Getting to know the Weser River in a sporty pace

Let the Weser take you on an especially pleasurable bike trip! Follow the river on the most worthwhile part of its course. You will discover Hann.Münden and Hameln with their neat Old-Towns, Corvey castle, the chinaware manufacturer in Fürstenberg and the castle of Bevern, a real treasure of the Weser Renaissance. At the end of your trip, you will get to meet the “Town Musicians of Bremen” on a visit of their interesting hometown.

1. day  Arriving in Hann. Münden

We recommend bringing enough time to visit the city hall dating from the Weser Renaissance and the more than 700 half-timbered houses of the town. Parking facilities and rental bikes at the hotel.

2. day  Hann. Münden - Beverungen 55 km

Onto the bicycles! The former Benedictine monastery Bursfelde is the first sight waiting to be visited. Next on your list are the worthwhile open-air museum with its numerous mills and Bad Karlshafen.

3. day  Beverungen - Hameln 82 km

The periphery of the Solling, Northern Germany’s second largest continuous wood-covered surface, will accompany you today! Fürstenberg castle, known world-wide for its chinaware manufacture, lies on your way to Corvey castle. After a short visit, you will follow your route to Bevern castle, one of the Weser Renaissance’s most impressive buildings. Allow yourself to take a break in Bodenwerder, home of the famous Baron Münchhausen, before the medieval atmosphere captures you in the Pied Piper’s town Hamelin.

4. day  Hameln - Petershagen 83 km

Leaving beautiful Hameln means discovering other new places. Visit the town of Rinteln, it also has a lot to offer: The magnificent Old-Town from the Weser Renaissance, the ancient harbor and the historical steam railway. Bad Oeynhausen is North-Rhine Westphalia’s only national spa. It attracts the numerous visitors with its 36°C warm "Jordansprudel" – the world’s greatest sparkling thermal spring shooting up into 42 metres of height from 720 metres below the earth out of its own force. The valley gets a little narrower nearby Porta Westfalica, where the Weser and the numerous cyclists have to push their way through the Wiehen- and Weser mountains. A number of interesting museums (coffee museum, Prussian museum, button museum, doll museum) and nice cafes wait in Minden, so that the last 9 km will be accomplished easily.

5. day  Petershagen - Hoya 82 km

From today on, the landscape will be different: You enter the North German Plain. Discover the Old-town of Nienburg on a special way: All you have to do is follow the bear-track to leading you to the historical sights! Afterwards, small villages with brick-colored houses seam your way to Hoya.

6. day  Hoya - Bremen 80 km

You will reach today’s first stop in no time: the horsemen’s town Verden. A wide panorama, meadows like green carpets, wind mills and farms scattered here and there invite to take many pictures along the route. Past a stork haven you get closer and closer to Bremen. If you are lucky, the Town Musicians of Bremen already greet you from the distance, but you should in every case make a stop in front of the bronze statue by the city hall.

7. day  Departing from Bremen

Your rental bikes can be left at the hotel. It is possible to travel back to Hann. Münden by train or to book our return transfer by minivan.