Cycling Berlin Brandenburg

04/08/2024

Today's 100km .berlin 🚴🇩🇪 was emotionally challenging. The last time I raced was on the 7th of October, 2023 🇮🇱😓 and throughout the race today I had a hard time fighting the sadness; as I tried to push away the tears, and focus on breathing and cycling technique.
And I kept going, and fought myself, and even got through the puddles of the last 10 pouring rain kilometres.
Major kudos to a perfectly organised event. I'm proud of my city, and proud that I did it.


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03/08/2024

Glienicker Brücke (Glienicke Bridge), a.k.a The Bridge of Spies.

01/08/2024

Today I cycled to the Bird Protection Reserve at Flughafensee (a.k.a Tegel Bird Sanctuary). Got me some nice pics of the Great Spotted woodpecker (in German: Buntspecht) - Dendrocopos major.

01/08/2024

Last week I guided the lovely Paul and Erica, and had great time with them! Meeting cool people is definitely one of the best perks of my job.

29/07/2024

Berlin's .berlin will take place next week. As preparation, I did a reconnaissance ride of the 100km course.
After a rainy start, the sky cleared and I was able to enjoy the beautiful route - map on the third picture.
If you are in Berlin next Sunday, come and cheer!



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29/07/2024

Guten Morgen Sunny Berlin ☀️😎

23/07/2024

Today's ride through the Polish and Czech country side was a long overdue dream of mine.
As I descended down from the Giant Mountains, the views changed into the picturesque Frydlant Hills, and the beautiful agricultural land of Lower Silesia, until I reached the end of the ride at the German border on the tranquil Lusatian Neiße.
This region (Lower Silesia Voivodeship and north Liberec region) is geographically and historically fascinating, and was a pure joy to ride. I can't wait to the next chance to ride here again!!!

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22/07/2024

The Giant Mountains (Riesengebirge) is a mountain range, with the Czech-Polish border running along its top.
The nature around the mountain pass I climbed has a certain feeling of mesmerising wilderness, making the pedalling up and down the mountain (twice...) a truly memorable experience!

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22/07/2024

First conclusion after a day of climbing to the Polish side of the Giant Mountains (Riesengebirge in German): I'm as genetically far from Tadej Pogačar as humans are from Vulcans 🖖🏻
Second conclusion, cycling here is pure happiness; worth every drop of blood and sweat 🚴

21/07/2024

'Cubism' in the Museum Island

20/07/2024

19/07/2024

The TV Tower hiding behind the Berliner Dom is one of my all time favourite pictures of Berlin.
Taken this morning, the trees in the morning sun gave it a beautiful summer look.

18/07/2024

16/07/2024

Berlin's International Central Station: The Deep

13/07/2024

New art installation on Under den Linden.
Artist Mikolai Tomasz Wassermann explains:
"My art aims to create a reflection on our modern society, the increasing isolation of the urban commuter, and the feeling of being stuck between the menacing threats of e-roller technology driven by teenagers pushing the cyclist into the impending doom of capital city traffic."

12/07/2024

The TV Tower and the puddle

11/07/2024

Today I got to see the Czech embassy on the inside, which was a bit of a dream of mine since I started guiding in Berlin.
This spaceship looking 1978 building may not be suitable for the working conditions of our times, and to the longer warmer summers. And yet it has a certain aesthetic charm. It's hard to say if the more experienced Czech diplomats are able - or even want - to separate the political ideology the building represented during the Czechoslovakian era from the artistic value.
I, for one, hope the government in Prague will invest in turning the building into a museum for Czech culture ❤️🇨🇿

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10/07/2024

Pics from today's tour in Potsdam

10/07/2024

Sanssouci Palace

09/07/2024

Surreal classic Israeli literature comes to life in Berlin:

"After the working hours I would stay in the factory and build myself twisted pipes; the kind that look like curled up snakes, and I would role marbles through them. I know it sounds idiotic, I didn't even like doing that, but I continued anyway." Etgar Keret, 1995.

08/07/2024

More Berlin style sunset hunting

07/07/2024

Beautiful sunset moment at the Storkower Straße S-Bahn station.

05/07/2024

Speedy pictures from the tour I guided today in the Spreewald

05/07/2024

Scenes from the Spreewald

03/07/2024

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on a rainy summer day.

03/07/2024

The Bode and the Tower

02/07/2024

Scenes from Berlin

24/06/2024

A typical summer training ride in Brandenburg includes:
✅ picturesque Simpsons clouds, ☁️
✅ wise old Oak trees to lean on, 🌳
✅ fantastic looking wind turbines, 🌬️
And!
✅ fields full of beautiful flowers 🌺🌹

22/06/2024

Trainspotting of the S-Bahn kind

22/06/2024

Fläming Skate - ca 50-60 km south-west of Berlin - is probably the best cycling secrets Brandenburg has to offer.
This wonderful project has more than 230 km uninterrupted cycling paths (of mostly high quality asphalt!).
As Berlin's .berlin is getting closer, I went back to train on course number 1 (RK1) - a gorgeous 94 km route, with plenty of options to sprint, and even a few great technical turns (map in the last pic).
One can start the RK1 route in Jüterbog, or from Luckenwalde, adding 4-5 Km. Trains to both towns run twice hourly from Berlin Hbf.
Link to the route:
https://www.flaeming-skate.de/de/strecken/rundkurs-1.php

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