Train journey
Wernigerode
Environmentally friendly travelling to Wernigerode
Wernigerode is easy to reach by rail with the Deutsche Bundesbahn or Abellio GmbH trains. Situated on the Hanover-Hildesheim-Goslar-Wernigerode-Halberstadt-Aschersleben-Halle(Saale)-Leipzig line, Wernigerode can be easily reached by train. With a direct and fast train connection from Berlin (Harz-Berlin-Express), via Magdeburg and Halberstadt, it is also easy to travel from this direction at weekends and on public holidays.
from Dresden, Leipzig, ...
Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale) - Goslar (RE 4)
# Get off in Wernigerode
Route timetable 330
Halle (Saale) - Halberstadt (RE 24)
- Change in Halberstadt
Route timetable 330
from Hannover, Hildesheim, ...
Goslar
Goslar - Magdeburg (RE 21)
# Get off in Wernigerode
Route timetable 315
Goslar - Halle (Saale) (RE 4)
# Get off in Wernigerode
Route timetable 330
Hanover - Bad Harzburg (RE 10)
- Change in Goslar
Route timetable 320
from Berlin, Potsdam, ...
Magdeburg
Magdeburg - Goslar (RE 21)
# Get off in Wernigerode
Route timetable 315
Magdeburg - Thale (RE 11)
- Change in Halberstadt
Route timetable 315
Magdeburg - Blankenburg (RE 31)
- Change in Halberstadt
Route timetable 315
Berlin-Harz-Express at the weekend
Leave the big city behind and spend a relaxing weekend in the Harz Mountains without having to search for a car parking space. Take the Harz-Berlin-Express on the Abellio trains from Berlin to Wernigerode without changing trains.
The trains run every Saturday and Sunday morning from Berlin to the Harz Mountains. A relaxed return journey to Berlin is possible late on Saturday or Sunday afternoons. This also works in the other direction. Late afternoon on Friday or Saturday to Berlin. Return to the Harz Mountains on Sunday evening.
One adult pays €33.00 for the return journey. Tickets are available on the train. Further information can be found in the linked leaflet about the Harz-Berlin-Express.
A weekend by train in Wernigerode
Our proposal
Travelling from Berlin on Saturday with the Harz-Berlin-Express
Departure: 07.11 a.m. Berlin-Ostbahnhof
Arrival: 10.18 a.m. Wernigerode main station
Arrive & explore
- Half-timbered houses in the city centre, market square with the historic town hall,
- Lunch in one of the many restaurants in the city centre
- Stroll through the shops in the city centre
Visit to Wernigerode Castle
- Ride with the Wernigerode Bimmelbahn or a horse-drawn carriage to Wernigerode Castle
- The walk from the market square to the castle takes about 20 minutes
- Castle tour / view from the castle terraces over the town to the Brocken
Going out in the evening
- Events in the Princely Stables, in the KiK, in the Concert Church, ...
An overview of the programme can be found on our events page
City & Park on Sunday ...
- Participation in the public guided tour of the town, every day at 10.30 a.m. from the Market Square Tourist Information Centre (duration approx. 1 hour)
- Visit to the miniature park "Kleiner Harz" in the Bürgerpark Wernigerode
... or mountain & valley on Sunday
- Ride up the Brocken with the Harz narrow-gauge railway
- Example of a timetable (summer months)
- Departure Wernigerode at 9.40 am, arrival on the Brocken: 11.21 am
- Stop at the Brockenhaus (National Park House with exhibition), refreshments at the Brockenwirt inn
- Return journey from Brocken at 13.14 hrs, arrival in Wernigerode: 15.03 hrs
Return journey with the Harz-Berlin-Express
Departure: 17.42 hrs Wernigerode main station
Arrival: 21.00 hrs Berlin-Ostbahnhof