Easy hiking trails in Westphalia in Germany
Catholicism, in theory, is the same all over the world In reality, however, its practices are as different as a village in rural Germany is from Rio de Janeiro. Catholicism is probably best thought of as an abstract concept like “art” or “music” – certain basic rules are the same, but everybody creates something distinct…
… no more, but still a “hiking hub” – and well worth a visit in its own right. It is still a place that can belong to the list of What to Visit in Germany. Just before the hiking season gets underway in our part of the world, here is some unfinished business from last…
Walks in Germany A Historic Walk in French Rococo Garden in Germany The trail around the Bagno Park in Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt (in northwest Germany) makes for the perfect winter walk. It is not too long to be exhausting, but not too short either (just right, as a matter of fact, to get you going after all…
Things to See in Germany Stumbling Upon the Ronald McDonald Gehry House of Oeynhausen Bad Oeynhausen has many things for easy hikers to enjoy – a river, a canal and lakes for a waterside walk, a forest with a deer enclosure and a park that is stuffed with classicist monuments. And what’s more, to complement and…
Easy Hikes in Germany Just What the Doctor Ordered Easy hiking, it turns out, is good for you. (I have always suspected that.) No, seriously: good not only in the way that it helps you to discover new things and broaden your horizon, not even good for your health in the sense that it is…
Where to Go in Germany Sauerland – Germany’s Best Kept Secret The Sauerland is one of Germany’s best kept secrets, unknown even to many Germans (at least to those who live outside of the Sauerland’s home state of North Rhine Westphalia), never mind to foreigners. And since it is such a quiet and unspoilt area,…
Easy Hikes in Germany Getting Off at the Hiking Train Station The train station in the West German town of Iserlohn is officially labelled a Wanderbahnhof, a “hiking train station”. When I came across that term for the first time, I was as clueless as you are now. It turns out that once a year,…
Hiking in Germany Of all our major hikes in Germany, the only one I have never told you about is our trip to the Rothaarsteig. This is a rather odd omission because the trip was, in a way, the most important of them all: our first ever, our baptism of nature hike, if you so…
Day Hikes in Germany Hiking Past a Nazi Monument Considering the big shadow the Third Reich was once (and, up to a point, still is) casting over Germany, there are relatively few places in the country with a Nazi Monument that can still give you a whiff of that old Nazi sulphur. There are, specifically,…
Walking in Germany An Autumn Walk in Muenster Going out for a longer walk or a hike at this time of year can be a bit of a problem. Once you have taken into account that you sleep a little bit longer (because staying in a warm bed can be pretty tempting when it’s still dark outside), that…
