Weser cycle path: Hannoversch Münden to Cuxhaven

Your bike tour should start at the Weserstein. Exactly where Werra and Fulda "kiss". The stage leads via Hemeln and past the former Benedictine monastery of Bursfelde to the baroque Huguenot town of Bad Karlshafen. The center of Bad Karlshafen offers an interesting contrast to the usual half-timbered idyll with its pretty, renovated houses in the baroque style.

Overnight place: Karlshafen or Beverungen

There are numerous highlights along the way: the town of Fürstenberg with its porcelain factory and the old Hanseatic town of Höxter with more than 160 buildings worthy of monuments, mostly half-timbered houses. The small town of Beverungen has retained much of its historic face. Holzminden is known for the production of aromatic essences and perfume oils.

Overnight place: Holzminden or Bodenwerder

Many a romantic village along the way invites you to linger. Corvey Castle, the former imperial abbey near Höxter, offers an attractive mixture of art and culture. The romantic town of Bodenwerder was made famous by the world famous Liar Baron von Münchhausen. The Pied Piper town of Hameln impresses with an intact old town, wonderful half-timbered houses and buildings in the typical style of the Weser Renaissance from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Overnight place: Hamelin or Rinteln

At Porta Westfalica, the river breaks through the Wiehen and Weser Mountains and reaches the North German Plain. On the way, the 13th-century town of Rinteln offers numerous buildings from the Weser Renaissance. Minden was once a thriving trading town in the Middle Ages, but was severely damaged in World War II. It was rebuilt as part of an exemplary urban redevelopment.

Overnight place: Minden

After the low mountain ranges, a romantic, protected floodplain landscape dominates today - the Middle Weser. You have a wide view over the flat country with meadows, black and white spotted cows, isolated farms and numerous windmills. For Nienburg waren the strong fortifications are characteristic and even today the pretty old town is well worth seeing.

Overnight place: Nienburg

The history-charged landscape of the Middle Weser, the county of Hoya, is crossed today on the Weser Cycle Path. Original villages and isolated farmsteads can be found in this distinctive Weser Marsh. After this natural stage, Verden offers a grand finale. The symbol of this city is the cathedral. Verden is known as a rider and horse town.

Overnight place: Verden

Away from the streets and through park-like areas, the cycle path leads car-free into the city center of Bremen. As the second largest North Sea port, the city is of great importance in shipping and overseas trade. Worth seeing are the Schnoor district, the Roland and the monument to the Bremen Town Musicians.

Overnight place: Bremen

On today's stage you follow the Weser cycle path from Bremen through Lemwerder to Elsfleth with its well-known Hunte barrage.

Overnight place: Elsfleth or surroundings

Start today along the Weser via Brake to Nordenham. We continue with the Blexen ferry to Bremerhaven. The emigration center, the climate house and the extensive harbor facilities await you there.

Overnight place: Bremerhaven

Cycle on paved paths and roads through the Wursten region to the dune coast of Cuxhaven. The city is a maritime cosmopolitan city, due to the busiest shipping route in the world, which runs through Cuxhaven and its museum harbor. In the afternoon departure on your own or with an extension.

Overnight place: Cuxhaven (departure without overnight stay)