The Havel Canal borders Brieselang to the east and north and also connects to the Havel River. Water sports, a swimming lake, cycling routes and local cultural history give the town several distinct points of interest. When planning your trip, you can first decide whether water, cycling or art history should take centre stage.
Havel Canal and Nymphensee
The Havel Canal is used by water sports enthusiasts. Nymphensee in Brieselang is also a place for water activities: it is a swimming lake used by swimmers and water sports enthusiasts. The two bodies of water serve different purposes: the canal connects to the Havel and is used for water sports, while Nymphensee is a swimming lake. You can therefore plan a water-focused stay around either the canal or swimming in the lake.
Cycling from Brieselang
The Havel Cycle Route can be reached from Brieselang. Stage 7 of the FONTANE.RAD Tour starts at Brieselang station on Platz des Friedens. It follows the Havel Canal towards Ketzin/Havel and then continues through Falkenrehde, Etzin and Paretz. This provides different reference points: for the Havel Cycle Route, the key point is that it can be reached from Brieselang; for the FONTANE.RAD Tour, a specific starting point and the sequence of places along the route are given. If a defined route is important to you, the stage offers a clear framework with its starting point at the station.
Klakow’s artistic history and cultural events
Sculptor Hans Klakow lived and worked in the house with studio that he designed himself, at Am Wald 69 in Brieselang, until his death in 1993. In 1999, a permanent exhibition was established in his house to mark his 100th birthday. The town’s cultural history thus links Klakow’s life and work in Brieselang with the later creation of the exhibition.
Events provide another cultural focus: the Märkischer Künstlerhof, together with Kunstverein Brieselang e. V., hosts concerts, theatre performances and readings in Brieselang. Klakow’s biography and the exhibition’s history on the one hand, and the variety of events on the other, offer different ways to shape a cultural stay.
Woodlands and landscape
The woodlands north and east of Brieselang include mature deciduous and mixed oak stands; they are part of the European network of protected areas. These woodlands offer a distinct landscape focus alongside water and cycling. If you want to include nature in your trip, you can also explore Brieselang through its woodland scenery.
A regional perspective on the Havelland
The wider Havelland destination offers additional cycling and nature experiences. The Havelland Cycle Route runs through the Havelländisches Luch via Nauen, Ribbeck and Rathenow to the Westhavelland Nature and Star Park. It is mostly paved, flat and pleasant to ride. The Havelland junction-based signposting lets you put together individual cycling routes.
Birdwatching in the Havelland is also seasonal: during spring and autumn migration, up to 100,000 geese and hundreds of cranes gather at Gülper See, along with numerous waders, ducks and great egrets. On the south shore, a roughly 1.5-kilometre-long educational trail with illustrated information boards invites visitors to watch birds. This adds an explicitly regional perspective on cycling and nature in the Havelland to the local focus on Brieselang.
Discover more destinations: Dallgow-Döberitz, Falkensee, Stechow-Ferchesar, Rhinow, Wustermark, Kleßen-Görne, Gollenberg, Seeblick
For the broader travel overview: Havelland.
