Sandra Schwabach

We spontaneously extended our Easter Sunday visit to relatives in Bonn by one night in Königswinter, as the weather forecast for Easter Monday was finally good.

We had wanted to do the hike in the Siebengebirge to the Nonnenstromberg, the Großer Ölberg, and the Löwenburg for a long time. We didn't start

Good Friday 2026: due to possible Easter traffic on the roads, we wanted to stay close by today. Also, our supply of Bergisches Zwieback had run out (good hiking snack). A hike along the Wupper is therefore ideal, as it's not far to Schloss Burg afterwards. The Solingen district of Burg an der Wupper

Today we took advantage of the rain-free Sunday to go for a shorter hike along the Ruhr near Mülheim, as we had only cycled along the Ruhr there before. When you think of Mülheim, you think of the Ruhr area and once again realize how green it is here. In the Rumbach, Gothenbach and Schlippenbach nature

We like hikes along reservoirs. Since the Bergisches Land region has a lot of rainfall, there are many reservoirs. In particular, the "Bergische Hochfläche" is a very water-rich region. On a hike, we once saw the hiking sign of the "Wasserquintett" (Water Quintet) and found out what it was all about

We'd been planning a trip to Cologne for a while to see some free art. More specifically, we wanted to see colorful walls instead of dreary concrete – street art – as well as large murals.



The Ehrenfeld district is something of a street art capital in Cologne. Hardly any other neighborhood has so many

I once read about slag heap hopping in the Ruhr area. The Ruhr area is actually quite flat. But because coal and ore were mined there for so long, and considerable iron was produced, there was a lot of waste rock, slag, etc., to be stored. This resulted in slag heaps, often over 100 meters high, so that

On our last day at the beach, we went for another walk, this time heading south. Since it was cloudy, it was a pleasant walk, as it would have been really hot in the sun. The risk of sunburn would have been too high then ;-).



Along the southern side of the beach, there are numerous large all-inclusive

We wanted to do the hike down to the crater lake with a ranger so we could get some exercise on our safari. Otherwise, we spend a lot of time sitting in the jeep.



The descent to the crater lake was manageable, but the climb back up was quite strenuous. The air is thin at over 2,500 meters above sea level

Since we'd always wanted to visit the old town of Essen-Kettwig, we hiked tour 21 from the Kompass hiking guide "Wanderlust im Land von Rhein und Ruhr" (Wanderlust in the Rhine and Ruhr Region), extending and adapting it slightly.



We hiked along the Ruhrhöhenweg trail through the woods near Landsberg