The ride starts inside Berlin, but it does not stay urban for long. The route leaves the city to the west, crosses Spandau and follows the Havel corridor out into the Havelland. Beyond Dallgow-Döberitz and Nauen, the traffic thins, the villages shrink and the fields open up. Ribbeck is the first clear Brandenburg marker: castle, village church, pear-tree story, then long flat kilometres through Paulinenaue and Friesack. Farther north, the landscape becomes wider and quieter. Neustadt (Dosse) appears with its stud farms, before Kyritz adds St. Mary’s and a proper small-town stop to the day. The final kilometres into Rosenwinkel are calmer, slightly rolling and far removed from the Berlin start. Around 116 km, about 510 m of climbing, and a full transition from city to Prignitz edge.
