I’m hiking northbound from Potsdam along the E10 to close out the entire section of trail around Berlin, so I can write up a hiking guide for it as a coherent whole. Beyond the greater metropolitan region, north of Oranienburg or south of Cottbus, there are a lot more campgrounds and spots to pitch a tent; but between those points, the E10 runs for almost 300km around the city with fairly difficult-to-find camping opportunities. I thought it would help to write a guide for it, so I’m closing out the last sections over some day-hikes.
I started my day-hikes along the E10 southbound from Potsdam last year, so now I’m picking up the trail at the same point, heading north. It’s quite warm for late January, but portions of the rivers and lakes are still frozen over. The ground is still frozen when I start my hike in the morning, as you can hear from my footsteps.
I’m going to release two versions of this video: this version is of the “cabview” type, with no voiceover or other commentary besides occasional text overlays. I’ll re-edit the video and add in some voice commentary for a second version that provides more context and some interesting local history. People seem to like the silent-hiking videos, but I also wanted to talk a bit more about some of the things I saw along the way.
This section of the E10, with the exception of an area around a tram stop, was extremely well marked, signed, and blazed. I never needed to check my map. My hearty thanks to the trail maintainers for marking the route so clearly.
This part of Germany, as was the case south of the city, is surrounded by low-lying marshlands, extensive rivers, lakes, and waterways. It’s beautiful country, and I got some lovely views of the landscape.
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