Next to a bigger sandy beach close to the lifeguard station, there are several smaller bathing coves with flat descents into water for easy access. Though the water gets somewhat cloudy a couple of metres away from the bank, it is still good to bathe in. After all, this water is also used for drinking water processing.
The sailing and motor boats on the Havel provide for waves at no cost but the gas of the location is the ice cream boat, stopping by regularly. All in all: this bathing spot is still a real insiders' tip.
Address
Havel – Badestelle Kuhhorn
Straße am Schildhorn 514193 Berlin
Quarter:
Approach: Driving
Walking
Biking
Map
Business hours
- Open: Continuously
Important information
- Recreation Area: Large sandy beach, a couple of smaller coves
- Cleanliness: OK
- Water Quality: Information on the current water quality in all of Berlin's lakes can be obtained from Lageso, the Office for Sanitary and Social Affairs under phone +49 30 90229 5555
- Swimming Factor: Fairly good place to swim, moored buoys define the area where the boats travel - the boats provide for waves at no cost when passing.
- Bathing Crowd: Hardly anybody there. During the test bathing of the Top10 Team there was a maximum of 5 people at the same time: a grandma with her grandchildren and a lady bathing au naturel.
- Sun/Shade Relation: Very little shade available
- Snack: No snack joints nearby, an ice cream vendor on a boat passes regularly. The closest restaurants are GEW Hotel Haus Schildhorn, Wirtshaus Schildhorn and Schildhornbaude. They are located near the parking and the bus stop where you arrive.
- Next Toilet: None by the water, the closest facilities are in the restaurants
- How to get there: The remoteness of this bathing spot certainly has soemthing to do with its location. From the parking and the bus stop for the 218 bus you walk down Schildhornstraße to GEW Hotel Haus Schildhorn. From there, you take the left path leading to the bathing spot. It's a walk of about 15 minutes, certainly a lot quicker by bike ;-)
- Parking: Some parking spaces available, these can fill up quickly however on hot days.
