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Bicycle Concert 2013
Nordic Biking
Potsdam / Address: In and around and all about Potsdam
Scandinavia is just around the corner! Your Nordic journey in a day featuring 22 concerts, readings, performances, guided tours and viewings in 16 venues in and around Potsdam.
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For those who prefer a more relaxed approach (18 km) one of the tours takes them from Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate) to the Nordischer Garten (Nordic Garden) via the grottos in Park Sanssouci to Bornstedt. The Normannische Turm (Norman Tower) on nearby Ruinenberg (Ruin Mountain) offers spectacular views before the tour continues towards Neuer Garten (New Garden) where Orangerie (Orangery), Historische Borkenküche (Historical Bark Kitchen) and Muschelgrotte (Sea Shell Grotto) await the cyclists. Your next destination is Kaiserliche Matrosenstation Kongsnæs at Jungfernsee (Imperial Sailors’ Station Kongsnæs at Jungfernsee) and you finally reach Park Babelsberg and Potsdam’s nautical sports club.
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Cyclists with great stamina (27 km) head directly for Neuer Garten (New Garden) and then they initially follow the same route via Kongsnæs and Klein Glienicke to Babelsberg – here they go past the building where legendary film studio UFA accommodated its guests. Then they visit FilmMusikStudio Babelsberg, home to the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg. The next stop is Germany’s largest forest cemetery. Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf is one-of-a-kind with its Norwegian wooden church. Finally the great closing concert at Brandenburger Tor happily reunites all the cyclists.
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Check-In & Departure at Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate),
Potsdam from 10.30 h to 12.00 h
This is where you exchange your ticket for your Day Pass. You receive your personal details with all current information, this gives you free access to all concerts. Cycling within the historical garden of Park Sanssouci is permitted on the marked lanes only. Traffic rules apply.
Concerts / Readings / Installations
Brandenburger Tor (brandenburg gate): Prelude with the BIG FEET BOYS | Sanssouci, Neptungrotte (Neptune Grotto): "Fascinating Hardanger" with Nils Økland, Hardang violin | Nordischer Garten (Nordic garden): "Water Flutes" – taking part in Sound Art with Martien Groeneveld *) | Grotte Maulbeerallee (mulberry avenue Grotto): "Sea Shell Concert" with THE SPIRAL CONSORT *) | Bornstedter Kirche (Church Bornstedt): "Elegance on Ice" – Remembering Gillis Grafstrøm, figure skating star of the 20s | Neuer Garten, Orangerie (new Garden, orangery): Trying Scandinavian Instruments with Jürgen Motog (Haus der Klänge/ House of Sounds Caputh) *) | Palmensaal (Palm Hall): "Solo for Maupertuis" with Philippe Pierlot, viola da gamba | Historische Borkenküche (Historical Bark Kitchen): "Scandinavian Myths" | Muschelgrotte (Sea shell grotto): "Dreams of the Laplanders" – Sound Installations by Johan Sara Jr. *) | Matrosenstation Kongsnæs, Schwanenallee (Sailors’ Station Kongsnæs,swan avenue):
"Sounds familiar?" – bronze lures, played by Jesper Juul (Danish
National Symphony Orchestra) & Kasper Thaarup (Royal Danish
Orchestra) | Potsdamer Seesportclub (Nautic club potsdam): "The Floating Diva" | FilmMusikStudio Babelsberg: Karin Pagmar sings Zarah Leander Songs | Norwegische Stabholzkirche, Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf (Norwegian wooden church): Norwegian folk music with Benedicte Maurseth, Knut Hamre (violins) & Elisabeth Seitz (dulcimer) | Schwedenblock, Südwestkirchhof StahNsdorf (Swedish allotment): "Songs in Popular Style" | Brandenburger Tor (brandenburg gate): Closing Concert with GOTHENBURG GADJOS, Balkan Beats from Scandinavia’s! *)
Guided tours / Viewings / Lectures
Park Sanssouci: Neptungrotte, Nordischer Garten & Grotte
Maulbeerallee (Neptune Grotto, Nordic Garden and Mulberry Avenue Grotto)
| Bornstedter Friedhof (Cemetery Bornstedt): tomb of figure skater
Gillis Grafstrøm | Normannischer Turm (Norman Tower) on Ruinenberg (Ruin
Mountain) | Neuer Garten (New Garden): Palmensaal (palm hall): Lappland
quadrant, Historische Borkenküche, Muschelgrotte (Historical Bark
Kitchen, Sea Shell Grotto) | Matrosenstation Kongsnæs, Schwanenallee
(Sailors’ Station Kongsnæs, Swan Avenue) | FilmMusikStudio Babelsberg |
Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf (Forest Cemetry): Norwegische Stabholzkirche,
Schwedenblock (Norwegian wooden church, Swedish allotment)
Rent a bike:
Potsdam per Pedales
Potsdam Central Station, Gate 6/7 to the trains
Hotline: +49 (0)30 992 52 287
CityRad-Rebhan
Heinrich-Mann-Allee 7
ca. 300 meters from Potsdam Central Station
Hotline: +49 (0)331 270 62 10
