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- Day 157
- Friday, September 27, 2024 at 6:57 PM
- 🌬 13 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
GermanyIsraelsdorf53°54’24” N 10°45’17” E
Lets go to Lübeck...or not

Today I came close to Lübeck, a town with a beautiful historic city center, but I never entered it...
Leaving the water channel I walked through fields and forests with small villages in between into the east. I was really surprised to see a town sign saying Lübeck even though I wasn't anywhere near Lübeck. Right behind it was another sign with the actual name of this small village called Beidendorf about 9 km south of Lübeck.
Well, I entered Lübeck, at least for a moment. I followed the trail until I came to a supermarket in a suburb of Lübeck. I came to a small but beautiful heather field where I met a woman with a dog two times, because she took the smarter way. A few minutes later I stopped to talk with a couple and they gave me energy and motivated me. There the woman with the dog walked past me only to overtake her a minute later again. A long and dense forest stretch with small trees and many day hikers as well as cyclists enjoying the nature.
Once out of the forest I crossed a street and reached a water edge. I knew I had to get to the other side and on my map there was a big road connecting both sides. There I had to realize it is a tunnel for the highway, but no crossing for pedestrians or even cyclists. I could've taken a shuttle bus to get to the other side but I am still on all by foot mission. I checked the map for the next bridge and saw I am almost going to the old part of Lübeck. At least the distance was almost the same and it looked like a nice trail for the first part.
A gorgeous old village right at the start of the detour, which I almost wanted to skip unknowingly what to expect. I followed the river until the trail led me along a big riverside lake. I checked my map while walking and got surprised by a cyclist. I said sorry, the man only laughed and right after we parted I thought I saw a sign with a crossed out bicycle. On the other side I saw the same sign which made me angry for saying sorry even though the man didn't follow the rules.
The next hours I walked streets to get to the bridge and back to the trail again. The old town center was only 650 m away but there is so much to see in Lübeck and the landmark would've been at least 2+ km (+ time taking pictures) so I decided to do a trip from Hamburg in the future one day.
In the evening it got windy and started to rain but I kept walking into the night until I came to a community building with a shelter. First I thought, I'll leave early the next morning until I realized it is saturday the next day so there'll be no one there. Once the rain stopped I was able to charge my power bank at an outside power outlet. I was really happy after a long day of walking. I made it to the spot I guessed earlier.Read more