{"id":22835,"date":"2023-05-22T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=22835"},"modified":"2023-05-22T10:35:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T08:35:35","slug":"havel-heights-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/germany\/berlin\/havel-heights-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Hike on the Havel Heights Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For visitors to Berlin, sightseeing is usually the main focus, but Berlin has more to offer. Berlin is green, with lots of water and there are great opportunities for hiking. How about a hike on the Havelh\u00f6henweg?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The trail was created in the 1950s as part of the emergency program in Berlin. Unfortunately, the maintenance of the trail was neglected for many years. After the Grunewald Forestry Office took over the renovation, not only could a section be made barrier-free, but the numerous stairs, railings and viewpoints were also made user-friendly again and the trail was signposted. There are hardly any information boards on the route; a website explains the “points of knowledge” that can be seen along the route. The route has now been open again since 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Wandern<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hike on the Havel Heights Trail<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We took the S-Bahn to our starting point, the Nikolassee train station. From there we followed the sign to Strandbad Wannsee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"S-Bahnhof<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Strandbad Wannsee was built in 1907 and is one of the summer destinations for Berliners. Here you can lie on a sandy beach over a kilometer long, go swimming in the Havel and enjoy the summer. During the high season, it can get crowded at the lido. Up to 30,000 guests then cavort on the listed site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Strandbad<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Directly at the end of the parking lot, in front of the lido, the Havel Heights Trail then begins. The path runs above the Havel shore path and is hilly by Berlin standards. It goes uphill and downhill in many places, up and down countless steps and always along the Havel through the pine forest of the Grunewald. But you also pass the “Mortzfeld’schen L\u00f6cher”, the small islands of deciduous trees planted around 1900. Here, an attempt had been made to transform the existing pine forest into a mixed forest by artificially cut holes of about 30 meters, which were planted with red oaks and beeches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n