Nuremberg Old-Town Running Route

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Length 5.8 km (3.6 miles), terrain: one light hill

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Nuremberg (Nürnberg in German) is one of those unique places with a real character of its own. It was one of Europe's biggest towns during the middle ages, and the city-wall ring still testifies to the gigantic proportions of the town back then. Most of the old town was bombed flat in World War II, but enough remnants remain standing to astound you at every turn when touring the town.

And that's what this route does: provides a tour of a lot of the best scenery that Nuremberg has to offer. It loops through the old town, starting and ending near the train station.

Tower at Königstor

We'll start at the square in front of the central train station, at Bahnhofsplatz. We're just south of the old town, with the massive city walls rising up to either side of Königstraße, that leads directly into town. The gigantic round tower here at Königstor still looms over the coming and going in the street below. 

Handwerkerhof

Follow Königstraße north into the old town. You immediately pass a walled compound on the left, the Handwerkerhof, which holds a collection of stands that sell hand-made crafts. You'll also pass a pair of gothic chapels to either side of the street, and an old Benedictine monastery.

Run straight to the big two-towered church, St. Lorenz. Across the street you'll see a tower-like Gothic house, the last of Nuremberg's patrician homes built in this strange tower style.

Medieval luxury home

Turn left here onto Karolinenstraße, Nuremberg's main shopping street. Most buildings here are post-war, but there are a few squares with fountains and older buildings. You'll run past a wild-looking fountain at the White Tower, then run between two churches. 

You'll then run straight towards another round defensive tower at Ludwigstor, in the southwest corner of the old town. At the Castle Irish Pub, we'll turn right and run just inside the city walls along a narrow lane. Keep running with the wall to your left side, running past various smaller towers and ramparts until you get to Westtor, the western gate.

Along the town walls

Here, we need to turn to the left to run out the gate and immediately turn right and run down the paved path through the greenbelt along the outside of the wall. This is a nice green contrast to the town life inside, and makes for another good route: a loop around the old town walls.

Outside of the town walls: a green oasis

But the path ends just a minute later when your way is blocked by the Pegnitz River. The walls continue over the river above a huge archway.

Turn right and run through the wall and along the riverside. You'll pass one of the world's oldest suspension bridges, for foot traffic. We could take that bridge, but we'd miss some of the best sights nearby. So we'll run eastwards to that next bridge that you see ahead. There is a great view there.

View from the bridge

Run to the stone bridge, the Maxbrücke and look off the east side of the bridge: there is a covered bridge, a stone tower and an impressive half-timbered building on the riverside. Now cross the Maxbrücke to the north end and turn left to run back along the river, westwards, to the suspension bridge again.

Now turn right and cross the Maxplatz into the side street, Weissgerberstraße. This street has a collection of half-timbered houses that really give you a feeling how every street here once must have looked.

Weissgerberstraße

The cobble-stoned street merges into the asphalted Weinmarkt, where you run past one more house, then turn left to run up the steps and continue uphill along Dürerstraße. This street heads right to another city wall gate, Tiergärtnertor, at the northwest corner of the old town. The last house on the left was Albrecht Dürer's house, who was one of Europe's greatest medieval painters.

Albrecht Dürer house

This spot is one of my favorite places in town, with walls, towers, an old well and beautiful houses surrounding the square. Now continue heading uphill, between the houses towards the castle just above them. The house on the left has a knight in armor slaying a dragon on the wall: an armor-maker once lived there.

At the castle, turn right and run along its base on Am Ölberg lane. The castle belonged to the Kaisers, who would stay here part of each year on their non-stop wanderings between castles during the medieval times.

The castle

After the last house on the left (a little pub), run up the steps and continue uphill with the big castle square to your right.

At the top, you'll come to a big stone building with lots of teenagers hanging around: the youth hostel. Turn left and run into the first walled terrace of the castle, and run to the lookout spot. Now head back to the front door of the youth hostel, formerly the kaiser's stables.

Now turn right to run straight downhill along Burgstraße. You'll pass come to the renaissance-style town hall on the left, across from the gothic Sebald Church, with its extensive statuary along the walls. Make a loop around the church before you continue downhill along Burgstraße. The Bratwürsthäusle, next to the church is a great place to try out Nuremberg's sausage specialty. Come back later!

The town hall

You'll now come to a big market square, home in December to Germany's most famous Christmas market, the Christkindlmarkt. If you're in town then, you'll see the square packed with stands selling more Nuremberg specialties: toys, gingerbread and, of course, more bratwürst.

There's a gothic fountain right along the street, and a beautiful chapel, the Frauenkirche, along the east side of the market. From the chapel, run south to the river, and cross the bridge.

Details of the market fountain

Right on the far side of the river, turn left and follow the path eastwards along the south side of the river. There are beautiful buildings from the old infirmary across the water.

The path merges into a street, but stay running along the river, with O'Shea's pub to the right. After going up some steps, you'll come to a modern glass riverside complex, the Cinecitta cinema. Run along the water, with the cinema to your right. You'll then come to the east side of the old town, where the river flows under the eastern wall, with more walled archways over the river.

The last part of the river

Now turn right and run past the classical building housing the Nürnberger Akademie, and continue along the inside of the city walls. Just follow the lane along the wall until you get back to Königstraße.

Essen Baldeneysee Running Route

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Length 14.5 km (9 miles), terrain: flat

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Essen is the main city in Germany's Ruhr District, the country's industrial heartland. The area is known for its steelworks, coalmines and smokestacks, and isn't famous as a place to enjoy the outdoors. But little-known to most people, Essen has a big area of wooded hills and water along its southern side, perfect for running.

Baldeneysee in the evening

This route circles the Baldeneysee (Baldeney Lake), lined by pedestrian trails and woods, with lots of boat clubs and their docks, cafés, beer gardens, campgrounds and public beaches.

The crescent-shaped lake is really just a dammed-up section of the Ruhr River. The dam was built in the 1920s, creating a new recreational heart for Essen.

This is one of the longer routes that you'll find on this website, but is well worth it. But if you don't feel up to running the whole loop, just turn around wherever you please.

This route will start at the commuter-train station called "Hügel", located just below Alfred Krupp's hillside mansion, Villa Hügel. So if you are staying in central Essen, you can easily get to the lake from the main station (take the S6 train towards Rattingen).

Leaving the train station, just go down the steps to the lakeside road, Freiherr von Stein Straße, and turn right to keep going downhill. You'll see the lake across the road.

Take the first turnoff on the left, which takes you into a parking-lot for lake visitors. Just run straight past it to the lakeside, where there is a big seating area for crowds to watch rowing races.

The start of the course, running towards the dam

With a simple run like this, you could run in either direction. The north shore, where we are now, is mainly lined by small pedestrian paths, whereas the south shore follows a little-trafficked street, mainly used by inliners, bikers and runners.

I turned right here and circled the lake counter-clockwise. Doing that, you will see the dam just 700 meters away to the west. Run along the paved trail, going by little marinas. When you reach the dam, take the steps up to the top of the dam and run across it to the south side of the lake.

Crossing the dam

Then turn left and take the steps down to the little road lining the lake. You now just basically follow this road, the Hardenberger Ufer, heading east. You do this until you reach the first bridge, 6.7 km later, where you cross back again.

Running along the Hardenberger Ufer

On this south side of the lake, you'll go by more boat clubs, the Haus am See café (very cool spot), and a big campground. There will be very few cars on the road: only people going to and from the boat clubs and campground drive here.

Haus am See garden café: maybe this should be the end of the run!

When you pass the campground, at the 5-km mark, you'll come to a castle ruins, Haus Scheppen. The water-filled moat is used as a little marina. Make sure you follow the trail to the left as it stays along the side of the marina, keeping you next to the water. The main road goes off to the right.

Marina in the castle moat

Now there will be just nature along the rest of the south shore until it curves to the left at the 7.5-km mark, where a neighborhood is built along the shore, Kupferdreh.

You are now getting close to the bridge back to the north shore. You will see it straight ahead.

The bridge is an old railroad bridge. The tracks have been removed and the old railway bed is now used as a trail for bikers, hikers and runners.

When you reach the green metal bridge, take the steps up along the right side, at the boat club restaurant.

Heading across the bridge

Now run westwards across the bridge. At the other side, you will come to a woods. You could run straight along the old railway bed, where the trail is perfectly flat and straight, but it's more beautiful to turn left at the shore and follow the dirt shore path along the lakeside.

You'll find the most beautiful nature of the run here, in the nature preserve called the Heisinger Bogen. There are little islands along the shore, and a lagoon along the right side.

Pure nature along the north shore

At about the 9.4-km mark, you will need to go inland to go around a boat harbor. After another 300 meters, look for the blue pedestrian-trail sign to bring you back to the water.

Further along the north shore

At the 11.2-km mark, the trail joins into a paved pedestrian path next to Freiherr von Stein Straße. You'll pass another castle ruins, then go under a bridge, and then run along the back side of the public swimming area before the trail turns back to the waterside.

Now you just run west along the water, past a row of boat clubs and restaurants.

When you pass the bleachers for the rowing course, turn right at the Regattahaus, with its lookout tower and clocks on the roof. Now just run back uphill to the Hügel train station again. A long run, but one you'll never forget!

Stuttgart Airport Forest Running Route

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Length of Red Trail: 10 km (6.2 miles), terrain hilly (91 meter gain)
Or do the Blue Trail (7.5 km), or the Black Trail (14 km)

Stuttgart Routes List:
Best Stuttgart Running Routes: Overview
Schlossgarten Park  
Rosenstein Park  
TV Tower hills  
Bärensee lakes  
Vineyards  
Stuttgart Airport woods
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If you're staying out near the Stuttgart airport, here's a really nice route out in the woods. There's actually a choice of three routes of different lengths that all start at the same place.

Along the trail in Leinfelden

This is the Run & Walk LE trail system set up by the TSV Leinfelden sports club, out near the airport. The trails are well marked, take you through beautifully wooded hills, and provide a nice mix of challenges. It begins at the Leinfelden sports center at the southwest corner of Leinfelden town.

This run is actually 2.5 km (1.5 miles) longer than those trails because it begins at the Leinfelden train station, where a couple of hotels are located. And if your hotel isn't directly in Leinfelden (maybe it's in Echterdingen, right next to the airport), you can just jump in the S-Bahn train (line 1) and ride the one stop to Leinfelden and start the run there. It costs just €2.20.

Spot where you exit the station, with Stephan's behind the trailer

Come out of the station on the west side, facing Stephan's restaurant. Now turn left and run down Bahnhofstraße.

After 300 meters, this street ends as it runs into Musberger Straße. Just continue straight across the intersection into the short street ahead, Narzissenstr.

When Bahnhofstraße ends, head straight up the little street ahead

You'll see a public footpath leading off in just 50 meters, with signs for a bikeway and "Fuss und Radweg Musberg". Follow that gravel footpath, running westwards.

The start of the foot- and bike way in town

In just a couple of hundred meters, just before the path goes into a tunnel-like opening under a bridge, take the ramp up to the left, following the bike-path signs.

Turn left at the top of the ramp, onto Schönbuchstraße, running south.

The street will curve to the right, going past a small school, and it ends right at the big trail map at the sports center.

The trail map at the sports center, showing all 3 trails. Take your choice!

The map shows the three possible trails: Blue (a 5-km loop), Red (a 7.2-km loop) or Black (a 11.3-km loop). Take your choice. They all begin together and share the next one kilometer. Then the Blue route circles back, while Red and Black go further south until Red circles back. They also share the last 2.3 km as they all come together again.

There is not really a difference in difficulty between the three: they all climb the same big hill. The Red and Black routes just add some extra rolling woodlands to the basic Blue route.

Trail signs for all 3 trails

Standing at the route map, turn right and follow the path. It first goes uphill and crosses a road. But you are soon surrounded by quiet woods, with the main hill rising to your left. The blue, red, and black trail signs and are large and plentiful along the whole route.

1.7 km after the trail map, the Blue trail turns to the left and heads straight uphill. The Red trail starts going uphill later, when it turns onto the "Alte Poststraße" trail.

Blue turns off to the left here, heading uphill

All three trails come together at a clearing at the top of the main hill, where a grill-pavilion and playground create a woodsy venue for local townspeople.

The pavilion and playground

All three trails then start going northwards together, downhill, along a paved path. But before they go all the way down the hill, the Run & Walk trails turn left to cut westwards along the hillside.

At the spot where a little picknick table sits under a little chestnut tree, the trails turn left and go steeply downhill, where they connect into the first part of their route and return to the sports center.

From the sports center, follow the original route through town back to the train station along Schönbuchstraße and Bahnhofstraße.

Zurich Uetliberg Running Route

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Length 12.7 km (7.9 miles), terrain has constant rise and fall, total gain of 187 meters

Zürich Routes List:
East shore out-and-back  
West shore out-and-back  
Zürich old-town loop  
Uetliberg hilltop trail

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Zurich is lined by tall hills to the east and west, and they offer a wooded challenge to any trail runner. So this time in Zurich, I decided to tackle the tallest hill, the Uetliberg, but to save the long run up- and downhill by taking the train to the peak.

The Uetliberg is 869m high, and lies to the west of the city center. It stretches towards the south, lining Lake Zurich along its west side. The hill has a network of hiking trails stretching along its whole length, and -- as I mentioned -- you can take a train to the top. The S10 train line (costs CHF 16) ends just before the peak.  

Sometimes it's narrow along the Uetliberg ridge

NOTE: If you really want to run up the hill, you can get out of the S10 at the Triemli station at the foot of the mountain, and choose from several trails of various lengths and steepness that go to the peak, rising 400 meters to the top.

But even with the train ride, this run still has almost 200 meters total rise in it, and it's a great workout, especially the last four kilometers, which have lots of uphill stretches. It is essentially an out-an-back, which follows the ridge of the hill along the "Gratweg" to the Felsenegg restaurant, then back to the Uetliberg train stop. Of course, you can also shorten the route by turning around at any time you please.

The Uetliberg Route
When you get out of the train, you have to continue uphill for a half-kilometer to reach the real peak. The peak has a pair of towers: a red/white TV tower and a triangular outlook tower. There is a restaurant and outlook point, too. The whole peak was once enclosed in an iron-age earthen fort, which you can see just before the restaurant.

Uetliberg final station: head up to that red/white TV tower

NOTE: see the Destinations Tips page for tips about spending your free time in this great town!
 
After reaching the top, continue southwards either by taking the stairs down (follow the yellow sign for "Balderen") or run back the way you came for 100 meters, and then take the first left turn, also following the yellow signs towards Balderen.

At the Uetliberg peak lookout

You can follow any of the yellow signs for "Wanderweg", "Gratweg" or "Planetenweg": they all mean the same gravel road that follows the ridge. The "Planetenweg" begins near the train station and has markers for the sun and all the planets proportional to their distances from the 1.5-meter-wide sun along the ridge.

The Gratweg trail

You are now running downhill towards the south. Sometimes, you'll be in woods, sometimes in meadows with vistas to the east or west. Mountain-bike- and nordic-walking-trails also use parts of the hiking trail.

Saturn along the Planetenweg

The Gratweg also passes a couple of hilltop farms, one of which sells its fresh produce to passersby. There are also spots where fresh water springs provide fresh drinking water out of faucets, which are a big help in summer weather.

After 4.5-km, you'll come to Balderen, at one of the lowest points on the trail, where trails cross from either side. This ex-castle site has an abandoned yellow restaurant that doesn't look like it will re-open soon. The nordic-walking path splits off from the main gravel road here and rejoins with it later, so you can take it, if you prefer.

The Balderen spring

After 5-km, the hiking trail splits off from the gravel road, rising above it along the left. Some parts can be muddy, but it's more scenic.

At 6-km, you'll pass another radio tower and then the peak station for the Felsenegg gondola lift from the lakeside.

The Felsenegg gondola lift

And just 200 meters further, you reach the turn-around point at the red Felsenegg restaurant, with its outside terrace providing a beautiful view of the lake and the snow-covered mountains to the south. I decided to use the opportunity, and sat down to a beer before heading back again (hey, it was really warm out, what do you want!).

Felsenegg lookout

Now, you turn around and head back. I took the gravel road back, just for a bit different scenery: first running downhill through the meadow from the restaurant to the west, then turning right onto the gravel road again.

The last 4 kilometers contain a lot of uphill, as you head back up to the Uetliberg peak before running back down to the train stop again.

View back towards Uetliberg from Felsenegg

Basel Allschwilerwald Running Route

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Length 9.8 km (6.1 miles), terrain rolling hills

Basel running routes:
Basel Rhine River Run
Basel Allschwilerwald Trail Run
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Here is a link to a brochure (in German) of the woods, including a map of all its trails

If you want to do a trail run while in Basel, here is the place to go. It also adds an interesting twist by crossing the border into France, visiting the French village of Neuwiller.

Basel sits right in the northwest corner of Switzerland, and the city limits touch upon Germany to the north and France to the west. If you want to do some trail running in the countryside, you'll have to head toward the edge of town.

In Allshwilerwald

So, to try something very different from my usual river-run, I decided to head to Allschwilerwald, a hilly area of woods and fields southwest of town. A tram-line heads right there, and the area touches the French border. It is a popular running area, and you will pass many runners along the way in the evenings.

NOTE: If you do this run, make sure you bring your passport! Although, chances are that you'll see no hint of a border patrol, you are legally obligated to carry a passport in case anyone wants to check. I only saw horses and chickens out there, myself.

To get to the start of the run, take the number-8 tram line south to the final station at Neuweilerstrasse. The line runs right through the heart of Basel.

The tram stop: run up that street on the right!

At the tram stop, turn southwest and run down Herrenstrasse for a block to the next corner. You'll see a raised, park-like area across the street to the left. There is a small reservoir pond in there.

Turn left and run to the east end of the pond, then turn right to continue heading southwest, with the pond on your right side, and a stream to your left.

Head up this trail next to the pond

After the pond, keep running along the right side of the stream. Just stay on that side of the stream for the next kilometer, no matter what other trails might branch off.

You will have woods (and a Vita Parcours) on the left, and fields from an old Swiss Army shooting range on the right. Chances are, there will be construction going on on that property: on the day after I did this run, all the old buildings were cleared of squatters, and they were torn down the same day. Apartment buildings are planned for the property.

Follow the trail on the right, past the Parcours on the left

You will start going uphill into the woods, and head through an area of garden plots. The stream will now be further off to the left, down in the little valley. You will then come to a spot with some wood carvings on the right side, and a trail branching off to the right, but just keep running straight.

At the top of the hill, 1-km after the pond, the stream will curve towards you from the left, and the path will cross over it, getting narrow. About 20 meters further, a the first trail on the right, turn there and head west, with young woods to the right (along the stream) and older woods on the left.

The trail crosses over the stream ahead, getting narrow. Turn right at the next trail!

In just another 200 meters, you'll come to a paved road, Oberwilerstrasse. Turn right and cross the street in just 20 meters, now turning left after the guardrail ends, onto the dirt road going into a field.

Crossing Oberwilerstrasse: Run to that field and turn left onto the dirt trail

This long series of fields will now head uphill, with woods to either side. Just keep heading uphill for 1.2-km, going southwest.

Heading uphill between the fields: Switzerland to the left, France to the right

For the last half-kilometer, the dirt road forms the border to France. The fields to the left are in Switzerland, and the fields to the right are in France. Keep running until you come to a yellow way-marker at the top of the hill. It will point to the right to go to the French village of Neuwiller.

Way-marker: turn right to run to Neuwiller

Turn right.

Already on the other side of the road, the signs will be in French. You will now run downhill into a pretty valley, with Neuwiller at the bottom. Many houses seem to have one car registered in France and one in Basel. The people speak the same Swiss-German dialect as the people in Basel, too.

In Neuwiller

The street is called Rue d'Oberwil. You will wind by some houses, a small school, and the town hall until you reach the main village street at the bottom.

Turn around there and head back the same way that you came. On your way back down the long series of hills, heading northeast, you will be able to see the hills of the Black Forest in Germany in the distance.

On the way back, with Black Forest on the horizon

Dortmund Westfalenpark Running Route

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Length 7.5 km (4.7 miles), terrain flat with one easy hill

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Dortmund is a traditional steel and coal town, and the biggest beer-brewing city in Germany. But despite its industrial nature, this is a route that takes you through parkland for almost the whole way, leading you for two kilometers from the town center to one of the nicest parks you'll ever visit.

The route heads south from the town center through a series of small parks to the much bigger, beautiful Westfalenpark. The Westfalenpark started as a national garden exhibition grounds in 1959. There is an entrance fee: 3 Euros during the day, half price after 6 p.m.

Westfalenpark view towards Phönix steel works

This is the only route in this blog where, for the main part of the run, you have to pay an admission fee. But the price is completely worth it. And this is the only way to run through a large green area from central Dortmund, so bring a few euros with you on this run.

Westfalenpark, with its 70 hectares, includes everything that a decent park needs. It tries to satisfy everybody: with statues, playgrounds, ponds with waterbirds, lawns, rose-gardens, a lakeside bandstand, a Japanese garden, a soccer practice field, mini-golf, cafés, a gondola (ski-lift) over the park, a mini-railroad, flower beds everywhere... And they have basically succeeded in creating a place which everyone can enjoy.

NOTE: On my first trip to Dortmund, many years ago, I ran further southeast than the Westfalenpark and experienced a surrealistic run through the old Phönix steel works grounds at night. From a distance, I had seen its ovens spewing out molten red steel into waiting railroad cars, accompanied by ear-splitting screeches. Endless rows of coal cars rolled slowly through the industrial wastelands to fuel the ovens. I was running up and down hills of slag, passing a World War II-era bunker teetering on the edge of a cliff, with exhaust-gas flames and steel-ovens bathing the scene in fiery orange light. The steel works have closed down now, and much of the area is occupied by a lake, but part of the steel plant has been left as an industrial museum that can be wandered by the curious.

The Westfalenpark Route
We'll start the run right in the heart of Dortmund's pleasant downtown, at the square between St. Reinhold's church and St. Mary's. Dortmund was badly bombed out in World War II, but has lots of nice pedestrian streets and plazas today.

Market fountain looking back at St. Reinhold's

Turn your back to St. Reinhold's and run south past Burger King into the market square just a few meters further, surrounded by house-pubs for various Dortmund breweries. (They're all worth visiting for good beer and typical Dortmund schnitzel dinners.)

In the market square, turn right to run diagonally through the square, and exit at the southwest corner into the even larger (but characterless) Hansaplatz square.

Run straight south along Wißstraße, and you'll run right into the first park, Stadtgarten, with an underground station at the entrance. Run straight through the park until you get to the loud street on the other side, Südwall. Turn left on one of the park walkways before Südwall and run eastwards until you come to the busy cross-street, Ruhrallee.

In Stadtgarten park

Turn right to continue southwards along Ruhrallee, and after a block you'll come to a triangular plaza in front of the Stadthaus train station (look for the train overpass). Turn left to cross the street then continue running right through the station.

Stadthaus train station: run straight through it!

You'll come out into the next green square, where you follow the main path along the left side. You'll see the gigantic TV tower off in the distance, which stands right in our destination, Westfalenpark.

After crossing Saarlandstraße, you'll see the entrance to the next park along the left, the Stadewäldchen. This is a narrow, three-block-long green-belt that connects directly into Westfalenpark.

In the Stadewäldchen

Just cross the two cross-streets and soon you'll come to a footbridge that leads across the Rheinlanddamm expressway.

On the other side, you'll find yourself facing the entrance to Westfalenpark. As I said, you'll have to bring a few euros for the entrance fee. If you get there after 6 p.m., that entrance will be closed, but just follow the path along the right side, running towards the TV tower, and just 20 meters further, you'll come to the entrance gate that is open in the evenings until 11 p.m. You can later get out any gate, via exit turnstiles.

You will be standing at the foot of the formidable TV tower.

Did someone say there was a TV tower near here?

You can now basically follow any trail that you please, of course. This route turns right and circles the park counter-clockwise.

It first goes by the soccer practice field and mini-golf course, then goes by the flamingo pond and a café. Now you turn left and head south through the rose-garden area until you get to the south end of the park. Now turn left again, running by the renewable-energy concept building used by the park administration.

Spring flowers in Westfalenpark

The park opens up to the southeast at the gondola cable lift, where you can turn right and loop through this end of the park, running downhill. You'll come to a big pond with a bandstand, where you turn left and run towards the southeast corner of the park, with its Japanese garden.

Beer-kettle fountain with view towards bandstand

Cut up through the Japanese garden, taking the step-stones over the pond and then up the hill to get to the path along the eastern edge of the park. Turn left and run back uphill, going north.

The Japanese garden

You'll come back near to where you first entered the park, at the Kaiserhain Teich (pond).

Now go out the exit turnstile and follow the trail over the pedestrian bridge back into the Stadewäldchen park and run back through the Stadthaus station.

This time, to see a bit more of downtown, just head straight north along Rheinallee (which then becomes Kleppingstraße) back to the square at St. Rheinhold's, passing the city hall, a medieval gate-tower and a strange sculpture just before the church.

The sculpture