Bicycle tour to Belrin's Oldest Steam Engine* + Pumpstation.
About the event
The waterworks tour!
Guided bike tour of the water story of Belrin - with a exclusive access to the Ökowerk Nature Conservation Centre Pump Station.
Time: 16:00 - depending on start point Theme: Cycle Tour + Water Infrastructure + Industrial Heritage + Nature Distance: 13 km (with optional loop back to Berlin = 35km).
Dear Bike and Hike Group
As part of the Festival der Berliner Industriekultur I will be leading a cycle to the Okowerk Pumping station in Grunewald on the 18th September.
This amazing old steam pumping station - the oldest *in-situ steam engine in Berlin - will be opened up just for us and we will get the opportunity to see round one of the first modern water pumping facilities in the city.
Beyond this we will visit the Drachenburg to look out over the Havel river and discuss the importance of water transport, purity and filtration in the story of Berlin's growth as a world city.
Later we will look at the beautiful Wannsee Strandbad and talk about leisure and water in the Wagner's dream of the garden city in Berlin.
The tour will end at Wannsee Sbahn where you can take the train home or loop back to town on the bikes.
How to take part: If you want to come you have to sign up on the BZI site here: https://eveeno.com/festival_natur-infrastruktur_18-09-2026
Hope to see you there
Simon
