Where the leash comes off in Berlin

Twelve forest areas from Berliner Forsten, the fenced runs four districts publish as open data, and the runs mapped in the other eight. Type your station and the map measures every one from your front door.

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forest area, dog runs free fenced run, city open data fenced run, community-mapped dogs not allowed at all

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The rule everywhere else: since 1 January 2019 dogs are on the lead across Berlin unless they are inside one of these areas or the owner holds a Bestandshund or Sachkunde exemption. Distances here are straight lines from the station, not walking routes. Closed-off patches inside a forest area (nature reserves, fenced plots, bathing spots in summer) stay off limits even when the map shows green.

Tool visual credits: forest areas from Berliner Forsten, Hundeauslauf im Wald; fenced runs and ban zones from the Berlin Geoportal Hundefreilauf dataset (Datenlizenz Deutschland Zero 2.0, four districts); runs in the other districts, forest outlines and station positions © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); district borders from the Berlin Geoportal ALKIS.