Sieben Flüsse

Introduction

This is a half-self-made half-Bikeline-made route of 1232Km covering seven waterways (the Ohře, the Elbe, the (Lusatian) Neisse, the Mandau, the Spree, the Havel, the Elbe-Havel Canal, then revisiting the Elbe) including two river sources (the Elbe spring in the Krkonoše Mountains, one of the Spree springs in Neugersdorf in the Lusatian Highlands).

Our plan was to cycle the distance in 18.5 days (average 67Km/day) and to rest for 5.5 days in Karlovy Vary, Roudnice nad Labem (from where we wanted to cycle a loop including the Ohre-Elbe confluence), Špindlerův Mlýn (from where we wanted to hike to the Elbe spring and walk a short way into Poland), a lake close to Hrádek nad Nisou (from where we would visit Ještěd Tower), Lübben (to spend an afternoon canoeing in the Spreewald) and Potsdam.

In reality, we cycled 1344Km (average 73Km/day).

The Good, the bad and the ugly

  • good: beautiful Czech towns on the Elbe north-east of Prague (Suzie and Alexis)
  • good: generally good cycling paths (Suzie and Alexis)
  • good: really excellent rest-days (Suzie & Alexis)
  • good: lovely cycling through forests south of Berlin (Alexis)
  • bad: Elbe-Havel canal monotous (Suzie)

Map

Photos

Downloads

  1. GPX data for the campsite waypoints: sieben-fluesse-waypoints-camps.gpx
  2. GPX data for the entire route: sieben-fluesse-route-complete.gpx
  3. GPX data for our track (what we actually cycled): sieben-fluesse-track-20180815TO20180908.gpx
  4. XLS file of the itinerary: sieben-fluesse-itinerary.xls

Suggested purchases

  1. Bikeline Elbe-Radweg Tschechien
  2. Bikeline Spree-Radweg
  3. Bikeline Havel-Radweg
  4. Bikeline Elbe-Radweg Teil 2

See also