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Let's go out and get some fresh air! Get active yourself and discover the Ruhr area on foot or by bike or face a sporting challenge!

Cycling

You want to get to know the Ruhr area from a completely different side? Then get on your bike and discover what is probably the most unusual cycling region in Germany! Here you cycle on disused railway lines, discover collieries, heaps, stalls and one photo spot after the next and you will not only find out HOW GREEN the former Malocher region is! Do you like it sporty? Then get on a mountain or gravel bike!

The photo shows a cyclist at the Zeche Zollverein in Essen on a night ride through the Ruhr area

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Mountain bike

The picture shows cyclists on a railway line

railway track cycling

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Hiking

Do you like to be off the beaten path? Then you are exactly right in the hiking area Ruhr! From stockpile hopping to urban hiking from city to city to hiking through nature, everything is possible in the Ruhr area. Discover the Ruhr area on foot!

Kettwig Panorama Trail

Urban hiking through the hills

Urban hiking & pure nature

The picture shows the Teutoburgia colliery settlement

Urban hiking through the countryside

Stockpile hopping

The picture shows two people in front of a Schalke 04 graffiti

Tips from locals

Urban outdoor

Climbing in the blast furnace, diving in the gasometer, kicking on heaps or SUP on the Ruhr. In the Ruhr area you have the opportunity to master special sporting challenges.