It's Saturday, the weather's gorgeous, and you've got nothing planned? Then enjoy the weather on a refreshing bike tour to the local kiosks (a refreshing break is guaranteed!). It's the classic after-work ride with a twist. Want to go for another ride, but your motivation's waning? This kiosk bike tour offers the perfect combination of cycling and a relaxing break […]

It's September again, and the anticipation for this year's GRAVEL GAMES on September 23rd and 24th, 2023, grows with each passing day. The Gravel Rides are also fully planned and scouted, and I can already give you a little preview. The tour program is really packed with exciting options – I promise! And of course, […]

Summer beckons with Mediterranean temperatures (well, somewhere else in the world, just not in the Ruhr area), and what could be better than a culinary bike tour through the vineyards? Vineyards in the Ruhr area? You read that right! I'll take you to one of Germany's most extraordinary wine regions: Dortmund! Click on the link below […]

I admit, I too have fallen victim to marketing and succumbed to the huge gravel bike trend this year. The merits and drawbacks of this type of bike are certainly debatable, but it's equally undeniable that these machines are incredibly fun on the nation's gravel roads. Light, agile, and fast – […]

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.

At the end of each cycling season, I like to do something extraordinary, something memorable. The days are getting shorter, the nights longer – ideal for a short night ride through the illuminated Ruhr region. No doubt about it, this tour suggestion isn't for everyone. You should be an experienced cyclist if you're planning to ride your bike through the dark […]

In recent years, Essen has developed a variety of local cycling routes under the brand "ESSEN.Erfahren" (Experience Essen), guiding cyclists through the city either along specific themes or as bike-friendly routes. There's a coal mine tour, two church tours, and even two beer garden tours. For us cyclists, the north-south connections are particularly interesting as transport routes, because these are […]

Cycling through the Ruhr area – After exploring the Ruhr area by car in 2018, we now spent three days cycling through the region. The route took us from Dortmund via Gelsenkirchen to Oberhausen and back to Dortmund. GPX-You can find the track for the complete route here (.gpx and .zip) […]

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 […]

Getting out into the fresh air on my bike – for me, that's simply part of a perfect weekend. It doesn't always have to be a tour on well-known routes, like around Lake Baldeney, along the Ruhr River, or on the Erzbahntrasse (ore railway line). The Ruhr region has so many possibilities waiting to be discovered. If for […]