Weser bike path

After your individual arrival in Hann. Münden in the late afternoon, you will be given information and handed over your bikes (if booked). The three-river town is where the Fulda and Werra rivers meet at the Weserstein to form the Weser. Over 700 restored half-timbered houses from six centuries make up Hann. Mündens city centre. The town hall of Hann. Münden is considered one of the most beautiful representative buildings from the Weser Renaissance.

You start your journey at the Weserstein. On your way to Bad Karlshafen, you will pass the charming village of Hemeln in the Weser valley and the former Benedictine abbey of Bursfelde, founded in 1093. Bad Karlshafen's baroque old town forms a charming contrast to the Weser Renaissance and the town's Huguenot Museum is a reminder of its founders. But perhaps you might also be tempted by a visit to the Weser thermal baths? ‘Brine spa’ is another of Bad Karlshafen's nicknames. You can stay overnight in the town or in neighbouring Beverungen with its partly preserved moated castle of the same name.

Today you cycle past the porcelain town of Fürstenberg with the castle of the same name, the old Hanseatic town of Höxter and the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Corvey Castle to Holzminden or on to Bodenwerder. Holzminden is nicknamed the ‘town of fragrances and flavours’ because the production of fragrances and flavours is very important here. And so a fragrant tour leads to the sights of the town. Bodenwerder is the home of Baron Münchhausen, known as the Baron of Lies, to whom a museum is dedicated.

Today, romantic villages and Corvey Castle are on your way. Until 1792, the castle was a Benedictine abbey, one of the most influential in the Franconian Empire. The former abbey church, among other things, bears witness to this time. You spend the night in Hameln or Rinteln. The legendary figure of the Pied Piper is commemorated in Hameln by the Pied Piper's House, which was built at the beginning of the 17th century. Like Hameln, Rinteln has a magnificent old town centre: the illuminated historic market square also has its charm in the evening.

At Porta Westfalica, you pass from the lower Weser Uplands into the North German Plain. Your journey takes you to Minden. The town, which is over 1,200 years old, is known for its waterway crossing, which leads the Mittelland Canal over the Weser on a bridge. A signposted route takes you to the sights in Minden's old town around the Cathedral of St Gorgonius and St Peter.

Wide floodplains, individual farms and windmills characterise the Mittelweser region, which you cycle through today. Nienburg awaits you as the destination of the day's tour. The town has been an important trading centre and crossing point over the Weser for many years since the 13th century. Such a place naturally needs to be defended. And so you can still see parts of the fortifications and bulwarks that protected Nienburg back then. Bear paws on the street lead to places of interest, such as the half-timbered town hall or the asparagus museum.

Today's route is characterised by a vast landscape that offers little resistance to the view. The region is rural and unspoilt, interspersed with small villages and individual farmsteads. You reach the equestrian and horse town of Verden, which has erected a monument to the noble animals with the German Horse Museum. The town's most impressive sacred building is Verden Cathedral. The best way to get to know old and romantic Verden is on a walk through the fishermen's quarter.

Away from the roads and through park-like areas, the Weser cycle path leads car-free into the city centre of Bremen. As the second largest North Sea harbour, the city is of great importance in shipping and overseas trade. Worth seeing are the Schnoor district, the Roland statue and the monument to the Bremen Town Musicians. Your cycling holiday along the Weser, Mittelland Canal and Aller ends in Bremen. Individual return journey in the afternoon or start your extension day and enjoy the Hanseatic city of Bremen to the full.