This is a really great lake. The water is so clear and there are many easy ways to access the lake…read more There's an FKK (Nudist) section and also a clothed section. You can cross the lake on a ferry to an island which is worth doing. The ferry costs €4 return (cash) and runs quite frequently until 6pm. On the island there is a Biergarten serving very traditional food and drinks. They take cash but also PayPal. Take your insect repellant!

Nice place, the most awesome part was reaching it from the S bahn station Bernau with the bike and…read moregoing around the lake with the bike. The only thing missing is that people should organize themmselves sincce there is mostly no business there, for example to eat something.

We're back in Berlin for the last day of our vacation and staying at a hotel near the airport, so…read morewe took advantage of the locale and lovely weather to take a two-hour walk around just one segment of the lake (I think it would take an entire day to traverse the entire lakeside walk). This was my ninth visit to Berlin during a period of 36 years and I'd never before explored this part of the city (the very northwest corner). It was a really nice way to end our stay in Germany. There was something very special about the walk and also the surrounding neighborhood (re: the latter, there are lovely houses and a very peaceful/charming ambiance). Truly delightful and memorable....

The place to be for the hoplessly romantic amongst us…read more The most heart-melting sunset in Berlin, over the water, with boats, ships and sailing yachst all over the area. Make sure you take a 2 hour-river-roundtrip (8-10 EUR) and find out more about the history of Berlin.