Grunewald Lake
Woodland and lakeside paths, with a large designated dog exercise area nearby.
The southern part is protected. Off-leash activity is limited to designated areas.
Plan your visit →Walking your dog in Berlin
Grunewaldsee combines woodland paths with designated dog exercise areas. For longer walks, compare the Wannseeweg and Wuhletalweg. Check the boundaries of protected land.
Places to explore with your dog
Get to know these places and the rules that matter before you visit.
Tempelhofer Feld
Spacious paths across the former airfield and three separate dog exercise zones.
Dogs must be leashed outside the designated exercise zones.
Plan your visit →Volkspark Friedrichshain
A spacious city park with walking paths and a designated dog exercise area.
The off-leash designation does not cover the whole park; some areas prohibit dogs.
Plan your visit →Wriezener Park
A central green space with an officially designated dog exercise area.
Off-leash use is limited to the designated area.
Plan your visit →Mauerpark
A popular park with a separate dog exercise area.
Dogs must be leashed outside the dog exercise area and are not allowed on playgrounds.
Plan your visit →More ideas for your next walk
Discover more walking ideas with local dog rules and useful links. Detailed GPS directions are not yet available for these walks.
Spreeweg
Spreeweg is part of Berlin’s Green Main Routes and runs for roughly 63 km in total. Choose a manageable section rather than treating it as a daily dog-walking loop.
Check local leash rules and any protected sections before taking your dog.
View walk details →Wannseeweg
Wannseeweg crosses south-west Berlin as one of its Green Main Routes. At about 30 km in total, it is a substantial walk, not a short circuit around the lake.
Check local leash rules and any protected sections before taking your dog.
View walk details →Wuhletalweg
The roughly 16 km Wuhletalweg follows a green corridor in eastern Berlin. It makes more sense to choose a section than to assume it is a short, spontaneous dog walk.
Check local leash rules and any protected sections before taking your dog.
View walk details →Grunewald Lake walk
Walking guide: AllTrailsWoodland paths meet the lakeshore at Grunewaldsee. An external guide describes a particular circuit, but no distance is estimated here.
Only designated forest sections permit off-leash dogs; check posted signs and protected boundaries.
View walk details →Grunewald and Hundekehle lakes
Walking guide: AllTrailsThis outing links Hundekehlesee and Grunewaldsee in Berlin’s Grunewald. Follow the linked guide for the precise path between the two lakes.
The west bank has a public path; parts of the east shore are private. Only let dogs off-leash in designated areas.
View walk details →Friedenau morning walk
Walking guide: OutdooractiveThis neighbourhood walk follows Saarstraße and Thorwaldstraße towards Hans-Baluschek-Park. For the exact route, use the original tour listing.
No route-wide off-leash permission has been confirmed. Follow the leash rules in public green spaces.
View walk details →Schlachtensee to Grunewald forest (SW12)
Walking guide: Berliner ForstenThis roughly 8 km woodland walk runs from Schlachtensee S-Bahn to Grunewald S-Bahn. Berliner Forsten describes designated dog exercise areas along the way; check their boundaries on site.
Off-leash exercise is allowed only inside marked forest zones and under control; different rules apply by the lake and outside the boundaries.
View walk details →Grunewald lake-chain walk (SW13)
Walking guide: Berliner ForstenAn approximately 11 km walk from Grunewald S-Bahn to Nikolassee S-Bahn, following several lakes in the Grunewald chain. The published walking estimate is about four hours.
Berlin Forestry explicitly requires dogs to be leashed on the southern banks of Krumme Lanke and Schlachtensee, outside the off-leash forest area.
View walk details →Grunewald forest and field walk (SW11)
Walking guide: Berliner ForstenFrom Grunewald S-Bahn, this walk heads through the woods towards Krumme Lanke U-Bahn. Berliner Forsten gives a distance of about 9 km and a walking time of three hours.
Forest paths are not automatically off-leash. Only designated dog exercise areas permit it, and nature reserves remain excluded.
View walk details →Grunewald S-Bahn to Grunewald Tower (SW08)
This roughly 6 km Berliner Forsten walk starts at Grunewald S-Bahn, passes Pechsee and ends at Grunewaldturm above the Havel. Observe the protected-area rules around Pechsee.
Forest and lakeside paths are not automatically off-leash. Follow designated dog-area signs and protected-area rules.
View walk details →Grunewald quarry, Dahlemer Feld and dune (SW09)
A longer woodland outing through the gravel-pit area, Dahlemer Feld and Havelhöhenweg towards Krumme Lanke. It is a day walk rather than a quick circuit.
Forest and lakeside paths are not automatically off-leash. Follow designated dog-area signs and protected-area rules.
View walk details →Keerans Range and Havel viewpoints (SW14)
Berliner Forsten describes a walk from Krumme Lanke U-Bahn via Keerans Range and the Havel-side woodland to Nikolassee S-Bahn. It is a point-to-point outing between stations.
Forest and lakeside paths are not automatically off-leash. Follow designated dog-area signs and protected-area rules.
View walk details →Wannsee waterfront path (SW16)
This roughly 7.5 km shoreline walk goes from Flensburger Löwe towards the Pfaueninsel ferry and Glienicke Bridge. The published route stays on the mainland, not on Pfaueninsel.
Forest and lakeside paths are not automatically off-leash. Follow designated dog-area signs and protected-area rules.
View walk details →Schäferberg hill walk from Peacock Island ferry (SW18)
The circuit starts and finishes at the mainland ferry landing for Pfaueninsel. It crosses the hillier ground around Nikolskoe and Schäferberg without entering the island.
Forest and lakeside paths are not automatically off-leash. Follow designated dog-area signs and protected-area rules.
View walk details →Four lakes through Düppel Forest (SW19)
This approximately 9 km walk leaves Wannsee S-Bahn, follows waterside sections by Stölpchensee and Griebnitzsee, and continues towards Glienicke Bridge. Allow for steps and protected shoreline sections.
Forest and lakeside paths are not automatically off-leash. Follow designated dog-area signs and protected-area rules.
View walk details →Düppel Forest Kneipp walk (SW20)
A roughly 5 km Berliner Forsten walk from Wannsee S-Bahn through Düppeler Forst to Hubertusbrücke, taking in a historic Kneipp water site.
Forest and lakeside paths are not automatically off-leash. Follow designated dog-area signs and protected-area rules.
View walk details →Lübarser Trail (Green Route 4)
Lübarser Weg connects Lübars village centre with the area south of Mauerpark. At 14 km end to end, this Green Main Route is more than a short daily outing.
This multi-area trail can pass streets, parks and gated green spaces; leash rules and opening hours vary by segment.
View walk details →Tiergarten Ring (Green Route 19)
Tiergartenring runs for 23 km around the Großer Tiergarten and through historic central Berlin. A selected section makes more sense for an everyday dog walk.
This multi-area trail can pass streets, parks and gated green spaces; leash rules and opening hours vary by segment.
View walk details →Bullengraben Trail (Green Route 20)
Bullengrabenweg follows a western Berlin green corridor from Seeburg towards the Havel for about 7 km. It is shorter than many of the city’s other Green Main Routes.
This multi-area trail can pass streets, parks and gated green spaces; leash rules and opening hours vary by segment.
View walk details →Where can dogs run off-leash?
Berlin’s official map shows designated dog exercise areas as well as places where dogs are not allowed. Coverage is not complete, so check the signs at each location.
View official city information ↗
Data source and licence
Hundefreilauf WFS – Berlin Open Data · dl-de/zero-2-0
Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung, Bauen und Wohnen Berlin
Check the signs at the exact location. A dog exercise area does not mean every surrounding path is off-leash.