Cistercian tour

The Cistercian tour is the ideal tour to get to know sights such as the Niederfinow boat lift in the area around Chorin Monastery between the Schorfheide/Chorin Biosphere Reserve and the Lower Oder Valley National Park. The route offers several bathing opportunities, for example at the largest lake in the Barnim region - the Parsteinsee.

Length: approx. 70 km, 4 to 5 hours of driving time

Start finish: Chorin train station

Nodal points:81 - 82 - 83 - 85 - 88 - 92 - 21 - 22 - 20 - 18 - 17 - 81

Arrival Departure:

• Public transport: from Berlin with the RE 3 (direction Schwedt/Oder) to Chorin station or to Niederfinow station
• Car: from Berlin via A11, exit Chorin/Britz, B 2 towards Kloster Chorin, Parking: Fees apply at Kloster Chorin

Course: Chorin, Brodowin, Stolzenhagen, Oderberg, Niederfinow, Chorin

Possible combinations:

• Rummelsberg
• Chorin Monastery
• Hofladen Brodowin
• Oderberg Inland Shipping Museum
• Niederfinow ship lift

Road condition / route development: The route is very well developed, mostly with asphalt surface.

Card recommendation: "Barnim Schorfheide cycling map (RK-BRA06): Angermünde – Bad Freienwalde – Bernau – Eberswalde – Oranienburg – Strausberg" (Bikeline cycling map), 1:75.000, Esterbauer publishing house, edition: 2 (05/2019), ISBN 978-3-85000-299-8; 7,90 euros