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Beaver experience station 18 on the Rur 🦫

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Beaver experience station 18 on the Rur 🦫

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Beaver experience station 18 on the Rur 🦫

Name: Beaver experience station 18 on the Rur 🦫
Rating: 2

Recommended by 19 mountain bikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Schwalm-Nette

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Location: Wassenberg, Heinsberg, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Volker Naumann

April 8, 2025

There are 19 rest and experience stations along the RurUfer Cycle Route.
Station 18, between the bridge over the Baaler Bach and the Ophoven refuge, tells a story about the life and work of the beaver on the Rur. To do so, turn the crank and select the desired language.
Information page for Station 18: rurufer-radweg.de/zeitzeugen/biber-in-ophoven

Overview of all rest and experience stations along the RurUfer Cycle Route:
rurufer-radweg.de/wandel

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noBodynoName_MTB

August 17, 2025

During floods you sometimes get wet feet 😅

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Location: Wassenberg, Heinsberg, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Beaver experience station 18 on the Rur 🦫

1. Confluence of the Wurm and Rur – View of Effeld Castle 🏰 loop from Wassenberg

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