Excursions

Nature and peace – this is where you drop a gear on well developed bicycle tracks. Almost completely flat land with just the odd mild slope – perfect cycling country...

Die Gemeinde Burg besteht aus etwa 800 Spreewaldhöfen. Die meist reetgedeckten Holzbalkenhäuser stehen auf niedrigen, zwischen Fließen und Kanälen angelegten...

There are exactly 134 red, two-storey brick houses, arranged on four squares. Known as the Holländerhäuser (“Dutch houses”), they were built for Dutch immigrants by...

See and be seen - this was the same back in the 19th century, when it was decided to build a horse racing track in Hoppegarten near Berlin. On a former hop-growing...

The Wielkopolska region is the cradle of the Polish state. The great history which began in this swathe of land in the 10th century left its imprint on the...

Lower Silesia is a region rich in variety. Over the centuries, different cultures influenced the area, leaving traces of their architecture and culture in the form of...

Lübbenau is the heart of the 476-square metre Spreewald region. The little marketplace is surrounded by unassuming private homes, next to the baroque church with its...

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the region between Berlin and Hamburg, has been an attractive location with a charm of its own for many years. Hanseatic towns with...

At the point where Lower Lusatia separates Saxony from Brandenburg lies a spectacle of nature that remains largely intact in the heart of spacious grounds – Muskauer...

Rostock has been writing town history for around 800 years. Once an important member of the Hanseatic League, the city has retained much of its original charm, but at...

A crown is just a hat that lets the rain in. These words spoken by Frederick the Great demonstrate modesty. It was without any pomp and circumstance, yet with...

The town of Schlepzig is known as the centre of the lower Spreewald. Its rural flavour is enhanced by the surrounding biosphere nature preserve, and is a favoured...

Covering an area of more than 3,000 square kilometres, the Uckermark is the largest district in Germany – and definitely one of the most beautiful. The Uckermark is...

In contrast to the traditional landscape gardens of the Potsdam Schlosspark, the Volkspark, on the site of the former Berlin horticultural show, is a thoroughly...