Berlin's sensational swimming lakes
When the hot summer heat takes over Berlin—when the air starts to stand still and the asphalt starts to melt—there’s only one thing to do: Grab your swimwear, hop on your bike and head out to the countryside, right into the cool, fresh water. Bring a friend and a frisbee for the perfect combination.
Here are the komoot community's favorite lakes around Berlin. Discover the beautiful nature at the gates of the capital. Let yourself be enchanted by large lakes with clear, blue water, discover lonely dream beaches with the finest sand and enjoy hidden bathing spots on wooded shores—so you can easily surf the next heatwave.
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Badestelle Großer Lienewitzsee
Bike Touring Highlight
Quaintly lined by reeds and mature trees, the Große Lienewitzsee is a wonderful destination, but the shore is difficult to reach. For bathing lures this bathing place, which is the only one of the entire lake.
Badestrand Lieper Bucht
Bike Touring Highlight
Is great for a little picnic trip during the bike round. Highly recommended for romantics at sunset! Dreamlike color games on the water surface. ;)
Strandbad Ferch
Bike Touring Highlight
Beautiful sandy beach from which you can walk long in the shallow water. Ideal for families with children. Ice cream and snacks are available at the kiosk. Admission: a few euros
Badestelle am Maxsee
Hiking Highlight
Surrounded by the forest, the Maxsee offers no big beaches, but heavenly Badeidylle for all water rats, which prefer it a little quieter and more natural.
Sacrower See Badestelle Ost
Bike Touring Highlight
Idyllically situated in the nature reserve Sacrower See and Königswald, the lake Sacrower probably has the best water quality of the lakes in and around Berlin. There is not much room to lie here, so it's best to enjoy the cool waters.
Waldbad Templin
Bike Touring Highlight
The Waldbad Templin, located a few kilometers outside of Potsdam in the direction of Caputh, is a great place to swim for all water lovers - from young to old - and easy to reach by bike or car. If you love action, you will find a beach volleyball facility and a large water slide next to surf and boat rental. On weekends is busy here, so I would recommend the ride on the bike. If you are too exhausted to go home after bathing, you can relax with the Potsdam water taxi.
More information, including prices and opening times:
swp-potsdam.de/swp/de/baeder/angebote-blp/waldbad-templin-blp/waldbad-templin.php
Potsdam water taxi: potsdamer-wassertaxi.de
Badeplatz Seddinsee
Bike Touring Highlight
Beautifully nestled in a wooded area, the Seddinsee is a recreational and recreational area for nature and water sports enthusiasts alike.
Nordstrand Werlsee
Bike Touring Highlight
The Werlsee, which is up to 15 meters deep, is known for its good bathing quality, and in summer it is a popular destination for swimming and weekend captains. At the beach you can relax and enjoy the sun and refresh yourself in the cool water.
Strand Peetzsee
Bike Touring Highlight
Bathing beach at the Peetzsee which is probably shared with the guests of the campsite.
Strand Schwarzhorn Scharmützelsee
Hiking Highlight
Located on campsite Schwarzhorn the beach at the campsite Schwarzhorn is equipped with a lawn, sandy beach and a volleyball facility. A snack bar is nearby.
Wandlitzer See
Hiking Highlight
Strictly speaking, the largest lake of the Wandlitzer Seengebiet is called Wandlitzer See. The fish-rich lake is hardly cultivated and is therefore particularly popular with nature lovers in and around Berlin. The beach band is open during the summer months and offers a kiosk, boat rental, children's playground, diving tower and various other sports facilities.
Badestelle Liepnitzsee
Bike Touring Highlight
No official bathing area with a large lawn, but quiet location for those who like it a little secluded.
Badestelle Stienitzsee
Hiking Highlight
The small bathing spot on Stienitzsee is especially nice for cooling off in summer.
Plötzensee
Bike Touring Highlight
Idyllic lake between Moabit and Tegel with natural outdoor pool, which has a hundred-year-old tradition (strandbad-ploetzensee.de). On the northwestern shore there is a nudist bathing area and meadow.
Rangsdorfer See - Strandbad
Bike Touring Highlight
Scenic location, the beach is just the thing for fans of the Ostalgia. Somewhat older it offers a large sandy beach and a lawn with plenty of shade and adjoining beer garden. The adjacent Seebad Casino offers boat rental. The large shallow water zone attracts mainly families with children.
Buckow Strand
Bike Touring Highlight
Child- and family-friendly beach with a beautiful view of the Buckowsee. With bistro and ice cream van.
Orankesee
Bike Touring Highlight
Located in the Berlin district of Alt-Hohenschönhausen, the Orankesee is just the thing for all water rats who do not want to move too far out of the city center for a natural bath. The beach Orankesse is equipped with the finest Baltic Sea sand from the Baltic Sea Ahlbeck - but in the summer also correspondingly well-attended.
Seebad Caputh
Bike Touring Highlight
Wonderfully located seaside resort with sandstrad and beach bar, where you can relax wonderfully. The entrance fee to the beach is 4.50 for adults and 2.50 for children. Beach chairs are available from 3.00 EUR. Beach volleyball and boat rentals are also available. Or you look on a boat tour from the nearby Templiner lake just over ...
seebad-caputh.de
Badestelle Tegeler See
Bike Touring Highlight
Suitable as a substitute when the beach Tegel is closed. But you have to be there early.
