region is one of the most sparsely populated in the country from here it's just fifteen kilometers to the river elbe biking is becoming more and more popular especially for touring and that's no wonder really or can you think of a more spontaneous way of getting around you can take turns and detours wherever you like you can stop where every fancy so naturally i'm really excited about today's trip along the elbe river about the scenery and about how many kilometers i'm actually going to get to ride before my legs give up. the other river is one thousand two hundred kilometers long i've chosen to ride a stretch of the trail. and brandenburg. my first stop is that a so-called storage village in northwestern brandenburg every year more than thirty breeding pairs hatched and raise their young here this year it was over one hundred .