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 […]

FINALLY: a nearly forgotten round thing is shining in the sky with full force on the cycle paths in the Ruhr area, bringing this completely rainy winter half-year to a glorious close with glorious warmth. If you're looking for the perfect spring bike tour, I have just the thing for you: a short beginner's loop through Essen […]

What's better than a bike ride? Exactly, a bike ride with friends. That's why I gathered a few people to join me on my favorite short bike tour: along the Springorum trail to Bochum Dahlhausen, along the Ruhr River to Lake Kemnade, and then along the Oelbach stream to Lake Ümmingen. What are the highlights […]

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.

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) […]

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 […]

When the leaves change color and autumn arrives, cyclists have two options to fully immerse themselves in the "golden season." Either they ride right into the heart of the golden forests, which is wonderfully possible in the Haard, the Kirchheller Heide, the Ennepe-Ruhr district, or the forests south of Duisburg. Or they climb […]

I've already introduced you to several railway lines in the Ruhr area that have been transformed into truly beautiful cycle paths. Today I'd like to recommend a tour that connects some of the best railway lines over a distance of almost 60 kilometers. Pure cycling pleasure, mostly away from road traffic, is guaranteed. Just the thing for the upcoming weekend. Cycling on railway lines in the […]