On another September weekend, my friend Francesco and I decided to go hiking somewhere near Berlin. I suggested heading to the Briesetal, a small forested area around the Briese River, just north of the city boundaries and south of Oranienburg. We took an S-bahn and then reached the station of Birkenwerder from where we began our hike. We walked shortly and entered the forest eventually reaching the start of the trail. We followed the path, running alongside the Briese, which in many sections formed small lakes and ponds, rather green and marshy and full of trees and tree stumps. The whole forest along the river consisted of the local greenery, mostly deciduous trees. At one point we then reached a hut in a small opening, the Alte Försterei Wensickendorf. They served some food and drinks but we had brought food from home, so we just found one of the picnic tables set beside the hut and ate our sandwiches. After that we continued walking, leaving the Briese River and its valley behind us and heading deep into the forest which at this point consisted of the usual man-planted pines. The sun had started to show itself and warmed us up a little as we continued on the hike. A little further on we passed by some more ponds and lakes, this time much larger in size and once again surrounded by the local deciduous forest. We then reached the shores of the Mühlenbecker See which we walked beside for a little while before reaching then yet again another pond, the Mühlenteich, right beside the previous lake. Between the two was the Schloss Dammsmühle, a neo-baroque palace built in 1896 and currently under refurbishment. We walked past it and further into the forest until after a couple more kilometers we then reached the remote train station of Schönwalde from where we eventually managed to get the train back to Berlin.
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