Ochtum Flood Barrier and Lock – Weser Promenade loop from Bremen-Vegesack

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Ochtum Flood Barrier and Lock – Weser Promenade loop from Bremen-Vegesack

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Ochtum Flood Barrier and Lock – Weser Promenade loop from Bremen-Vegesack

02:27

42.5km

90m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 16, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

Tips

Includes ferry crossings

Check ferry timetable.

After 717 m for 454 m

After 41.5 km for 454 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.20 km

Lemwerder–Vegesack Ferry

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During the crossing, which lasts only a few minutes, you feel for a brief moment as if you were on a real ship voyage. The costs for this are kept …

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3.31 km

Weser Side Gallery on the Weser Cycle Path

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If you have a really nice headwind, the path is a sporting challenge, or if you have a tailwind, it's a great race track.... "But always pay attention to the others"!

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5.65 km

Weser Cycle Path — Riverside Section

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Beautiful cycle path along the Weser and a section of the Weser Cycle Path.

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5.94 km

Weser Cycle Path from Ochtum to Lemwerder

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Beautiful, fairly new asphalt path along the Weser. Can be walked or cycled on both sides of the dyke. With access to Altenesch.

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6.78 km

Ochtum Flood Barrier and Lock

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The Ochtum barrage is a comparatively small barrage. That's what makes it so charming. Sometimes a mobile snack bar is also open there.

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7.50 km

Cycle Path on the Weser Dike at Vorder- und Hinterwerder

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Cycle paths on the dike have the advantage that you have a good view. This makes riding a bike more fun. 😎

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13.0 km

View of Bremen Skyline and River

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Very nice view. 👍

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21.9 km

Weser Promenade

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A great destination. There is always something new to see here.

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42.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.8 km

7.04 km

2.15 km

908 m

294 m

187 m

186 m

Surfaces

30.8 km

8.58 km

2.29 km

922 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 23 October

12°C

8°C

96 %

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Comments

August 6, 2022,Bremen-Lemwerder/Vegesack

The tour today was shorter than expected. I had to inflate the rear wheel with more air even before I set off. That went well for the first 15 km.
But then the rear tire went flat and pumping it up again was only enough for a good kilometer at a time. In this way you can also cover long …

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June 13, 2023,mal kurz in Bremen

"... and a new day begins." I'm humming the song from the musical Cats in my mind, which I'm being played here in the pedestrian zone in Bremen on a trombone.
A street musician.
Not too far a second.
With guitar.
It's very nice here on the market in Bremen and there's always something going on at the Bremen Town …

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March 9, 2025,Fahrradtour nach Lemwerder

The ferry in Lemwerder is not running at the moment. This should be taken into account when planning.

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March 9, 2024,Entlang des Weserradweg Heimwärts von Arbeit

You can also enjoy an evening after work. On March 9, 2024, to mark the opening of the cycling season, I went on a bike tour that I had already planned last year, along the Weser cycle path from work to Bremen Burg train station. But I'll get to that later on the topic of bike accessibility.

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June 18, 2022,Runde Lemwerder - Weser - Lankenauer Höft

In glorious summer weather, we finally (among other things) went to this wonderful section of the Weser cycle path between Bremen and Lemwerder and enjoyed the wide views and the good to very good cycle paths.

The slight headwind and headwind when cycling was very pleasant - it would have gotten too hot for us on foot in the sun.

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May 12, 2025,Deutschlandreise Tag 9 Campingplatz Juliusplate - Bremen

Today we could take it easy, with only 30 kilometers on the agenda. So we didn't get up until 7:00 a.m., had a leisurely breakfast, got ready, and set off around 10:30 a.m. We really liked the campsite at Juliusplate; it was very quiet, with friendly owners and clean restrooms. Camping was fun. Today, for the first time in the …

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