Ruppiner Land Circular Trail: a landscape of waterways and palaces to the north of Berlin

The Ruppiner Land Circular Trail is characterised both by water and by cultural places of interest, including the Oder-Havel canal, the lakes around Neuruppin – birthplace of novelist Theodor Fontane, Liebenberg Palace and Rheinsberg Palace – which featured in the works of the writer Kurt Tucholsky.

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Rheinsberg Palace with its park, chamber opera festival and theatre, Kurt Tucholsky museum, Rheinsberg
The Frederician rococo style first emerged when the plain Renaissance complex was renovated and extended to create a residence for Friedrich, Crown Prince of Prussia (1712-1786). Today, visitors can look round the palace museum and the Kurt Tucholsky museum.

At a glance

• Starts and ends: Neuruppin
• Length: 250km
• Number of stages: 10
• Altitude variation (approximate values): Ascent 2,700m, descent 2,700m
• Terrain: 80% unmade, 5% asphalt, 15% other, e.g. gravel