Donau-Panoramaweg: Leg 2 - Kelheim to Poikam (18 km)

I wanted to continue the Donau-Panoramaweg, which I started back in 2024. So for a week, I based myself again in Regensburg. And I picked up where I left off.

Berliner Mauerweg: Warschauer Strasse to Schönefeld (19 km)

I continued the Berliner Mauerweg. And this is the leg when I finally get out of the city centre.

Berliner Mauerweg: Wollankstrasse to Warschauer Strasse (18 km)

So I continued the Berliner Mauerweg. This time, I went through the city centre, and therefore, this is the section that is most touristy.

Berliner Mauerweg: Hermsdorf to Wollankstrasse (16 km)

I've actually done the Berliner Mauerweg once, back in 2013. However, I didn't have a habit of bringing my camera with me back then, so more than a decade later, I figured it's a good idea to repeat it, as perhaps things have changed in the meantime. So when the weather started being warmer again this year, I started my hiking season by tackling a section of the Berliner Mauerweg, beginning from Hermsdorf in the north of the city, heading all the way to Wollankstrasse, for a total of 16 kilometres.

E10 in Brandenburg: Nassenheide to Löwenberg (17 km)

I suppose it is no surprise that the farther one goes away from the city, the harder it is to reach destinations with public transport. This statement is true with this leg, hence I am not too fast in progressing in my northward progress on the E10. In any case, one Friday, I took the RB12 from Berlin Ostkreuz, which took me to Nassenheide, a village north of Berlin. From here I picked up the E10 once again.

E10 in Brandenburg: Potsdam to Saarmund (15 km)

I went back to Potsdam. Given that Potsdam is where multiple hiking trails intersect, at some point, I would go back here multiple times over the years. And since I am opening another direction on the E10, I had to go back here one more time.

E10 in Brandenburg: Borgsdorf to Nassenheide (17 km)

After a small interlude where I went all the way to Mainz in order to hike, I picked up the E10 again where I left off, in Borgsdorf. I found this trail slightly annoying the last time, as for the most part, it was on bike paths, and therefore this meant that the trail was rather paved. Thankfully, it was less so this time.

Rheinburgenweg: Leg 4 - Oberwesel to Sankt Goar (9.6 km)

This was my final hiking day during this trip. Fortunately, the weather was fine, and so for the last time, I headed to Mainz Hbf to take the RB26 regional train, which took me to Oberwesel.

Rheinburgenweg: Leg 3 - Bacharach to Oberwesel (13.4 km)

So I continued the Rheinburgenweg. After a couple of rainy days which I conveniently used as rest days, I went back to Bacharach to pick up the trail and continue, this time to Oberwesel, about 13 kilometers away.

Rheinburgenweg: Leg 2 - Trechtingshausen to Bacharach (20.9 km)

The second leg was actually rather long, and due to the fact that there are also castles in between that are worth visiting, I split it into two days, by stopping in Niederheimbach and continuing the next day. The leg starts in Trechtingshausen, so I headed there with the hourly RB26 from Mainz.

Rheinburgenweg: Leg 1 - Bingen am Rhein to Trechtingshausen (12.3 km)

So I started a new trail. And for this one, I went all the way to Rheinland-Pfalz for it. I stayed for an entire week in Mainz, and thankfully, the weather was cooperative and allowed me 5 days of good weather to do some hiking. This time, I tackled parts of the Rheinburgenweg, and I have to say, it was a fantastic trail!

Paul-Gerhardt-Weg: Leg 9 - Schlepzig to Lübben (16 km)

Who the heck is Paul Gerhardt? After all, I hiked 140 kilometres of a trail that bears his name, so I supposed at some point I should know. Well, now that I have completed the entire Paul-Gerhardt-Weg, I have an idea who he is.

Paul-Gerhardt-Weg: Leg 8 - Märkisch Buchholz to Schlepzig (25 km)

Finally, I picked up the Paul-Gerhardt-Weg again. I've been procrastinating on this trail, and after last year. I still had 2 legs to go. Leg 8 was long, and getting to the start was also rather complicated, so it took me some time to actually pick this up. In fact, several of my recent hiking excursions in the past weeks were done with a different trail, simply because the time window to pick up this trail had expired, and if I were to still hike that day, I needed to pick a different and more easily reachable one. In any case, one Saturday in May, I finally managed to pick this up, and I made my way to Märkisch Buchholz.

E10 in Brandenburg: Hennigsdorf to Borgsdorf (16 km)

I continued the E10 one week after. And since it was slightly cloudy with a little chance of rain, I brought my rain jacket with me.

E10 in Brandenburg: Brieselang to Hennigsdorf (22 km)

Now that spring is here, and the trees have leaves again, I try to go hiking during the weekends when the weather is great. And this was the case last weekend, so I continued the E10 where I left off, picking it up from Brieselang and going all the way to Hennigsdorf.

E10 in Brandenburg: Wustermark to Brieselang (11 km)

Hiking season started again. One weekend in March, the temperature was warm enough, which I somehow define as being higher than 12 degrees. So I took out my hiking boots, my hiking sticks, and my hiking app. And I picked up the E10 in Wustermark, where I left it off last year.

Some Learnings on Using Hiking Sticks

I have been hiking on trails in Germany and beyond for several years now. However, only recently did I decide to actually use hiking sticks. And now I learned that they are a great equipment, and I am now wondering why I didn't think of using them earlier.

Donau-Panoramaweg: Leg 1 - Neustadt an der Donau to Kelheim (23.5 km)

I based myself in Regensburg as I wanted to begin a new trail, the Donau-Panoramaweg. I managed to tackle the first leg, which ran from Neustadt an der Donau all the way to Kelheim, which was almost 24 kilometres long.

Fränkischer Dünenweg: Leg 5 - Feucht to Altdorf (22 km)

Finally, I finished the Fränkischer Dünenweg!

E10 in Brandenburg: Ketzin to Wustermark (17 km)

I was on the fence between continuing the E10 or continuing the other trail I am in the middle of completing. But since public transportation connections for the other trail was slightly tricky, and I didn't want to get disappointed, not to mention that the next segment on the other trail was considerably longer than 17 kilometres and the weather was warmer than what I would normally like, I opted to continue the E10 instead. So I headed from home to Potsdam on a Friday morning, and from there I took another bus, which took me to Ketzin.