Tourismus NRW e.V.
Colorful forests and shiny fruits, the last sunrays make hiking in the autumn a special experience. Discover our autumn hiking areas for your next trip to NRW!
Oliver Franke, Tourismus NRW e.V.
Autumn-themed paths
Fruit trail
Autumn is harvest time! The fruit trail (Obstweg) in Leichlingen, one of the rambles in the Bergisches Land region, provides information about apple growing over a route of around six kilometres, and shows the wide variety of ways in which people can use this fruit. As well as different information panels, there are also two audio stations along the edge of the path, which play fairytales and poems with apples and pears as their theme.
www.bergisches-wanderland.de
Herbal hike
If you are interested in learning more about herbs, you can take the Eifel herbal path from Nettersheim to Bad Münstereifel to find out some interesting facts about local herbs and other plants. Advice: Visitors can dive right into the subject with a cup of herbal tea in the café and lovingly maintained farmer’s garden of the Naturzentrum Eifel.
www.wanderwelt-nordeifel.de
Castle Park with Autumnal Menu
An autumnal guided tour through the park of Schloss Türnich castle offers some insights into the secrets of the English landscape garden and the sustainable concepts of agriculture. Subsequently, the castle café will offer an autumnal menu on particular dates, bringing the bright autumn colours onto the plate as well.
www.schloss-tuernich.de/veranstaltungen
A brief visit to the autumn crocus
The wetlands in the Urdenbacher Kämpe near Monheim in Neanderland are sprinkled with innumerable autumn crocus from September onwards, turning the areas into a sea of pale violet blossoms. Wetland adventure tours organised by the biological station Haus Bügel focus on subjects such as "Natural history hike in the late autumn on the Urdenbacher Altrhein” (3 November) or “Discovering mushrooms in the alluvial forest near Baumberg” (3 Oktober).
www.biostation-d-me.de/veranstaltungen
Lukas Zecher
Enjoying the Indian summer
When the leaves are fiery red, bright yellow or hazelnut brown, a hike through the forests of North Rhine-Westphalia is a real delight. A small tip: There’s a particularly good view of the autumn colours from the reservoir dams, such as in the “Bergisches Städtedreieck”, the three Bergisch cities, or in the Bergisches Land region, where you mostly have open views. Or you can board a boat and enjoy a leisurely ride past the Siebengebirge hills with their legendary Drachenfels (Dragon’s Rock). The Indian summer can also be admired on the Weser. On the steep slopes of the Ziegenberg and Brunsberg hills near Höxter, the view onto the foliage of the beechwoods is particularly impressive. For anyone who always wanted to try Slag heap hopping, the autumn is the ideal time. It’s neither too hot nor too cold, and you have a great view out over the autumn landscape of the Ruhr region.
www.dasbergische.de | www.kulturland.org
