Hey guys, I am planning bikepack trip. Struggling with making a route, do any of you have experience with cycling across Germany? Which of these three routes do you think will have the best scenery? Thanks <3

If I were going to route a path between those destinations, I would probably choose the first route, but I would modify it as follows:

Find forest areas, either large national parks or just small forested areas. Plan your route to stay in forests as much as possible. Usually there are very good forest paths for bicycling.

Avoid any touristy attractions.

Avoid large cities, choose a route between small cities and stay well away from any large cities.

As a general route, I would pass halfway between Dortmund and Munster, then head toward Paderborn and Gottingen, noting that it may be better to route through the Naturparks in that area rather than heading directly to those cities. From there I would head to the forests south of Erfurt towards the border with Czechia. I don’t know Czechia that well but I would guess that the same strategy of riding through forests and avoiding large cities would give the best cycling experience.

I have biked the South and did the Munich-Berlin route last year, The red one might be hillier (Not sure !) but nicer I find Bavaria extremely pretty to bike, you can expect a lot of rolling hills, good infrastructure, a bit of forests and some Franconian architecture. The blue one is more around the empty center of Germany although cycling around Dresden and Leipzig is interesting (You get to see a bit of the good old east ). For nature I would stick with the red though….

i’d go through the alps

Out of these 3, definitely the red one.

Do you know the Eurovelo Network?

It might be helpful https://en.eurovelo.com/#routes-and-countries

Honestly I would plan the ride in komoot and see if there is any highlights to ad along the way.

id do the blue one, my only reason is the Sächsische Schweiz/Czech Paradise though 🤷‍♂️

I’d go with a modified version of the blue one. So what you do is, from Amsterdam you follow the Euroroute R1 (https://www.r1-radweginfo.de/en/) all the way to Wittenberg. You’ll pass some nice oldschool german cities like Münster & Höxter, will travel along the Harz Mountains (the climbing is manageable, as you are not crossing the mountains), if you are into modern architecture Dessau, the Bauhaus city, will definitely be worth checking out, if you are into beer, Goslar (Gose beer) and Einbeck (where the Bock beer was born) are must-sees. In Wittenberg, where Martin Luther started the protestant reformation, you’ll start to follow the Elbe-Radweg along the river, you guessed right, Elbe. (https://www.elbe-cycle-route.com/). At first it’s a bit unspectacular but really picks up before Dresden (around Meißen). Dresden of course is worth a visit as well. You can continue to Prague or follow your original blue route. I just returned from a trip trough the Czech republic and you can do some wonderful cycling there.

Edit: South of Prague it really gets hilly, so if you are still up for some mountains that might be a good way to go to Brno. You could also go from Prague to Vienna (google Prague Vienna Greenway) and if you still have the time, cycle from Vienna to Brno, or just take a train.

Try the elbe bicycle path

Komoot is a great app with lots of user submitted content and recommendations. The planning tool is excellent – you can add recommended segments easily – and you can send your routes to the usual bike computer apps.