Emscherland Experience Park – EmscherLand sign on the hill loop from Herne-Börnig

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Emscherland Experience Park – EmscherLand sign on the hill loop from Herne-Börnig

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Emscherland Experience Park – EmscherLand sign on the hill loop from Herne-Börnig

01:59

31.9km

110m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 2, 2026

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Beerenbruch

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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9.88 km

Beerenbruch

Nature Reserve

17.2 km

Upper water old lock

Highlight • Monument

good opportunity to rest to enjoy the lock and the lift

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21.7 km

Leap over the Emscher Bridge

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

The new bridge "Jump over the Emscher" leads over the Rhine-Herne Canal and crosses the Emscher twice. Pedestrians and cyclists can use it together over a length of around 412m and a width of 2.5m.

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22.1 km

Emscher Floodplain Park

Highlight • Natural

It is always nice to cycle through the green park in the Emscher Valley. Where brown water once flowed, a beautiful floodplain area has now been created around the renaturalized Emscher.

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22.4 km

Emscherland Experience Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Already worth seeing with the renatured Emscher! But only when the bridge "Jump over the Emscher" is completed will it become a real highlight!!! 🤩

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22.5 km

EmscherLand sign on the hill

Highlight • Monument

There will be something else coming in 2027 (keyword IGA, not only here metropole.ruhr/auf-dem-weg-zur-gruensten-industrieregion-der-welt/iga-2027-castrop-rauxel/recklinghausen, also in the Middle Rhine Valley near St. Goarshausen - Lorelay and elsewhere)

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22.7 km

Emscherland Park and River Restoration

Highlight • Parking

Anyone who still knows the old Köttelbecke and, above all, has smelled it... will have tears of joy in their eyes. Beautiful.

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23.1 km

Renatured Emscher River

Highlight • River

Here the Emscher is clean again after being a cesspool for 150 years.

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23.1 km

Emscher Art Trail "Walkway and Tower"

Highlight • Monument

As part of the "Emscherkunst", Tadashi Kawamata designed an observation tower in 2010, to which a kind of pier system leads. Near the water cross of Emscher and Rhein-Herne-Kanal near …

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31.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.3 km

9.13 km

7.30 km

4.16 km

887 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

18.6 km

5.79 km

3.81 km

2.27 km

824 m

535 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Saturday 10 October

13°C

8°C

59 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

May 30, 2023,Zum Emscherland und zum Schiffshebewerk Henrichenburg

The new Emscherland has become really beautiful; although not quite finished. It's not too crowded during the week either.

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May 29, 2025,Fahrradtour angelehnt an Castrop-Rauxel Grüne Acht Nord (13/2025)

It was impossible for me to follow the exact route. Signs were missing or covered in tape in places. I probably missed a few things. The GPX track I downloaded for the navigation system sometimes contradicted the signs.

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May 27, 2023,Fahrradtour Grüne Acht Nord Variante (Start bei "In der Stühe", Henrichenburg (parken)

The tour was very beautiful and very green. The roads were almost all gravel roads. A small part coarse, pointed gravel, but mostly fine gravel and good to drive.

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