Friedrichshain's Spree riverbanks, including the East Harbor, are considered one of the city's liveliest. The harbor facilities are narrow and stretch for one to two kilometers between the Spree and a busy thoroughfare. In recent years, the music and fashion industries have been transforming the former industrial buildings into creative spaces. While this has lost the original charm of the old buildings, something new, exciting, and vibrant has emerged.

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January 18, 2022

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Osthafen between Oberbaum Bridge and Elsen Bridge

Friedrichshain's Spree riverbank boasts one of the liveliest and most beautiful river access points in the city, the Osthafen. Narrow but one to …

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Beyond the Horizon

July 13, 2025

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The promenade belongs to strollers. Cyclists buzz by like fleeting thoughts. Every now and then a boat creaks, a dog barks, the water gurgles against the sheet pile walls. The traffic roars just a few meters away, but here it seems shielded, almost otherworldly.

At the Oberbaum Bridge, Berlin suddenly becomes romantic. Battlements, towers, a hint of fairytale – as if someone had stretched a Prussian toy castle over the Spree. Its red brick casts deep reflections in the water, so sharply defined that you have to look twice to know which way is up and which way is down.

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1. Rummelsburger Lake – Oberbaum Bridge loop from Warschauer Straße

23.4km

05:58

80m

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2. Brandenburg Gate – Friedrichs Bridge loop from Berlin Ostkreuz (Ostbahn)

19.6km

05:01

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3. Arena Berlin – Oberbaum Bridge loop from Warschauer Straße

5.25km

01:21

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Distance 969 m

Downhill 0 m

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Osthafen Promenade

1. Rummelsburger Lake – Oberbaum Bridge loop from Warschauer Straße

2. Brandenburg Gate – Friedrichs Bridge loop from Berlin Ostkreuz (Ostbahn)

3. Arena Berlin – Oberbaum Bridge loop from Warschauer Straße

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