Obstroute (Fruit route) – Buxtehude loop

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Obstroute (Fruit route) – Buxtehude loop

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Obstroute (Fruit route) – Buxtehude loop

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36.9km

30m

Cycling

The fruit route takes you through wonderful fruit plantations to Buxtehude and back again. You will pass beautiful windmills, pretty half-timbered houses and impressive bridges.

The 37-kilometer round trip starts at the Lüheanleger. Beautiful cycle paths lead along the Elbe towards Hamburg. Here you can marvel at the large ships…

by Altes Land am Elbstrom

Last updated: June 13, 2025

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 6.91 km for 232 m

After 12.6 km for 125 m

Waypoints

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5.09 km

Cycle Path Through the Apple Orchards of Altes Land

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The fruit trees are a wonderful destination when the fruit is ripe and when they are in bloom.

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7.80 km

Aurora mill

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The mill is beautiful, you just have to take the back bike path, otherwise you drive directly past the road. And at the crossroads at the “port” we were lucky enough to find a van with delicious fish sandwiches.

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13.8 km

Estebrügge Drawbridge and Half-Timbered Houses

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The fully functional swing bridge over the Este between Moorende and Estebrügge is one of the rarities in the German bridge landscape. For ships traveling on the Este between Hamburg …

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18.9 km

Buxtehude Fleth

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The canal runs right through the city center, there are many street cafés to the right and left. Has a bit of Amsterdam flair ....

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35.1 km

Hogendiek Bridge

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The bridge looks a bit Dutch and is therefore a nice splash of color in northern German climes.

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36.9 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.9 km

10.6 km

9.95 km

5.25 km

101 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.9 km

14.6 km

4.24 km

1.77 km

240 m

232 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 17 October

14°C

8°C

84 %

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Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Comments

May 12, 2025,Buxtehude: Obstroute Teil 2 (12.05.2025)

We parked at the P+R parking lot at Buxtehude train station – no idea where that long spike at the beginning of the track recording comes from...
This route really does lead through endless orchards – it almost got boring 😉 It felt like miles of fruit trees. Instead of a forest highway, it was a fruit highway...
Otherwise, it's …

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April 28, 2022,Grünendeich - Jork - Buxtehude - retour

The round is particularly worthwhile in early to mid-May when the apple trees are in full bloom or when the apples are ripening.
Take a delicious fish sandwich with you at the Elbfischer and have a picnic along the way. Great.

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September 23, 2025,23.09.2025 Durchs Alte Land zum Lüheanleger

The apple harvest in the Altes Land region is in full swing. In fine weather, we cycled from Buxtehude via Jork and Neuenschleuse to the Lühe pier. We took a short break, enjoyed a fish sandwich, watched the ships, and then returned. It was a lovely tour.

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October 6, 2022,Obstroute Buxtehude

Significant problems with GPS today, comments too slow, navigation too slow, maybe too strong a tailwind, altitude meters cannot be reached in this area, totally wrong

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March 20, 2026,20.03.26 Ziel Lüheanleger

It's become a bit of a tradition that one of my first tours of the season takes me to the Lüheanleger. Part of that tradition is also eating a fish sandwich and drinking a beer there.

But there's also a tradition at the Lüheanleger: The prices change punctually at the start of the season. And since I wasn't willing to …

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March 25, 2022,25.03.2022 Für ein Fischbrötchen zum Lüheanleger

Today was the actual start of the season. As in previous years, the tour took me to the Lüheanleger on the Elbe. The fish roll was better last season but the Flensburger was OK. Despite everything, it was a nice tour again, although you have to wait a bit for the bloom in the old country.

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June 28, 2024,Jork, Buxtehude und Lühe Anleger Teil 2🙄

A beautiful bike ride, unfortunately recorded in two parts. In the morning we rode on a donkey and took quiet, almost car-free paths to Buxtehude. A really beautiful little town. After a long ride through the town we went along the Este to Königreich and back to Jork. From there we extended the ride a little and rode along the …

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June 14, 2023,14.06.2023 (K)ein Fischbrötchen am Lühe-Anleger

I was actually looking forward to a fresh roll at the Lühe feeder. I was a little surprised that the fish stalls were still closed shortly after 11:00 a.m. But whatever. The tour was fun nonetheless.

Photos and reports from my bike tours on my website radtour-fotos.de

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January 24, 2025

The fruit route takes you through wonderful fruit plantations to Buxtehude and back again. You will pass beautiful windmills, pretty half-timbered houses and impressive bridges.
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The 37-kilometer round trip starts at the Lüheanleger. Beautiful cycle paths lead along the Elbe towards Hamburg. Here you can

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