Blog Berlin Wall part 4

What do you need

1. Packed Lunch
2. Plenty of water
3. Sun cream

How do I get there

Make your way to Zehlendorf station. You can bring your bike with you on the S-Bahn but you need to buy a separate ticket. From there, the start of the Berlin Wall part 4 route is very close. If you click here, when the bubble pops up, in the header, just click the arrow. This will load the start of the route up in google maps and it will help you navigate there.

What's the route like?

The route is pretty nice. It's mostly well-tarmacked cycle paths. For a very small part of the trip though, you'll be on a dirt road. Honestly, I didn't see many people on this route so it's a good route for some quiet time.

Pretty soon after you start, you'll go through the Druppeler Forst. You need to get used to being in a forest because surprisingly enough, for being just being a few km outside the capital of Europe, you'll be cycling with trees surrounding you.

Eventually, you'll make your way onto Karl Marx Strasse. This street has some impressive houses on it. You'll realise quite quickly that the upper end of society lives here. I had to speed up in case they sensed that a poor man was in their vicinity. While impressive as the buildings are here, I was thinking of the irony that a street named after a man who advocated the abolition of class society contains houses that have pet dogs seem to have more money than me. But I digress. I was impressed with the architecture none the less.

Just as you pass the Dampfmaschinenhaus on the left, you'll cross a bridge and you'll come into the village of Klein Glienicke. This is a nice quaint village where you can stop for ice-cream/coffee. As I was passing the village, a spotted a cute looking church, the Klein Glienicker Kapelle. It's worth taking a look at.

Moving on from the village, you'll find yourself now following the The Havel Lake. To your right, you'll pass the Schloss Glienicke. If it's open, it's worth 5 minutes of your time.

Once you get back on track, you follow the lake for maybe 5km and eventually you'll make your way past The the Isted Lion and the House of the Wannsee Conference. The latter been exceptionally sad. I didn't know anything about this house until I made the trip. I thought, how in a place of such beauty can men could hold such repulsive thoughts?

Swinging a left over the bridge, it's almost time to bring out your inner child as you get on a ferry. There is a ferry called the F10, which is part of Berlin's official transport network, that will take you over the lake... for the price of an A-B ticket... unbelievable jeff!!

Realy... see here if you don't believe me. You can find on the attached link where to take the ferry but for me, I jumped on the ferry here.

When you hop off at the other side, take a left and go through the streets lined with houses. After about 1k, you'll take end up on a trail through the forest, passing Gross Glienicker Lake on your right, while eventually making your way to open fields.

You are almost home and dry now. The last part you'll end up passing a rare site... a hill... the Hahneberg to be more accurate. Like toilet paper at the moment though, there is a limited supply of hills in berlin so enjoy the sight of it. Soon after you'll come across the memorial to Dieter Wohlfahrt. A sad note to end your trip but that is one of the sad things about Berlin, almost where ever you go, you are reminded of the bloody history of this city. Life may not be perfect, but least these days this poor man with holes in his trousers can cycle freely over the Berlin Brandenburg border without being shot at.

How do I get home?

Unfortunately, where you stopped, there is only the regional train that stops at this station. You would be best to cycle 4k east and jump onto the Spandau S-Bahn to get home.