The Best Hiking Trails in Brandenburg

Although you exit the train station almost directly on Wandlitzsee lake, making the short walk to Liepnitzsee is worth it as you have great views of the island and the option to jump on the ferry to the island, or even cut off some of the route if you don't wish to complete the eastern part....

Starting at the pretty medieval town of Templin’s train station, head down to the lakefront via Seestraße. Walk left, keeping the lake on your right, and stop to admire Templin’s well-restored medieval town wall and the striking 18th-century city gates....

Kleinmachnow is a small town in between Potsdam and Berlin with a very rich history, and pretty architecture and scenery. In the 1900s, it was a tiny manor village before it grew into an affluent commuter town in the early 20th century, with the impressive Neo-Romanesque Hakeburg Castle constructed at that time....

Wannsee is a great place to go for the day if you want to swap the grey concrete of inner-city Berlin for leafy green woodlands and a magnificent lake. This adventure takes you through a variety of nature in the Wannsee area, making it more interesting than if you were to just stick to the lakeshore....

This long-distance hike across a chain of rolling hills is the closest you will come to a proper mountain hike near Berlin, or in fact, in all of Brandenburg. The two notable hills are the Großen Ravensberg (108m) and the Kleine Ravensberg (114m), which you will spot is strangely higher than its “großer” big brother....