The Aller-Radweg cycle route is a hidden gem linking the Weser river with the Elbe river. The 328 kilometre long route passes through idyllic landscapes along the Aller river. It runs from where the Aller joins the Weser at Verden to its source beyond Eggenstedt near Magdeburg.
Route and sights
Verden - Schwarmstedt (54 km)
Cathedral, historic old town, German Horse Museum, Sachsenhain memorial and the Verden Dunes => Westen: Aller ferry between Westen and Otersen => Rethem: Londy-Park with its windmill, Burghof Rethem cultural centre => Ahlden: Ahlden Castle => Hodenhagen: Eickeloh reaction ferry => Schwarmstedt: Bothmer Mühle windmill, Harry’s klingendes Museum (museum of mechanical musical instruments),
tours of the town, Museum Railway, VerWell water park, Magic Park, Rethem nature trail, Serengeti Park Hodenhagen
Schwarmstedt - Celle (43 km)
Wietze: German Oil Museum => Winsen: Stechinelli Gate, windmill => Celle: Celle Castle with Residenzmuseum (Residence Museum), historic town centre with half-timbered houses, State Stud for Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Sprechende Laternen (Talking Lamps)
Guided tour, mini golf, Essel swimming lake, carriage rides, Hüttensee amusement park, waterskiing, sailing, surfing
Celle - Gifhorn (45 km)
Wienhausen: Wienhausen Abbey => Müden/ Aller: Fortified church => Gifhorn: International Wind and Watermill Museum, Renaissance palace of the The Royal House of Hanover dynasty, historical water tower with panorama café
Theme-based tours of the palace and town, Celler Badeland water world, palace theatre, Aller shipping
Gifhorn - Wolfsburg (26 km)
Fallersleben: Schloss mit „Hoffmann-von-Fallersleben-Museum“, Altes Brauhaus => Wolfsburg: Themenpark Autostadt, Phaeno - die Experimentierlandschaft
Stadt- & Heideführungen, Ballonfahrten, Rad- und Wasserwandern, Kutschfahrten und Reiten
Wolfsburg - Eggenstedt (82 km)
Oebisfelde: Castle complex => Seggerde: Farm house and farm park in the grounds of the former moated castle => Weferlingen: Ruins of early Gothic castle => Walbeck: Ruins of Romanesque collegiate church => Marienborn: Memorial to the division of Germany, collegiate church and chapel at spring => Ummendorf: Ummendorf castle with Börde museum => Wormsdorf: Romanesque church of St. Paulus => Eggenstedt: Sources of the Aller
Tours of the town, cycling tours, planetarium, BadeLand water park, ice rink, VfL Wolfsburg – German Bundesliga football club, Alvar Aalto
