This was my final day and I decided to cycle to Aschersleben and catch a train back to Berlin from there.
I left Halberstadt through some industrial estate, but found a traffic-free route to Wegeleben and Adersleben. Back on the road I reached Aschersleben after passing Hedersleben and Schadeleben.
Aschersleben boasted a very similar water tower to Halberstadt's.
There is also an odd monument of someone walking along a section of the old city wall.
I had breakfast in a nearby bakery and caught the train to Dessau where I had to change for Berlin.
Half of Dessau to one side of the station is an ordinary medium-size town with stark reminders of its Communist past.
The other side to the north-west of the station is an entirely different matter. Looking around I was very impressed by the traffic-free road crossing the university campus.
The road is surrounded by Bauhaus architecture and filled with cyclists and strolling pedestrians – a calm glimpse of what cities could feel like if our society could muster the collective will to ban cars and win back the space which is currently sacrificed to individual traffic.
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