Alternative Berlin Bike Tour

• Day tours by bike
• Germany
• Berlin

Bike beyond the ordinary

Discover Berlin’s taste for the eccentric in this alternative guided tour of the capital’s charming corners and secret surprises. Enjoy the benefits of bike rental and a family-friendly day tour suitable for children.

Lasting approximately 3.5 hours, the bike tour begins in trendy Prenzlauer Berg, home to intriguing boutiques and enticing restaurants. Ride on to the gorgeous Fountain of Fairytales before the mood changes cycling down former Stalinallee, the monumental socialist boulevard built by the GDR from 1952–1960. Glide along the open-air East Side Gallery, telling the story of the Berlin Wall, before you feast your eyes on Oberbaumbrücke, a splendid double-decker bridge over the River Spree. Kreuzberg is proud of this landmark, a former border crossing, whose redbrick gleams in the sunlight.

Enjoy a leisurely ride along the river and drink in the myriad colors of the Wrangelstraße murals, continuing on to Görlitzer Park, a major recreation area boasting a delightful lawned amphitheater. Kreuzberg locals love Little Istanbul and so will you. Have your senses overwhelmed as you zig-zag your bike through the vibrant bars and shops around Oranienstraße, full of quirky Turkish gifts, delights, and delicacies.

Biking on to the Bethanien, you’ll be impressed by the magisterial turrets of this former hospital, home to Berlin’s alternative activists for a time as a squat, and to the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, a workplace for professional artists, until 2010. The bicycle tour finishes at the treehouse at the Wall, an impossible-sounding story from the Cold War of one intrepid migrant’s attempt to outsmart the authorities.

Cycle to a dazzling selection of Berlin’s symbols of resistance, culture, and community in this one-of-a-kind day tour of Germany’s capital. Lots to write home about!

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Highlights

• Prenzlauer Berg
• Fountain of Fairytales
• Stalinallee
• East Side Gallery
• Berlin Wall
• Oberbaum Bridge
• Kreuzberg
• Görlitzer Park
• Little Istanbul
• Künstlerhaus Bethanien

What’s included

• Bike and helmet rental
• English-speaking guide
• Rain ponchos and gloves in cold temperatures

All Berlin on Bike bicycles are equipped with a small basket for backpacks, bags, or jackets, plus there are tension straps so that the load is also secured. Heavy luggage or purchases can be left in the operator's office during opening hours. No matter how old your children are, there are suitable vehicles available. Whether it’s a child trailer with a baby seat, child seats, tag-alongs or children’s bikes in various sizes, with derailleur gears or back pedal brakes, and of course matching helmets. There are also special tours tailored to families with smaller children.

Meeting place & directions

All public bike tours start at the Berlin on Bike shop in the Kulturbrauerei campus in the neighborhood of Prenzlauer Berg. The campus (a large former brewery) has several entrances, the most convenient being the archway at Knaackstraße 97.

The campus is right by Eberswalder Str. Station, which can be reached by the U2 U-Bahn (Subway) or the M1, M12, or M10 tram.