Orange route

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The Orange Route is a holiday route that leads from Amsterdam ( Netherlands ) through northern and central Germany back to Amsterdam. It is 2,400 kilometers long and crosses the Netherlands and nine German federal states . The Orange Route leads through cities and regions that have been linked to the House of Orange-Nassau for centuries.

Course of the Orange Route

Signpost at Oranienbaum

Federal states

Coming from the Netherlands, the Orange Route first leads in a southerly direction through North Rhine-Westphalia , Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse , then in a north-easterly direction through Lower Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt , Brandenburg and Berlin . From here it goes northwest through Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and further west through Schleswig-Holstein , Bremen and again through Lower Saxony back to the North Sea coast near Amsterdam.

Landscapes

On this holiday route, the most diverse landscape forms are crossed: The North Sea coast and the plains of Holland, the Lower and Middle Rhine Valley, the green, sometimes rugged, sometimes gentle low mountain ranges , the Havelland , the Mecklenburg Lake District and finally the wide lowlands of the north. In detail, starting from Amsterdam:

Attractions

Worth seeing cities, palaces, castles and gardens can be found everywhere along this holiday route. Places and sights associated with the House of Orange-Nassau are listed here: