Experience industrial culture amid green oases – urban hiking in Essen

Hiking · DE · 43 km · 3 stages

The Ruhr area has long suffered from an outdated image: grey cities, smoking chimneys and dreary industrial landscapes. While this reputation persists stubbornly to this day, the region has seen great change in the last 50 years. Where once coal was mined, now are nature reserves, green parks or cul

by Visit Essen