There are many easy hiking trails in Germany
Day Hikes in Germany Lake Starnberg In Munich for the Oktoberfest and already yearning for something else to see than men in short trousers and vomiting Aussies? Then I suggest the oompah-free zone of Lake Starnberg. There is no shortage of attractive hiking destinations for day trips near Munich where you are during the Oktoberfest….
Day Hiking in Germany Find a hiking trail at your doorstep – Wolbeck near Muenster For years now, we have spent most of our summers in Germany, mainly in the northwestern city of Münster. Germany is where we discovered hiking, and we used Münster as the base for many hiking trips around the country, but for…
Muenster The world record holder of backwards running is from Muenster NRW. But that is not what makes it worth a detour if you are already visiting Duesseldorf, Cologne, Bonn or Aachen. (Perhaps you’re also on an easy hike in the nearby Hermannshoehen trail?) Muenster is a charming town that is not short on historical significance. …
Hiking in Germany The Prettiest German Hiking Trail The Saar Hunsrueck Steig Trail The Saar-Hunsruecksteig in southwest Germany features 12 stages with a total length of 180 km. consists of two older and somewhat less high-profile trails (the “Saar-Steig” in the west and the “Hunsrück-Steig” in the east). Because of its Y-shape, however, you cannot hike…
Where to Go in Germany Saarbrücken is a little more than one hour by train to the south, provides a contrast to Trier in almost every way. Mainly in as much as it is largely new, fairly busy (as a centre of industry and administration) and, well, not particularly pretty. There are some historic buildings, but…
Hiking Hub Hiking Hub Trier is not only one of the oldest German cities; it is also one of the historically most important. Today, it is an important hub for a number of longer hiking trails in the area: the Rheinsteig, the Eifelsteig, the Saarsteig are all less than an hour away by train. It is…
Hiking in Germany The Saar Loop Who says that everything in Germany is efficient? The river Saar definitely is not, ambling slowly through the idyllic valleys of the “Rhenish massif” and managing to make a 10 km detour out of the short 2 km as the crow flies trip from Besseringen (seen on the left of…
Hiking in Germany The Malerweg Trail The Malerweg, 8 stages of altogether 112 km in east Germany. This hiking trail for painters follows the Elbe eastwards (upstream) from Pirna to Schmilka (at the German-Czech border) where it crosses the river and leads you all the way back to Pirna on the left bank. Profile Malerweg means Painters’…
Some Festivals in Germany There’s more to German festivals than the Oktoberfest. Why not combine your hike with a trip to coincide with one of the festivals in Germany – or vice versa? Here are some suggestions. 1) Rhine in Flames – Nights of Bengal Fire A night of fireworks on the Seven Mountains. Ideal if…
Hiking in Germany The Rheinsteig Hiking Trail Trail A very, very long 320 km from Bonn in the north (near Cologne) to Wiesbaden in the south (near Frankfurt) in 23 stages. Who has time for that? Which is why I strongly recommend to concentrate on the views-and-castles-galore central stretch between Koblenz and Rüdesheim on stages…