Staying Home Sucks, home
Erwin Spindler Ansichtskarte Spreewald-Lehde
Lehde, the nearest town, 1 km away. Photo: Erwin Spindler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Bootsrolle

Kayak spot · Germany

Flat water: a lake, canal or slow river

Is it worth the trip?

82Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Sun 8: Wind 4 kn gusting 10, Air 10 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 82 out of 100

Wind
1 kn
Gusts
6kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 81 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
13kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 83 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
9°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 81 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 78 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
9kn
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 81 out of 100

Wind
6 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 84 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
10°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 185, good
  2. Mon 282, good
  3. Tue 381, good
  4. Wed 483, good
  5. Thu 581, good
  6. Fri 678, good
  7. Sat 781, good
  8. Sun 884, good
  9. Mon 980, good
  10. Tue 1078, good

The spot in one fact

  • Flat waterthe water

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Bootsrolle
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov85, good4 kn10kn10°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov82, good1 kn6kn9°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov81, good5 kn13kn9°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov83, good6 kn14kn9°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov81, good5 kn10kn8°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov78, good2 kn9kn5°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov81, good6 kn14kn8°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov84, good4 kn10kn10°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov80, good6 kn14kn8°C0.6 mm
Tue 10Nov78, good6 kn16kn6°C1.2 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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the spot and its town

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More kayaking near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Bootsrolle

A launch on the Bürgerfließ. No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. 20 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away. The town to stay in is Lehde. Within 5 km we also list 4 kayak spots.

  • River Bürgerfließ
  • Grade No grade is stated.
  • Who it suits No grade stated: ask locally before you paddle.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire 20 paddling schools, clubs or hire within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,400–US$2,630 each

about US$1,400–US$2,630 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to BER, estimated from distance and season, changing at AMS, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$489–US$1,020
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$308–US$509
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$161–US$308
Totalabout US$1,400–US$2,630

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Lehde

Closest

Lehde

2 min by car · 62 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 62 places to stay in Lehde · Booking.com

About Lehde its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 15m

About 18h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → BER, changing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), then 1h 25m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits