Due to the lack of an option to cross the North Elbe between Spadenland and Moorwerder, the 2nd Green Ring currently leads in a large arc over the New Elbe Bridge and through Wilhelmsburg to the south. The route begins on the Elbe near Teufelsbrück and connects the large parks and green areas on the Geest. It first runs through Wesselhöftpark / Westerpark / Jenischpark with Jenischhaus and Barlach Museum as well as the Altonaer Volkspark with school garden and the famous dahlia garden. It continues through the large forest area of the Niendorfer enclosure, the allotments in Groß Borstel, along the Alster, over the main cemetery Ohlsdorf as the largest park cemetery in the world, the former Farmsen trotting track, the Jenfelder Moorpark, the Öjendorfer Park with a large bathing lake and through the Boberger Niederung nature reserve with its inland dunes and wetland biotopes extending into the Billwerder cultural landscape. The southern route is characterized by extensive marsh landscapes with grasslands, fruit, vegetable and flower cultivation as well as the Elbe in its scenic diversity from the big river to the small side arms. The route begins at the Dove-Elbe water park and leads to the Tatenberger Schleuse, where you can take a short tour through the Vier- und Marschlande to the former pier on the Norderelbe. Along the former Kaltehofe waterworks, it goes to Entenwerder Park and further over the New Elbe Bridge in the direction of the rural areas of Wilhelmsburg. After crossing the Süderelbe, the route leads past the Neuländer See, over the bridge at the Harburg goods station, on through the Harburg city park with its outdoor mill pond and show gardens, the Göhlbach valley and the forest in Meyers Park. On the other side of Stader Straße it goes through the Süderelbmarsch, along the Moorburger Landscheide, over the Elbe dykes in Moorburg and Francop, past the scouring area in Francop to Finkenwerder. Here the Elbe ferry to Teufelsbrück connects the southern and northern parts of the 2nd Green Ring.