Best long trails in Holzwickede

Extensive cycle tour in the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park in the Ruhr region, North Rhine-Westphalia. The starting point of the cycle tour is Dortmund-Aplerbeck railway station, so travelling by public transport is easy. If travelling by car, there are parking facilities at the starting point. The tour is ideal as a day trip from Dortmund and the rest of the Ruhr region. The route leads in an easterly direction in a wide arc around the Ruhr river. At the Möhne dam, the route enters the...

Varied cycle tour in the Ruhr region, North Rhine-Westphalia. The Emscher Trail starts at Holzwickede, very close to the railway station of the same name. The source of the Emscher is located here. It is easy to get here by public transport. The cycle tour then continues along the river to where the Emscher flows into the Rhine at Dinslaken. There is also a railway station here, so it is easy to continue the journey by train. The first half of the Emscher has already been renaturalised -...