal favorites. Great lake, picturesque villages or cultural sites to see, or just a very divers hike. This doesn’t mean, that the other hikes aren’t worth while. I just liked them more. Hikes I didn’t like at all are not listed here.
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The best hiking areas in the North of Berlin
Schloß Liebenberg
Liebenberg
Liepnitzsee
Volkspark Pankow
Wedding
Werbellinsee
Wildpark Schorfheide
Werbellinkanal
mushroom
Wildpark Schorfheide
Wildpark Schorfheide
Tegeler See
| Location and Month | Notes | Public Transport Rating | Favorite |
| Briesetal (September) Briesetal (March) Briesetal (July) Briesetal (November) |
Wonderful and magical landscape, forest in a river, swans and picturesque wooden bridges | ★★ | ❤️ |
| Mühlenbecker Land (December) Summt (June) |
Castle on a lake near the city | ★★ | |
| Tegeler See (August) | Wilderness in the city along the lake shore | ★★ | |
| Zehdenick (August) Zehdenick (August) Gransee (August) |
Former clay mining area with lots of lakes and old industry | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Hellsee (June) Hellsee (April) Lobetal (October) |
Romantic hike through the forest along a murmuring creek and a lake | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Bernsteinsee (June) Bernsteinsee (October) |
Divers landscape with silent lakes an sandy beaches | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Kyritz an der Knatter (March) | Beautiful lakes | ★☆ | |
| Biesenthal (February) | Vast, lonely landscape with lots of ranting birds | ★☆ | |
| Tegeler Fließ (January) | Beautiful pasture landscape near the city center | ★★ | |
| Grumsiner Forst (November) | Huge and bright beech tree forest | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Hobrechtsfelde (October) | Horses, historical buildings and vast fields | ★☆ | |
| Liepnitzsee (September) Bogensee (March) Regenbogensee, Wandlitz (March) Wandlitz (January) |
Beautiful sparkling lakes, huge forests and WW2 architecture | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Wildpark Schorfheide (December) Wildpark Schorfheide (September) |
Huge parc with animals who used to live in the Brandenburg forests (wolves, lynx, horses, moose, … ) | ☆☆ | ❤️ |
| Arkenberge (December) | Mountains at the city border, great views over the city form above | ★★ | |
| Schönerlinder Teiche (November) Schönerlinder Teiche (November) |
Rare buffalo species around small lakes | ★★ | ❤️ |
| Schönholzer Heide (November) | City parc with Russian war monument | ★★ | |
| Liebenberg (February) | Great landscape, romantic castle, lakes and swans | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Botanischer Volkspark Pankow (January) | Big parc with deer | ★☆ | |
| Werbellinkanal, Eichhorst (March) | Serene hike along a river | ☆☆ | ❤️ |
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The best hiking areas in the West of Berlin
Sacrow
Sacrow
Ketzin
Grunewald
Paretz
Wannsee
Paretz
Havelhöhenweg
| Location and Month | Notes | Public Transport Rating | Favorite |
| Havelhöhenweg (August) | Nice lake views from above | ★★ | ❤️ |
| Grunewaldsee (April) | Meet thousands of different dogs and their owners | ★★ | |
| Teufelssee (June) | Visit an abandoned post WW2 spy station | ★★ | |
| Kloster Lehnin | Faboulous monastery in vast landscape | ★☆ | |
| Jungfernsee (February) | Always along lakes | ★☆ | |
| Döberitzer Heide (June) | Long hike without possibility to shortcut through forests and flat landscapes with a view tower | ★☆ | |
| Wannsee, Düppeler Forst (January) | Wild forest near the city | ★★ | |
| Sacrow (February) | Along lakes with a castle and a chapel on the shore | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Paretz (February) | Very divers hike, historical village, historical clay mining area with many lakes | ★☆ | ❤️ |
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The best hiking areas in the East of Berlin
Waldsieversdorf
Strausberg
Biesow
Rehfelde
Schönerlinder Teiche
Stienitzsee
Strausberg
Reichenow
Garzau
Garzin
Altfriedand
Bötzsee
Bötzsee
| Location and Month | Notes | Public Transport Rating | Favorite |
| Müggelsee, Müggelberge, Teufelsmoor (May) Müggelsee (February) Müggelsee (February) |
Visit the second highest mountain in Berlin (115m) and walk along a wooden runway through the marshland “of the devil” | ★★ | ❤️ |
| Seddinsee, Schmöckwitz (April) Seddinsee (February) |
Very simple hike always along a lake or a river | ★☆ | |
| Stienitzsee (March) | Fine lake but with some obstacles. Sometimes you cannot reach the shore because it’s fenced privat land | ★☆ | |
| Herrensee (October) Herrensee (January) Herrensee (May) |
Beautiful wild lake surrounded by marshland forests. Beware of mosquitos in summer. | ★★ | ❤️ |
| Stobbertal (July) | Magical forest atmosphere along a creek | ☆☆ | ❤️ |
| Garzau und Garzin (October) Rehfelde (February) |
Divers landscape, some lakes and a pyramid | ★★ | |
| Altfriedland (November) | Thousands of birds, picturesque village, beautiful lakes but you can’t reach the shore because it’s protected or private area | ☆☆ | |
| Ihlandsee (December) | Beautiful lake in the forest | ★☆ | |
| Strausberg (January) | Nice forest hike along a small river near the city | ★★ | |
| Oderbruch (September) | Vastness and Silence | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Blumenthal (November) | Wild forest and a small, old forest settlements | ☆☆ | ❤️ |
| Biesow (October) Biesow (February) |
Absolut silence around the lakes and a tiny, cute settlement in the middle of nowhere | ☆☆ | ❤️ |
| Köthen (July) | Mesmerizing views from the top of a look-out, nice lakes | ☆☆ | |
| Erkner (September) | Wild paths and lakes | ★★ | ❤️ |
| Buckow, Märkische Schweiz (October) Waldsieversdorf (February) |
Hilly landscape, beautiful lakes and a picturesque small town with delicious ice cream | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Spreeauen (October) | Lyrical landscape and a natural river | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Leuenberg (March) | Divers hike with forests , lakes and fields | ★☆ | |
| Werneuchen (March) | Dark green lake in the forest | ★★ | |
| Spitzmühle (April) Spitzmühle (October) Spitzmühle (January) Bötzsee (October) |
Wonderful, scenic and easy hike around lakes. | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Möllensee (July) | Very divers Hike around lakes | ★☆ | |
| Treptower Park (April) | Tiny hike, almost in the City Center | ★☆ |
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The best hiking areas in the South of Berlin:
Beelitz Heilstätten
Albrechts Teerofen
Albrechts Teerofen
Pfaueninsel
Beelitz Heilstätten
| Location and Month | Notes | Public Transport Rating | Favorite |
| Scharmützelsee, Bad Saarow (March) | Hike with a look-out and beautiful lakes, opportunity to visit Bad Saarow (Bath) | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Prieros (April) | Divers hike, partially on a small path directly on the shore of Schmöldesee | ☆☆ | |
| Albrechts Teerofen (November) | Interesting landscape and Western/Eastern Berlin History | ★☆ | |
| Beelitz Heilstätten (October) | Take a hike above the trees and look at an ancient abandoned asylum | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Pfaueninsel (June) | Meet the peacocks and hike where already Emperor Willhelm II took a walk | ★★ | |
| Nuthe-Nieplitz (April) | Marvellous and wild nature reserve | ★★ | ❤️ |
| Sperenberger Gipsbrüche (April) | At least six small lakes and a very beautiful and wild landscape | ★☆ | ❤️ |
| Schwielowsee (March) | Beautiful lake | ★★ |
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And the map …
Die schönsten Wanderungen in Berlin und Brandenburg
Berlin Day Hike: Light Caught In Lakes Near Waldsieversdorf
I didn’t have a lot of time today so I chose this tiny hike not far from where I have been. I was blessed with three wonderful lakes in bright sunshine. This hike can easily be extended, for example direction Buckow or Kesselsee. The landscape around there is wonderful and compared to everything around Berlin […]
Berlin Day Hike: Hidden Forest Lakes, Ranting Birds And A Spectacular Sunset
Location: Biesower Straße (coming from the B 168 direction Prötzel) – Biesow – in Biesow head West – Krummer See – Barssee – through the forest back to Biesow / Distance: 9,5 km / Public Transport: I guess there is none / from city center: 50 km, 1h / North / East, Weather: 10 °C, sunny […]
