Bike Ride to Berlin - All Image Descriptions
A bike ride from Dortmund to Berlin in seven days (plus a two day's break in Magdeburg).
Except for Lippstadt, Bad Pyrmont, and the three tiny places you'll find all of our tour's stations on this map of Germany.
| Day | Destination | Distance | Riding Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. day | Lippstadt | 101 | 5:41 |
| 2. day | Bad Pyrmont | 123 | 7:06 |
| 3. day | Hannover | 77 | 4:35 |
| 4. day | Räbke (near Braunschweig) | 127 | 7:26 |
| 5. day | Magdeburg | 76 | 4:41 |
| 6. day | Trechwitz (near Potsdam) | 116 | 6:35 |
| 7. day | Berlin-Tegel | 94 | 5:42 |
Except for Lippstadt, Bad Pyrmont, and the three tiny places you'll find all of our tour's stations on this map of Germany.
All Set For AdventureThis still is the street I live in - but now we're heading for Berlin, which is 500 km away from Dortmund (by car or train). It turned out we needed 700 km by bike, as we avoided busy streets and sometimes lost our track, too. | |
KraftwerkJust a power plant / power station by the canal. Probably operating on coal. You might know Kraftwerk, the band, but did you know "Kraftwerk" is the German term for such installations? It could also be translated as 'power factory', though. | |
Coal CarCoal is a controversial topic in our state. Arguments for mining: jobs in the mines and related industries (technology export), less dependece on imports at world market prices. Arguments against: damage to the environment (locally and globally), subsidies for mining companies are too high.The text on the coal car I'm pushing here reads Stop coal opponents First the mine dies, then the town/city | |
Two DucksSomehow these cute animals often wander around in pairs. | |
A Water Castle | |
Kingdom of Prussia | |
British Phone Booth | |
Another CastleWe've seen a lot of castles on our trip, but for most I don't know the name and I didn't even take photos of all of them because of bad light, bad views and/or lack of time. | |
Nuclear Power Plant | |
Midday HeatOn our tour the temperatures must have exceded 30 degres Celsius each day. Here we had not found shelter from the sun in that building, because it was all fenced. | |
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Lake With a Beach | |
A Wind Farm | |
Electricity Production | |
No Motorised Vehicles...except acgricultural machinery. | |
Rough RoadWhat kind of surface is this? Maybe it is legacy from the GDR... | |
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Sunscreen Obligatory!There is no shade when you cycle along the canal. I even got slightly sunburnt on my legs, although I used sunscreen with a protection factor of 12 ('haute protection', from holidays in France) and this is not Australia, after all. | |
MagdeburgThere are still a lot of nice old buildings in Magdeburg... | |
Barleber SeeWe had our two day brake on a camping ground at the Berleber See, a lake around 15 kilometres out of Magdeburg's city centre. | |
Magdeburg HemispheresObjects of Otto von Guericke's experimental physics | |
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Statue Depot | |
Inside a Monastery | |
Penguins | |
Sunset at Berleber See | |
Flowers | |
Traffic LightsThe traffic lights for pedestriants are different in eastern Germany. | |
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A Palace | |
Sans SouciSans Souci, this castle's name, is French for 'without worries". It features an impressive garden and two more palaces. | |
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Straße des 17. JuliThis street name refers to an uprising in the Soviet occupation zone in 1953. | |
The Brandenburg Gate | |
On Tegel-See | |
Dark Clouds | |
Where Artists Live | |
Federal Parliament | |
Houses for City Living | |
Roundabout with Fountain | |
Karl-Marx-Allee | |
Warschauer Straße | |
The Berlin Wall | |
East Side GalleryRead more about the East Side Gallery |
