ALLERhand am WESERstrand

Start your tour in Verden, Dörverden, Rethem, Eystrup or Hoya and take your time to stroll through your destination.

And this is how you can travel... Possible starting points:
 
Verden in the direction of Rethem or Hoya 
If you are traveling by car, start at the "Am Allerufer" parking lot (next to the north bridge, free of charge) directly on the Aller. Leave the parking lot in a south-easterly direction and drive along the road "Am Allerufer" under the Nordbrücke bridge until you reach the "Reeperbahn" junction.
Turn right here and continue to the next intersection. At this junction, turn right into "Brückstraße" and continue over the Südbrücke bridge. At the next major junction with traffic lights (B 215), turn left onto the Aller cycle path towards West/Rethem or continue straight on and follow the signs for the Weser cycle path towards Hoya. 

Travel by train
You start from the main railway station in Bahnhofstraße. Go straight ahead into Windmühlenstraße, cross Nikolaiwall and continue straight ahead into Schleppenföhrer Straße. Cross Obere Straße and then go straight on into Nagelschmiedestraße, where the pedestrian area begins. At the Große Straße crossroads, turn right and then left into Brückstraße. At the next junction "Reeperbahn"/Untere Straße go straight on over the Südbrücke bridge to the traffic lights at the B 215/Nienburger Straße junction. From here you can choose. Follow the signs for the Weser cycle path straight ahead to Hoya or turn left and follow the signs for the Aller cycle path to Westen/Rethem.

Rethem in the direction of Eystrup
Your round trip starts at the historic castle courtyard directly on the Aller. Turn left onto the B 209 (Lange Straße), cross the traffic lights and continue diagonally right along Lange Straße after the crosswalk. After approx. 1 km, at the junction in the direction of Verden, turn left into the road "In der Heide" and stay on the straight road for approx. 4 km. At the end of the long road, turn right and continue for approx. 500 m. At the bend, keep right (Hasseler Bruch), pass the Hämelsee lake and cycle for a further 3.5 km (without a cycle path) on Hämelseestraße to Hämelhausen. Here you turn left onto the cycle path next to the village road until you reach Eystrup. Rethem heading west Your starting point is also the historic castle courtyard. Turn left onto the B 209 (Lange Straße) until you reach the traffic lights. Turn right here into Mühlenstraße and follow the road. At the next crossroads, turn right into Wohlendorfer Kirchweg. Then cross the small river Wölpe and follow the signs for the Aller cycle path towards Donnerstedt/Hülsen/Westen.

Crossing to Dörverden
You reach Westen on the road "Zum Sportplatz". Turn left at the crossroads "Hoyaer Straße" and follow the road for approx. 5 km. You cross the railroad tracks, reach Beckmannsweg and cross the B 215 via an elevated road to reach the village of Barme. From here, follow the signs for the Weser Cycle Path alternative route towards Dörverden/Verden.

Traveling by train
From Dörverden train station, turn right onto Bahnhofstraße until you reach the town center on Große Straße. Then turn left and follow the signs for the Weser cycle path to Barme. Then follow the directions "Cross-connection to Dörverden" in reverse order. Or from Große Straße, turn diagonally right into Kirchstraße and follow the route of the Weser cycle path over the Weser weir to Hoya or Verden.

Eystrup in the direction of Hoya
Your starting point is the train station. Turn right and cycle along Bahnhofstraße until you reach the junction with the B 215. At the crosswalk, go straight over into Strubenstraße. At the end of Strubenstraße, turn right into Kirchstraße and then immediately before the cemetery turn right again into "Eystruper Marschstraße". Follow the signs for HochZeit-Reise (2 blue birds) or Weser-Radweg to Hoya. Eystrup in the direction of Rethem The train station is your starting point. If you arrive by car, there are plenty of parking spaces available. Turn left onto Bahnhofsstraße, which is called Hohenholzer Straße after the railroad tracks, and follow the cycle path along the road through Hohenholz to Hämelhausen. After approx. 3.4 km, turn right in Hämelhausen onto Hämelseestraße to Hämelsee. In the bend at the sign "Bundesstraße 209", turn half left into the "Hasseler Bruch" for approx. 500 m and follow the paved road to the left. The route continues straight ahead for approx. 4 km to Rethem. In Rethem, you have the option of turning right into the town or turning left for approx. 500 m parallel to the road, then crossing two roads and following the signs for the Aller cycle path to Hülsen/Westen.

Hoya in the direction of Verden
You start from the Famila-Einkaufszentrum/ZOB parking lot on Weserstraße. On the left, along the Famila building, a cycle path leads under Weserstraße directly to Centralplatz. From here, along Deichstraße, follow the signs for the Weser cycle path to Verden. Cross-connection to Dörverden In Wienbergen, follow the signs for "Weser cycle path alternative route" (dotted arrow). From the Weser weir (open from 15.03.-15.10.), cross the canal bridge of the lock canal to reach the power station site. There is a small wooden pavilion here where you can take a break. Cycle straight ahead along Sympher Allee via Wulfers Hoff and then turn right a short distance parallel to Große Straße. Then turn diagonally right into Barmer Kirchweg, cycle a short distance along Weserstraße in Barme before turning left onto Hochstraße over the B 215. Pass the Wolfscenter (Kasernenstraße 2, open 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. except Mon. and Tue.) and continue straight ahead in a westerly direction. 
Dörverden in the direction of Hoya and Verden - arrival by car 
From the Dörverden town hall parking lot, go straight on through the town center into Kirchstraße, towards Sympher Allee over the Weser weir to Wienbergen and then on the Weser cycle path in the direction of Verden or Hoya 
Hoya in the direction of Eystrup 
You park in the Famila parking lot. Cycle left along the Famila building, straight ahead onto the bridgehead and over the Weser bridge, turn right into Hasseler Steinweg and follow the cycle path until you reach the junction on the right at the kiosk (signposted "HochZeit-Reise" or alternative route "Weser-Radweg") and follow the route to Eystrup.