“Experience the Original” - Entire FONTANE.RAD Route with Day Trips and Detours

“Erlebe das Original”: This bicycle route explores the northwest of Brandenburg in the footsteps of one of Brandenburg’s most famous authors, Theodor Fontane; like no other, he is associated with the exploration of Mark Brandenburg. The main FONTANE.RAD route has eight one-day stages, which take you through the Ruppiner Seenland lake region, the eastern Prignitz region and the Havelland region from Oranienburg to Potsdam. A tour of Fontane’s birth town of Neuruppin, seven other one-day tours and two variants of the main route take you from Neuruppin to Neustadt (Dosse) and from Werder (Havel) to Brandenburg an der Havel. Information panels in some 60 Fontane locations invite you to take a break and offer tips and information about Fontane’s stories about Mark Brandenburg.

Length: 284 kilometres (about 7-8 days) plus 7 one-day tours and 2 variants

Start: Oranienburg, finish: Potsdam

Logo/route sign: FONTANE.RAD on yellow background, one-day tours and variants are marked separately.

How to get there: From Berlin central station take the RE 5 (Stralsund/Rostock) to Oranienburg (about 30 minutes), from Berlin Friedrichstrasse take the S1 (Oranienburg) to Oranienburg (about 40 minutes).

Return journey: From Potsdam take the RE 1 (Frankfurt (Oder)/Cottbus) to Berlin central station (about 25 minutes) or take the S-Bahn (rapid transit train) line 7 (about 40 minutes).

Route: Oranienburg, Neuholland, Liebenberg, Löwenberg, Hoppenrade, Meseberg, Lake Gransee, Zernikow, Neuglobsow, Menz, Rheinsberg, Binenwalde, Tornow, Stendenitz, Zermützel, Molchow, Zippelsförde, Lindow (Mark), Köpernitz, Molchow, Neuruppin, Wustrau, Radensleben, Karwe, Gnewikow, Wuthenow, Wulkow, Protzen, Walchow, Fehrbellin, Hakenberg, Linum (detour), [Neustadt (Dosse), Wusterhausen/Dosse, Brunn, Tornow, Kyritz, Gottberg, Kränzlin, Neuruppin], Fehrbellin, Paulinenaue, Senzke, Wagenitz, Haage, Görne, Kleßen, Friesack, Haage, Senzke, Stechow, Nennhausen / Alternatively: Rathenow, Buschow, Groß Behnitz, Ribbeck, Nauen, Bredow, Brieselang, Falkenrehde, Paretz, Uetz, Ketzin/Havel, Werder(Havel), [Petzow, Lehnin monastery, Götz, Reckahn, Brandenburg an der Havel, Plaue], Geltow, Caputh, Potsdam

Possible combinations:One-day tour 1 from Rheinsberg via MolchowOne-day tour 2 from Rheinsberg via LindowOne-day tour 3 from Neuruppin via KarweTour of the Fontane town (circular route) in NeuruppinVersion 1 from Neustadt (Dosse) to Neuruppin One-day tour 4 from Wustrau via HakenbergOne-day tour 5 from Wusterhausen/Dosse via KyritzOne-day tour 6 from Paulinenaue via KleßenVersion 2 from Werder (Havel) to Brandenburg an der HavelOne-day tour 7 from Brandenburg an der Havel via Plaue
Trail conditions/surface: mostly paved cycle paths

Maps/Literature:Detailed tour information in the Tourguide FONTANE.RAD and Cycle map.
The website //www.fontanerad.de" target="_blank"FONTANE.RAD provides everything you need to know about the cycle route.