Hiker’s Guide through the Galaxy

The astronomical viewing point “Metalhenge” in Bremen offers a fascinating view of our solar system. The path that leads to the viewpoint also serves as a planetary path. It begins or ends at the sun, which is located in the middle of the stele circle on Metalhenge, and represents part of our solar system

The Ries crater was formed around 15 million years ago when a 1 km large asteroid hit what is now Bavaria and created a huge crater 25 km in diameter. Today it is considered one of the best-preserved large impact craters in the world. This makes it particularly important for research - and also for the

The “astronomical” distances in space are difficult for us on Earth to imagine. On planetary paths, however, they shrink to clear proportions.

The Göttingen planetary path replicates the sun and the planets of our solar system to scale: 2 billion kilometers in space correspond to one kilometer on the

From the sun to our Earth to the dwarf planet Pluto: Hike through our solar system in Melle and experience the distances and proportions in our universe.

The tour starts at the sun model at Grönebergpark in Melle-Mitte. From there the planetary path leads for approx. 8.4 km to the dwarf planet Pluto on

How far is it actually to our neighboring planet Mars or to the distant dwarf planet Pluto? How big would you see our sun if you were on Saturn? Distances, sizes and speeds in our solar system are difficult for us to grasp.

The tour along the Hude-Wüsting planetary teaching path invites you to experience

With a diameter of 100 meters, the Effelsberg radio telescope is one of the largest fully movable radio telescopes in the world. Inaugurated in 1971, it is still considered one of the world's most modern telescopes.

What has the radio telescope observed in recent years? What insights and advances has

The Nebra Sky Disk is considered one of the greatest archaeological sensations of the last century. Around 3,600 years old, the bronze disc shows the world's oldest known concrete representation of the cosmos. The hike leads through the Ziegelroda Forest to the site where the sky disk was found on the

Embark on a historical journey to discover how people observed the sun 7,000 years ago. The tour begins at the parking lot of the Goseck Solar Observatory and leads along an almost 300 m long path to the impressive monument and the oldest archaeological evidence of sky observations in Europe. This historic

This tour invites you to explore Berlin at night. The focus of the exploration tour is on the phenomena of light pollution, light excesses, glare and urban darkness.



You also take a look at the invisible infrastructure that illuminates Berlin at night - the street lighting. When you move from the busy

The Warnemünde Planetary Trail stretches along the picturesque Baltic Sea coast. The planetary path was founded in 2005 by the Rostock Astronomical Association. V. opened and modernized and digitized by doctoral students from the University of Rostock as part of the 2023 university competition.

The path