View of the Baltic Sea – Molli Narrow-Gauge Railway loop from Bad Doberan Goethestraße

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Germany

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Landkreis Rostock

Bad Doberan

View of the Baltic Sea – Molli Narrow-Gauge Railway loop from Bad Doberan Goethestraße

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View of the Baltic Sea – Molli Narrow-Gauge Railway loop from Bad Doberan Goethestraße

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22.7km

60m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 11.0 km for 60 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.11 km

Molli Steam Railway

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Always a great photo opportunity. Definitely take a ride.

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4.28 km

Cycle Path Along the Molli Railway near Heiligendamm

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The route leads past the oldest racecourse on the European continent, always along the railway line.

Sometimes wave to the train drivers, mostly they wave back. 🙋‍♀️🚂🚃 🙋‍♂️

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7.75 km

The “Molli” bathing railway went into operation in 1886.
It has a route length of ~16 km and runs from Bad Doberan via Heiligendamm to Kühlungsborn.

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molli-bahn.de

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8.59 km

View of the Baltic Sea

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At sunset you can take beautiful pictures.

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9.64 km

Strandgut Café & Popular Bike Path

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Great bike path, there are many here. Met people and had interesting conversations

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11.4 km

Kühlungsborn Marina Promenade

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A wide sandy beach typical of the Baltic Sea invites you to swim.

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11.5 km

Kühlungsborn Marina

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Small harbor of Kühlungsborn.

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19.1 km

Molli Narrow-Gauge Railway

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You can hear it from afar, and when it has passed you can still smell the coal dust. Simply beautiful - something from the old days.

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22.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.1 km

7.57 km

3.62 km

397 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.1 km

7.72 km

2.12 km

559 m

208 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 29 October

12°C

5°C

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Expect light wind and shifting conditions.

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Comments

May 5, 2026,Neues vom Pleinair Festival in Bad Doberan/Kühlungsborn

Second day of the Pleinair Festival. It was still creepy at the marina in the morning. But at noon the sun came out and it got really warm.
No tour pictures today. Just a day result. Tomorrow is the last day.

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September 24, 2025,eine "historische" Tour 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚈🚈🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚈🚈🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️

Cycle to Heiligendamm. From there, take the "Molli," a Mecklenburg spa railway built in 1886, to Bad Doberan. There, visit the High Gothic church of the former Cistercian monastery from the 13th century.
The church is considered the "pearl of brick Gothic architecture."
Then take the "Molli" back to Heiligendamm and cycle back to Kühlungsborn.

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September 13, 2024,Unsere letzte Tour führte von Kühlungsborn nach Bad Doberan

Our last tour took us from Kühlungsborn to Bad Doberan. Bad Doberan is a beautiful little town. The narrow-gauge Molly railway, which runs through the middle of the town, is worth seeing. In the museum you could see relics and the history of Bad Doberan and Heiligendamm from times gone by. It was impressive and interesting.

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August 25, 2023,Tag1️⃣1️⃣🚴‍♀️🚴🏼‍♂️🚈 Freak out- Frank Zappa (Denkmal)/ Kühlungsborn- Bad Doberan

Instead of cycling with the Molli, you save €42.
The Zappa bust is artistically very well done!

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August 15, 2023,Tag1️⃣ 🚴‍♀️🚴🏼‍♂️"Rock Island Line"- Johnny Cash / Von Bad Doberan nach Kühlungsborn

The journey from Leipzig took place with IC1 instead of IC2, which suited us, so no conversion - carpet - RE. Route via Magdeburg to Rostock. Change there in RE with 2 cars, a 1st class🤷🏼‍♂️, accordingly the remaining 2nd class. filled. Instead of using the Molli, we pedaled the remaining distance.

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August 31, 2024,Bad Doberan- Kühlungsborn und zurück

Today we took advantage of the nice weather and went on a tour with friends from Bad Doberan to Kühlungsborn to the ice cream parlor and back again.
We had a very leisurely trip and were able to enjoy the 🌞. Everyone enjoyed it.

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May 6, 2026,Aufgeben ist doch ne Option

Pleinair Festival in Kühlungsborn, third day. The trip from Bad Doberan to Kühlungsborn is already icy cold. I have all the painting stuff on the bike plus a backpack. At least that warms my back.
But on the beach even more so! We are supposed to stand there and paint, for example, the wild sea. But my mother didn't give …

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