Live guide1-Hour Spree Cruise with a Live Guide
A real guide on the microphone in German and English, under a glass roof that closes in seconds when it rains.
Route: Mitte loop: Museum Island to the Reichstag
Nine cruises on the Spree and the Havel, sorted by what you actually get: an hour through Mitte, a longer route east or west, or a boat of your own. Each one has its own page with the route, the commentary and what guests say.
Museum Island, the Cathedral and the Reichstag. Short, central and cheap.
Live guideA real guide on the microphone in German and English, under a glass roof that closes in seconds when it rains.
Route: Mitte loop: Museum Island to the Reichstag
Most reviewedThe classic hour from the busiest pier: Museum Island, the Cathedral and the Reichstag, five minutes from the S-Bahn.
Route: Mitte loop: Nikolaiviertel to Lutherbrücke
Built in 1908A wood-panelled 1908 saloon boat, now silent on electric power, with drinks served at your table near the Reichstag.
Route: Mitte loop from the Reichstag to Museum Island
West to Charlottenburg, or east past the Wall and through the Landwehr Canal.
Most reviewed long tripTwo and a quarter hours west past Bellevue to Charlottenburg Palace, then back through the quiet Westhafen canals.
Route: West loop: Bellevue, Charlottenburg Palace, Westhafen canals
East Side GalleryThe whole loop: East Side Gallery, the green Landwehr Canal, three locks and more than 50 bridges in three and a quarter hours.
Route: Full loop: East Side Gallery, Landwehr Canal, government quarter
Max 36 guestsA silent solar boat for 36 from the Oberbaum Bridge: East Side Gallery, Museum Island and the Reichstag, with a welcome drink.
Route: East Side Gallery to the government quarter
Steer the boat yourself, or eat dinner while someone else does.
No licence neededYour own silent electric boat for up to eight, no licence: bring a picnic and potter east from the Oberbaum Bridge.
Route: East from the Oberbaum Bridge: Molecule Man, Treptow
EveningA glass of Prosecco and three or four courses at a reserved window table, from Charlottenburg to Museum Island and back.
Route: Charlottenburg to Museum Island and back, at dusk
Cross-sellNinety minutes on the Havel: Babelsberg, the Glienicke Bridge, Pfaueninsel and Cecilienhof, a short ride from Berlin.
Route: Havel lakes: Babelsberg, Glienicke Bridge, Cecilienhof