Lower bridge – St. Mark's Bridge loop from Brauerei Gasthof Greifenklau

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Lower bridge – St. Mark's Bridge loop from Brauerei Gasthof Greifenklau

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Lower bridge – St. Mark's Bridge loop from Brauerei Gasthof Greifenklau

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11.0km

150m

Cycling

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

Last updated: September 25, 2026

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1.63 km

Viewpoint with Benches Overlooking Bamberg

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A beautiful view of Bamberg from the seating area below the new building of the municipal utility's water tank. Below it are almost 8,500 cubic meters of drinking water.

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2.28 km

In the Domgrund

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Domgrund

The playground is in the shade and offers a wonderful view of the cathedral. There is enough seating. The next café is the Café Hörnla or the Cafézimmer on Michaelsberg. A big advantage of the playground: It is not very popular and the space is huge. Older children often build camps by the trees, play hide and seek and catch. For small children there is a sandpit and a great wave slide, seesaw animals, sandpit and a play tower. A small drawback: the trees lose a lot of greenery, so the sand is not perfectly clean, the playground itself was renovated in 2018.
Source: bamberg-lieben.de/spielplaetze

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3.03 km

Lower bridge

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The place to be for many younger Bambergers... this is where people meet, drink a beer and linger. This summer there was a beer garden on the lower bridge for the first time, which was well received. The lower bridge can currently be viewed "in person" again....

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3.14 km

At the Kranen in Bamberg

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In the past, incoming ships were loaded and unloaded with the two iron cranes. The port was the economic center of the city. In 1156, Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa granted Bamberg the staple right. From then on, every ship passing through Bamberg had to stop and offer its wares for sale in the city for three days.

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3.75 km

St. Mark's Bridge

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To get a nice view of "Little Venice" it is worth making a detour here.

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3.93 km

Obere Sandstraße (Bamberg bar and café street)

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The Sandstrasse is a street in Bamberg, directly below the Domberg and the Michelsberg. The surrounding sandy area is the core of Bamberg's old town. It is the heart of the Sandkerwa, the famous Bamberg Old Town Festival at the end of August.

The sand road itself begins as Obere Sandstrasse on Katzenberg, a steep place directly below the Domplatz in a direct extension of Dominikanerstraße, which begins at the Untere Brücke.

When people talk about Sandstrasse in Bamberg, they usually mean the street from Dominikanergasse to Markusbrücke.

Sand area is the name given to the alleys and lanes around the sand road. The area extends at least from Dominikanergasse to Markusbrücke and includes the development between (smaller) Regnitz and the hills behind it (Kaulberg, Domberg and Michelsberg).

The transitions to Schranne, Domberg and Michelsberg are fluid, but the limits of the sand are definitely reached south of the Schranne and north at the beginning of the Gaustadt district.

In the sandy area there is the Citizens' Association IV. District, whose name still refers to the division of the city at the time it was founded in 1891. He is the organizer of the Sandkerwa and also holds the naming rights.

In the course of the sandy streets there are historical buildings under monument protection, which are part of the world cultural heritage and city monument of Bamberg. In the area from Katzenberg to Markusbrücke, the street scene is characterized by old houses and palaces of various architectural styles and eras with small shops and za

bayern-online.de/bamberg/erleben/sehenswuerdheiten/historische-bauwerke-und-plaetze/sandstrasse/hlreichen Franconian economies and pubs.

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4.17 km

Schlenkerla Rauchbier Brewery

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First documented in 1406, the Schlenkerla with its famous Rauchbier is one of the tourist attractions of the city of Bamberg. In the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Bamberg old town, picturesquely situated, it is one of the places you must have seen in any case. Legend has it that the name goes back to a landlord whose hip was smashed by an accident, so he swung his arms as he walked. In summer there is a backyard where you can sit. Anyone who wants a quick beer on the hand, gets it in the hatch in the corridor and can drink it standing there.

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