Best bike touring trails in Göttingen

Varied circular route through the Göttingen Forest near Göttingen in Lower Saxony. This beautiful and varied route leads along beautiful forest and meadow paths to the ruins of the Kerstlingeröderfeld estate. A large area of forest was cleared in the Göttingen Forest around 1300 in order to gain arable land. A settlement was built in the middle of this cleared area. Today only the ruins of a large estate and the former stables and storehouses remain. This area is now a nature...

Stage 2 of the long-distance cycle route “Leine-Heide-Radweg”, Lower Saxony. This is the second stage of the 405 km long Leine-Heide-Radweg, which leads from the source of the Leine in Leinefelde (Eichsfeld) through the central and northern German heathland to the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. The second stage of the Leine-Heide-Radweg is around 72 km long, starts in Göttingen and ends in Alfeld (Leine). While cycling through the beautiful valley of the Leine, pretty half-timbered towns and...

Challenging road bike route from Götttingen to Kassel. This point-to-point route is designed for road cycling and connects the university city of Göttingen with the Documenta city of Kassel. The route is almost entirely paved and takes road bike enthusiasts on a journey south from Lower Saxony to Hesse. You ride on quiet country roads and designated cycle paths. The route crosses the hilly landscape that separates the Leine and Fulda river valleys.