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Westhusen Forest Area – Restored Emscher loop from Technologiezentrum

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Westhusen Forest Area – Restored Emscher loop from Technologiezentrum

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Westhusen Forest Area – Restored Emscher loop from Technologiezentrum

01:40

32.5km

150m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 24, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 15.6 km for 8 m

After 18.2 km for 15 m

After 18.3 km for 7 m

After 21.8 km for 3 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.31 km

Westhusen Forest Area

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Great area for hiking and cycling

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6.93 km

Mastbruch - Rahmer Wald

Nature Reserve

11.6 km

Emscherweg at Holthauser Graben

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The hiking and cycling path along the increasingly renatured Emscher is a true pearl in the middle of the Ruhr metropolis and the cities in the surrounding area. There is …

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16.1 km

Groppenbruch Spoil Heap

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Once you have made the climb up here, you will be rewarded with a beautiful and interesting view of the surrounding area. But the vegetation on the heap itself is …

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17.7 km

Old Harbor on the Dortmund-Ems Canal

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Canal romance on the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal

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21.0 km

Hansa Hardenberg Bridge (Dortmund-Ems Canal, Ellinghausen)

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Hansa Hardenberg Bridge (on the Dortmund-Ems Canal near Dortmund-Ellinghausen)

The Hansa Hardenberg Bridge with a span of 58.50 meters and a width of 5.10 meters is operated by the Dortmund …

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23.4 km

Renatured Emscher

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At this point in Deusen, with a view from the Emscher Bridge, you can clearly see how the former sewer has become a natural river again.

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23.5 km

Restored Emscher

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It is wonderful to observe how the Emscher is finding its way back to nature bit by bit from tour to tour.

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26.8 km

View of Dortmund skyline

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An eerily beautiful memorial for the dramatic deterioration of traffic infrastructure is the birch grove, which was created between the railway tracks and signal boxes of the former freight yard. …

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32.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.9 km

6.53 km

5.88 km

4.18 km

2.02 km

Surfaces

13.6 km

8.76 km

5.79 km

3.05 km

1.17 km

111 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 30 May

23°C

16°C

77 %

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Westhusen Forest Area – Restored Emscher loop from Technologiezentrum

Westhusen Forest Area

Emscherweg at Holthauser Graben

Groppenbruch Spoil Heap

Old Harbor on the Dortmund-Ems Canal

Hansa Hardenberg Bridge (Dortmund-Ems Canal, Ellinghausen)

Renatured Emscher

Restored Emscher

View of Dortmund skyline

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