PHOTOGRAPH: PHILIP GUNKEL/WASSERKUTSCHE
Berliners like to make the most of sunny days - just ask the bathers at the Badeschiff (pictured). But while this ‘ship’ is moored in one spot in the Spree, a Wasserkutsche trip invites all sorts of possibilities. These locally built houseboats are boxy models of space-maximising design, somehow sleeping four people and fitting in a kitchenette on a six-metre-by-two craft (there’s also the roof deck for extra lounging space). Though the city centre is off-limits, pretty much everywhere else goes, and newbie captains get route suggestions of anything from a few hours on city canals to multi-day trips out to lakes in the forests that fringe Berlin. A day’s hire starts at £215 in low season, and the daily rate gets lower the longer you book for.
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