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Radiant Ruhr - scouted by Laura Niediek

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Radiant Ruhr - scouted by Laura Niediek

Michael planned a gravel ride

June 2, 2024

Radiant Ruhr - scouted by Laura Niediek

Hard

11:28

166km

14.5km/h

2,610m

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Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 33.6 km for 872 m

After 53.0 km for 236 m

After 132 km for 351 m

After 152 km for 201 m

Most people would complete this in 2-3 days

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4.60 km

Mergelkopfweg Avenue

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Nice little avenue from Lütgendortmund up to Haus Delwig, a good alternative to Westricher Straße. In good weather, strollers, joggers, cyclists, dogs, etc. cavort here.

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6.41 km

Gravel Trail Over the Volksgartenbach

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8.80 km

Merklinde Countryside and Gardens

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A view of the Ruhr area as hardly anyone outside of it knows it !!!!

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11.6 km

View of KW Datteln (Block 1-3) and on the right the new KW Datteln 4 and the surrounding landscape

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14.0 km

Emscher Park Cycle Path

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gravel bike path through the fields. Good distance view 📷

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15.6 km

Beautiful Gardens in the Ruhr Region

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From this beaten path you can look into beautiful, well-tended gardens.
Some of the owners are probably wine lovers and have their own grapevines. * wink *

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17.8 km

Murals of Zeche Amalia

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Graffiti alla Ruhrpott. Great pictures. Especially the fact that footballs are being extracted from the mine instead of coal is a funny idea.

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21.9 km

Low Railway Bridge

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Still locked 🙄

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24.4 km

Under the A448 Overpass

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A look under the A448

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33.7 km

Kuhlenkamp Basketball Court

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Fenced basketball area in beautiful surroundings.

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37.5 km

Zeche Ignatius Coal Mine

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Located in the Weimarer Holtz invites you to take a little break. opposite beer garden.

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40.8 km

Forest Near Sundern

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Here it goes down to the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path

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44.7 km

Weir and Lock at Birschel Mill (Hattingen)

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The RUHR is scenically one of the most beautiful German rivers. It is framed by meadows and wooded hills. The Ruhr is now also one of the cleanest German industrial rivers, with hardly anything left of heavy industry and collieries.

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48.7 km

Isenburg Castle Ruins

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Today only an impressive ruin remains of the former Isenburg, which was built in the 12th century for Count Arnold von Altena on the Isenberg. In the middle of the …

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48.8 km

The Broken on the Wheel Sculpture

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That was the last biker who didn't dismount and pushed 🤣

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51.9 km

Böhmesweg

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A beautiful, quiet hiking trail with a great view

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54.2 km

Langenberg Transmitter

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3 ways to torment here, rest stop Bismarkturm.
By no means take the footpath suggested by Komoot in the northern ascent, but with a 38% incline, I'm down, but I'm not tough enough even with 34 to 32 Omagang.

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56.6 km

Lecker Pause Refreshment Stand

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Unfortunately, it's no longer there. At least in April 2026, we only found a emptier cupboard :-( The path and the surroundings are beautiful nonetheless!

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59.6 km

Water Extraction Point

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Take a short breather and continue towards Bergerhof

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64.7 km

Kreßsieper Weg Along the Felderbach

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Beautiful section through the valley, along the Felderbach.

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73.5 km

View of Schwelm

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Great view, even with a bench

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78.1 km

View of Schwelm

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80.5 km

Farmhouse and pond in the Ruhr Region

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84.2 km

Old Stone Bridge in Naturpark Bergisches Land

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This brick bridge appears in the middle of nowhere.

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84.8 km

Ruhr Region Viewpoint

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87.8 km

View of the Fields in Naturpark Bergisches Land

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Great and wide view

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90.5 km

Gravel Path to Linde

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95.6 km

Forest Trail Above Ennepetal-Homberge

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This is a relatively short, but very nice hiking and cycling path above Homberge direction Heilenbecker valley and Rüggeberg. It winds for about 5 km through a forest on the …

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105 km

View of the Ruhr Region from Meininghausen

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Super nice view 👍

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110 km

Gevelsberg City Forest Nature Reserve

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Beautiful climb towards Ennepetal Voerde (Aske)

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119 km

Kettelbach Trail Entrance

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Hiking trail parking lot at the Kettelbach with connection to the hiking trails

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127 km

View of the Three Towers Monument

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from this point you have a super nice view

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127 km

Hotel & Restaurant Waldlust

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A nice restaurant in the middle of the forest. It is worth taking a break here on the 3-tower path.

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129 km

Ennepe Riverside Cycle Path

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As part of the new train station experience, the "cycle path" can only be used on one side because a sidewalk has been laid out there. Merely the fact that …

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132 km

Bench with a view of Hagen

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Tomb Harkort family

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133 km

Forest Path Near Ruhr Region

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134 km

Path Towards Hagen

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From the idyll again towards the city

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143 km

Silscheder Tunnel

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Hopefully in the distant future the cycle path will lead through the tunnel

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145 km

Alte Kohlenbahn Flow Trail with Scenic Views

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Great flow route on the old coal railway between Haßlinghausen and Silschede: Let rolls and enjoy the view!

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147 km

Fallow Deer at Hünninghausen

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The fallow deer are standing on a large pasture in front of the Langgasthof Hünninghausen. Always nice to see how the fur changes over the seasons.

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150 km

Landhaus Zum Alten Bahnhof – Beer Garden

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For the slightly bigger hunger. Here you can eat really delicious. In summer, the quietly located beer garden invites you.

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151 km

Angelpark Elbschetal Fish Ponds

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The fish ponds are hidden in the Bachtal the Ratelbecke just before the mouth of the Ratelbecke in the Elbschebach. You cross it on a narrow trail, the dam between two ponds.

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152 km

Singletrack with incline

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12% increase and lots of stones along the way. Not suitable for a gravel bike.

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153 km

Elbsche Valley Nature Reserve

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The Elbsche is a left-bank tributary of the Ruhr.

The Elbsche rises in "Langenbruch" in Albringhausen, a district of Wetter (Ruhr), and flows into the Ruhr in Wetter-Wengern after a …

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