Berlin - Tiergarten Run

No matter where you are in the world, you can always find a park or forest or other area to go running. As I'll be in Berlin all of next week I decided to Google where I could continue my training runs. Low and behold, right next to the hotel I'm staying is the Tiergarten, Berlin's central park!

And I found a nice 7.7 KM run that also provides some major sight seeing! I'm chuffed! =]

(The red dot on the map below is next to my hotel!)

This is one of the few places where you can combine sport and sightseeing! While the southern part of the track runs through the green lung of Berlin - the Tiergarten - the northern part passes the most famous government buildings, such as the Reichstag and the Bellevue Palace, home of the German president.

You can best start from the Hansaviertel (the red point on the left on the map). The route passes by the new Ministry of the Interior and Schloss Bellevue (Bellevue Palace), official seat of the German Federal President. Next comes a group of residences for government employees commonly referred to as the "Bundesschlange" ("Federal Snake"), and finally the "Band des Bundes" with its solitary buildings: the administration buildings of the German Parliament, the German Parliament "Reichstag", and the new Federal Chancellery. Then enter back in the Tiergarten, Berlin’s "Central Park", which takes you back to the Hansaplatz.

The track: The total length is about 7.7km, bringing you back to the departure point. Within the Tiergarten you can vary the tracks of course, the one indicated serves just as a reference. It is mainly on large tracks or small asphalted roads, and the relief is essentially flat. 

Credits to: http://www.runningmaps.eu