Discover Wandlitz

Wandlitz offers various ways to plan a trip that combines outdoor activity and culture. A day stage of the 400-kilometre 66 Lakes Hiking Trail passes directly through the town. Other highlights include the Barnim Panorama and the Golden Lion cultural venue in the historic town centre. When planning your stay, you can decide whether hiking, museums or a programme of stage performances should take centre stage.

A stage of the 66 Lakes Hiking Trail

The 66 Lakes Hiking Trail is described as one of Germany’s most attractive lowland hiking trails. It is 400 kilometres long in total, with a day stage passing through Wandlitz. Distinguishing between the long-distance trail as a whole and the section through the town helps you match your hiking plans to your schedule, without confusing the local stage with the entire route. If you enjoy exploring on foot, this trail is a concrete starting point for discovering Wandlitz.

Hiking is just one of several possible focuses. The town also offers culture and nature-related attractions: the Barnim Panorama combines a nature park centre with an agricultural museum. Its outdoor area includes a show garden and a discovery trail. In addition to the hiking trail, you can therefore choose between exhibitions and outdoor attractions when planning your trip.

Barnim Panorama and culture in the town centre

Every year, the Barnim Panorama in Wandlitz invites visitors to its museum festival. The programme includes a traditional fashion show, historic and modern tractors, and activities relating to the exhibition, show garden and discovery trail. The festival thus features both the exhibition areas and the outdoor grounds. If you are planning a visit around the museum festival, check the latest event dates.

Another cultural venue is the Golden Lion cultural stage in the historic town centre. Its programme includes musical events, cabaret, visiting theatre performances, readings and exhibitions. The range spans music and stage formats as well as literature and visual art. Together with the Barnim Panorama, this offers a choice of different cultural themes, without requiring you to limit your travel plans to just one type of event.

Barnim as a wider travel destination

The wider Barnim travel destination offers additional themes to consider when planning your trip. Chorin Monastery is a landmark of North German Brick Gothic architecture. The Niederfinow Boat Lift is Germany’s oldest working boat lift. These two places represent different regional highlights: brick architecture on the one hand and engineering on the other.

The landscape of the wider Barnim travel destination can also be explored on different scales. The Ice Age Geopark on the edge of the Oder Valley extends across the Uckermark and Barnim districts in northeastern Brandenburg. The district of Barnim has a 610-kilometre cycle route network, and cycling in Barnim Nature Park is another regional visitor activity. The 143-kilometre “Around the Schorfheide” circular hiking trail passes through Barnim Nature Park. These details describe different options for cycling and hiking across the wider Barnim region.

Numerous swimming lakes in Barnim offer opportunities to relax. Boat trips are available on Lake Werbellin, and canoe tours are possible on the Finow Canal. The Finow Canal is Germany’s oldest artificial waterway still open to navigation. Water activities and the history of the waterway thus complement the region’s hiking, cycling and cultural attractions.

Choose the right focus for your accommodation search

When searching for accommodation, it may help to start by asking yourself one question: will Wandlitz be the main focus of your stay, or would you like to plan your trip around the wider Barnim destination? In the first case, the local stage of the 66 Lakes Hiking Trail and Wandlitz’s cultural offerings can guide your plans. In the second, Barnim’s regional attractions may also help you decide where to go. This gives you a clear idea of the places and activities that interest you as you continue planning.

You can also discover Klosterfelde for more places within the destination.

Discover more destinations: Niederfinow, Melchow, Biesenthal, Hohenfinow, Chorin, Parsteinsee, Marienwerder.

Go to the wider travel overview: Barnim.