Just a week out in nature: a cycling holiday on the Römer-Lippe-Route
It took far too long for me to finally put my cycling holiday plans into action. In the midst of the Corona pandemic, I first got on my bike for a holiday in 2020 (back then on the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path from Winterberg to Duisburg) and was absolutely thrilled that I could experience this kind of holiday […]
A relaxed cycling tour through the northern Ruhr area
At Pentecost, most people want to get out – out into nature, out into the countryside. I also desperately wanted to get out of the city and simply clear my head. Since I didn't feel like driving somewhere and even less inclined to test a €9 ticket on the German railway during the Pentecost rush, […]
Just get out and hop on your bike – cycling for the soul in the Ruhr area
Cycling was purely a sport for me for a long time. Through my job at Ruhr Tourism, the leisure and holiday aspects were eventually added. My bike also increasingly became just a means of transportation. Only in the last two years has the incredible relaxation factor finally been added, something I'd never really experienced before.
Mountain biking in the Haard – that can't be anything special! Or maybe it is?
I'll be honest. When I first heard about a mountain bike trail in the Haard forest between Haltern am See, Oer-Erkenschwick, and Recklinghausen, I was initially skeptical. After all, the word "mountain bike" is a combination of the English words "mountain" and "bike." The "bike" part isn't a problem for most mountain bikers, of course, but […]
