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Sprint | leezen (170.1 km), points at finish, kom sprint | rubow (151.2 km), youth day classification, team day classification, race information.

• Date: 26 August 2021
• Start time: 12:30
• Avg. speed winner: 46.491 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 191.4 km
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• UCI scale: UCI.WR.HC.Stage - TM2022
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• ProfileScore: 13
• Vert. meters: 906
• Departure: Stralsund
• Arrival: Schwerin
• Race ranking: 51
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The Deutschland Tour has a new ame: Lidl Deutschland Tour. The grocery retailer is the new naming partner.

The TK Cycling Tour will take place on August 27 in Saarbrücken. You can look forward to two different routes through the city.

The route of the Lidl Deutschland Tour 2024 is fixed! One Prologue and four stages through four different federal states.

"Tälerrunde" and "Bliesgau Schleife" - the routes of the TK Cycling Tour are fixed

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The Route 2024

The stages of the Lidl Deutschland Tour 2024 are fixed! Prologue: Schweinfurt 1. stage: Schweinfurt - Heilbronn 2. stage: Heilbronn - Schwäbisch Gmünd 3. stage: Schwäbisch Gmünd - Villingen-Schwenningen 4. stage: Aneiler am Trifels - Saarbrücken

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Elevation profile of the Prologue in Schweinfurt

Prologue: Schweinfurt (2,9 km)

The Lidl Deutschland 2024 Tour starts at the market in Schweinfurt. For the debut of the race the athletes complete a nearly 3 kilometer long lap through the city. Like in the last view years there will only be a small differnece between the winner of the day and the second place, so it is going to be an exciting race until the end.

1. stage: Schweinfurt - Heilbronn (177km)

The 1. stage of the Lidl Deutschlad Tour will start at the market in Schweinfurt. This stage has 177 kilometers and a lot of short ascents. After 70 kilometers the athletes cross the bavarian border and ride through Baden-Württemberg from there on. The riders finish the 1. stage with an ascent worth seeing at the Jäerhaus

Elevation profile of the 1. stage from Schweinfurt to Heilbronn

Elevation profile of the 2. stage from Heilbronn to Schwäbisch Gmünd

2. stage: Heilbronn – Schwäbisch Gmünd  (173 km)

The 2. stage of the Deutschland Tour 2024 runs entirely through Baden-Württemberg. The athletes will experience the Schwäbisch-Fränkischen Waldbere and spectacular landscapes. The last climb is 13% steep and to finish this stage the teams take two laps through the city Schwäbisch Gmünd.

3. stage: Schwäbisch Gmünd – Villingen-Schwenningen  (212 km)

The 3. stage of the Lidl Deutschland Tour 2024 has 212 kilometers, and is therefore the longest stage ever of the Lidl Deutschlandtour. An additional challenge is the elevation gain of nearly 3.000 altitude meters. After riding through the Schwäbische Alb the athletes reach Schwenningen and finish the 3. stage in Villingen.

Elevation profile of the 4. stage from Anweiler am Trifels to Saarbrücken

4. stage: Annweiler am Trifels – Saarbrücken  (172 km)

The final of the Lidl Detschland Tour 2024 starts in Rheinland-Pfalz and runs through the southern wine route. This stage includes two climbs, one at the Kalmit, and one at the Iggelbacher Stich. The athletes finish the race in Saarbrücken with two finishing laps through the city.

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Deutschland Tour: So lief die Etappe durchs Ruhrgebiet

Die dritte Etappe der Deutschland Tour 2023 ist beendet: Viele Menschen verfolgten das Rennen von Arnsberg nach Essen. Unser Rückblick.

• Deutschland Tour 2023: Die dritte Etappe führte die Radsportler von Arnsberg nach Essen.
• Los ging im Ortsteil Neheim in Richtung Ruhrgebiet: 174 Kilometer war die Strecke lang.
• Die dritte Etappe endete mit einem Massensprint auf der Huyssenallee in Essen.
• Über den Tag haben wir die Ereignisse am Rand der Strecke in einem Newsblog begleitet.

Am Samstag (26. August) führte die Deutschland Tour 2023 quer durch NRW. Die Fahrer waren im Arnsberger Ortsteil Neheim gestartet, die knapp 174 Kilometer lange Etappe endete am späten Nachmittag in Essen. In einem Newsblog haben wir über die dritte Etappe der Deutschland berichtet.

» Lesen Sie dazu: Deutschland Tour in Essen: Wir zeigen viele Fotos vom Rennen

18.52 Uhr: Reporter Christian Woop hat die dritte Etappe der Deutschland-Tour sportlich zusammengefasst: Deutschland Tour: Bauhaus schrammt in Essen an Sieg vorbei . Damit und einigen Eindrücken von der Strecke schließen wir unser heutiges Newsblog.

• Deutschland Tour in Arnsberg : Voßwinkel macht Riesenstimmung an Strecke
• Fotostrecke: Große Euphorie bei Deutschland Tour in Arnsberg
• Menden, Fröndenberg und die Deutschland Tour: Flirt mit der Weltklasse
• Deutschland Tour in Sprockhövel : "Eine Art Live-Sportschau"
• Deutschland Tour: Hunderte in Hattingen jubeln Radprofis zu
• Deutschland-Tour in Hattingen & Sprockhövel: Die besten Bilder
• Deutschland Tour: Stau, Ärger, aber auch viel Jubel in Essen

17.58 Uhr: Die deutschen Sprinter haben den erhofften Heimsieg bei der diesjährigen Deutschland Tour verpasst. Phil Bauhaus belegte auf der dritten Etappe am Samstag den vierten Platz. Den Sieg holte sich nach 173,8 Kilometern von Arnsberg nach Essen Madis Mihkels aus Estland vor dem Niederländer Danny van Poppel und dem Belgier Quinten Hermans. In der Gesamtwertung liegt der Belgier Ilan van Wilder weiter in Führung und hat beste Chancen, die Tour zu gewinnen.

Am Sonntag steht die Schlussetappe der fünftägigen Rundfahrt auf dem Programm. Von der niedersächsischen Landeshauptstadt Hannover müssen die Fahrer flache 175,6 Kilometer nach Bremen meistern.

17.48 Uhr: Überraschungssieg für den Esten Madis Mihkels. Der Fahrer mit der Startnummer 94 hat im Zielsprint auf der Huyssenallee die dritte Etappe der Deutschlandtour 2023 gewonnen.

17.47 Uhr: Gut vier Stunden haben die Radsportler für diese Strecke benötigt.

17.44 Uhr: Die letzten Kilometer sind zu fahren. Gerade ist das Feld noch einmal durch den Kreisverkehr am Limbecker Platz gerollt. An der Huyssenallee ist dann das Ziel nach 173 Kilometern erreicht.

17.28 Uhr: Kurzer Rückblick nach Fröndenberg. An der bei Radsportlern bekannten "Eule", hier war die erste Bergwertung des Tages, hatte unser Kollege Martin Haselhorst auf das Fahrerfeld gewartet.

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17.11 Uhr: Impression aus Essen-Holsterhausen: Hier und an der Kirche St. Maria Empfängnis ist auch gute Stimmung, aber nach wie vor auch viele Konflikte mit Autofahrern, die sauer sind, weil sie nicht weiterkommen.

16.56 Uhr: Bei der Newcomer-Tour hat übrigens Sophia Schrödel (SV Marienstein) zeitgleich vor Julia Servay (RSC Biberach) das Etappenziel in Essen erreicht. Das Duo hatte sich schon früh im Rennverlauf von der Konkurrenz absetzen können und führte die 39 Fahrerinnen über den 1,7 Kilometer langen Rundkurs durch die Essener City, der insgesamt 25 mal absolviert werden musste.

Es gab zahlreiche Versuche aus dem Feld, zu den beiden Spitzenreiterinnen aufzuschließen, doch die konnten sich nach 42,5 Kilometern letztlich mit mehr als einer Minute Vorsprung behaupten. Im Sprint setzte sich Sophia Schrödel dann souverän gegen Julia Servay durch. Im Hauptfeld sprintete Hannah-Franziska Brand (RSV Rheinzabern) dann am schnellsten.

16.49 Uhr: Die EInschränkungen gibt es heute insbesondere in der Essener Innenstadt: Sperrungen wegen Deutschland Tour: Stau und Chaos in Essen

16.35 Uhr: Jürgen und Barbara Kleinebeck sind Radfans und begeistert, dass die Tour in Essen vorbeikommt. Das Paar war auch schon bei der Tour de France. Sie bauen Pavillon auf, haben Fahnen, Getränke, Maskottchen und den Grill dabei und machen es sich gemütlich an der Wickenburgstr in Essen. Die Kleinebecks kommen aus Schonmebeck,aber sie treffen sich dort mit Freunden Jürgen Bossems und Jörg Trojovsky.. „wir wollen Flagge zeigen, damit vielleicht mehr solcher Events nach Essen kommen.“

16.07 Uhr: Das Fahrerfeld rollt weiter in Richtung Essen. Auf einigen Straßen im Stadtgebiet, wie hier in Holsterhausen, geht schon nichts mehr. Diese Straßen werden in Essen gesperrt .

16.00 Uhr: In Hattingen ist das Profifeld nun durch. Die vielen Zuschauer und Radsport-Fans haben die Fahrer mit Klatschen, Bravorufe und viel Hej, hej und hop, hop,hop begrüßt.

15.33 Uhr: Unser Reporter meldet sich aus Velbert-Langenberg, hier ist die zweite Bergwertung der dritten Etappe. Das Amateur-Feld wagt sich schon an den Anstieg zum Sender. 2,1 Kilometer lang ist der Anstieg mit 6,6 Prozent.

15.17 Uhr: Gerade Polizeiwagen mit roter Flagge und Blaulicht auf der South-Kirkby-Straße (L 651) in Sprockhövel. Die Radprofis rollen an.

14.20 Uhr: In Menden ist der gesamte Spuk schon vorbei: Es dauerte nur wenige Sekunden, da war das gesamte Fahrerfeld bereits an den Zuschauern vorbeigerast.

Hier geht es zu unserer Fotostrecke: Große Euphorie bei Deutschland Tour in Arnsberg

13.45 Uhr: In der Essener Stadtmitte herrscht indes bereits reichlich Chaos auf den Straßen rund um die Sperrungen - vor allem die Friedrichstraße, Bismarckstraße und Alfredstraße seien dicht, so unser Reporter vor Ort. Welche Straßen gesperrt werden, lesen Sie in unserem Artikel.

Viele fahren bis zur Sperrung und müssen dann mühsam wenden. Auch auf der Rüttenscheider Straße hat sich ein Rückstau all jener gebildet, die verzweifelt versuchen, aus der Stauzone zu kommen. Man hört viel Fluchen. Am Stadtgarten hingegen herrscht schon gute Stimmung. Dort erreichen die Rennradfahrer voraussichtlich gegen 17.50 Uhr ihr Etappenziel. Schon seit 13 Uhr gibt ein Rahmenprogramm für Fahrradfans.

13.40 Uhr: Auch Tour-Teufel“ Didi Senft hat alles gegeben!

13.35 Uhr: Die dritte Etappe der Deutschland Tour von Arnsberg-Neheim nach Essen ist pünktlich um 13.35 Uhr mit dem neutralisierten Start auf dem Weg! Arnsbergs Bürgermeister Ralf Paul Bittner gab das Startzeichen. Viele neugierige Besucher auf dem Neheimer Markt feuerten die Fahrer rund um die deutschen Stars wie Nils Politt, Rick Zabel oder Georg Zimmermann an.

13.30 Uhr: Auch in Hattingen freut man sich auf die Deutschland Tour, berichtet unsere Reporterin. Schon am frühen Morgen wurden gelbe Warnwesten für die Streckenposten unter anderem an Gartenzäunen entlang der Strecke aufgehängt, hatten Lieferwagen Warnbaken entlang der Ausfallstraßen abgestellt. Und schwarze Pfeile auf neongelbem Grund an Laternen und Straßenschildern signalisierten auch Unkundigen die Strecke der Deutschlandtour. Die testeten zwischen Sprockhövel und Hattingen am Vormittag auch zig Amateur-Radsportler – einzeln oder in Kleingruppen. Ein Top-Training auf den Spuren der Profis.

13.25 Uhr: Die Fans warten in Vosswinkel auf den scharfen Start.

13.10 Uhr: Nils Politt (Bora-hansgrohe) hat sich auf dem Neheimer Markt eingetragen und lobt im Interview die Fahrten im Sauerland: „Nach Winterberg zu fahren, hat wieder super viel Spaß gemacht - bis auf das Wetter.“

12.31 Uhr: In Neheim beginnt die Präsentation der Teams.

12.30 Uhr: Ein paar Kilometer weiter fiebern die Fans in Fröndenberg der Deutschland Tour entgegen: Die Stadt hat sich herausgeputzt mit Deutschland-Fähnchen in Beeten und an Zäunen. Die Bürgerschützen, die am zweiten September Schützenfest feiern, haben ihre Fahnen extra früher gehisst. Die Bühne für das Rahmenprogramm steht bereits auf dem Marktplatz, es sind mehr Menschen unterwegs als an einem gewöhnlichen Samstag, berichtet unser Reporter vor Ort.

Zahlreiche mehr oder weniger ambitionierte Freizeitfahrer versuchen sich vor dem Rennstart selbst am Eulenberg. Die Bergwertung dort ist der Höhepunkt in Fröndenberg. Am Eulendenkmal stehen schon erste Radsportfans hinter Absperrgittern. Neben Freizeit-Radfahrern fahren auch Teamfahrzeuge der Mannschaften die Strecke langsam ab - offenbar, um die Strecke noch einmal genau zu inspizieren.

12.20 Uhr: Ex-Profi Fabian Wegmann ist Rennleiter der Deutschland Tour. In zehn Minuten stehe für ihn das abschließende Orga-Gespräch mit der Polizei an, wie die Etappe dann um 13.35 Uhr in den neutralisierten Start geht, sagte er unseren Reportern vor Ort.

12 Uhr: Die Vorfreude bei den Radsport-Fans ist groß: In Neheim ist im begehbaren Teamlager der Deutschland Tour einiges los.

11.30 Uhr: Das Wetter am Samstag ist deutlich schöner und sonniger als noch am Freitag - da hatte es während der Etappe von Kassel nach Winterberg ordentlich geregnet. David König (37) ist Radmechaniker beim Team Saris Rouvy Sauerland. Er hat gestern viel zu tun gehabt, die Räder nach der Regen-Etappe zu säubern. „Da habe ich über nen Liter Wasser aus dem Rahmen abfließen lassen müssen“, erzählt er.

11.15 Uhr: Die Vorbereitungen auf den Start im Sauerland laufen: In Neheim bauen sich die Fahrerlager allmählich auf.

11.10 Uhr: Wegen des Todes eines jungen belgischen Fahrers des Teams Lotto nach einem Trainingsunfall verzichtet Neheim „auf zu laute Beschallung“. Das Radsport-Talent Tijl De Decker war am Mittwoch verstorben.

10.40 Uhr: Ab 13.35 Uhr soll es in Arnsberg losgehen. Zum Start ist auch die Radsport-Ikone Didi Senft mit dabei.

Lesen Sie auch diese Texte zur Deutschland Tour:

• Selbstversuch: Etappe 3 der Deutschland Tour quer durch NRW
• Deutschland Tour 2023: Strecke, Etappen, Termin - alle Infos
• Das sind die Neheimer Straßensperrungen zur Deutschland Tour
• So groß ist der Aufwand für die Deutschland Tour in Essen
• Deutschland Tour: Arnsberger Klingeln für die Radsport-Asse
• „Deutschland Tour“: Das ist die Radrennstrecke durch Essen
• Newsblog zur zweiten Etappe der Deutschland Tour

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Spring time in NRW

Get out and enjoy it!

Kick-off in NRW

This is where the heart of soccer beats

Family trips

Off to new adventures!

Around the Corner

Listen to the city whispers and take a look around the corner.

Have a look!

Per­son­al re­ports of travels to the state’s most beau­ti­ful places

Listen, Baby!

A feast for the eyes and ears, a mat­ter of the heart

Beer tra­di­tion

Cul­tur­al high­lights.

Cul­tur­al North Rhine-West­phalia brings you to majest­ic parks, gar­dens and great art. Dis­cov­er our world-class mu­seums and our in­dus­tri­al her­it­age.

Top-Ex­hib­i­tions 2024

In North Rhine-West­phali­a's mu­seums lots of dif­fer­ent ex­hib­i­tions open their doors through­out the year. Details

Ar­chi­tec­ture

North Rhine-West­pah­lia is a real para­dise for fans of ar­chi­tec­ture and pho­to­graph­ers alike. Well-known ar­chi­tects such as Frank Gehry, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Lud­wig Mies van der Rohe or Balthas­ar Neu­mann have all left their traces here, and en­riched the cit­ies in the fed­er­al state with their some­times ex­tra­vag­ant, some­times min­im­al­ist­ic, some­times lav­ish build­ings. Come and ad­mire the Baroque mas­ter build­ings, clas­sic­al spa ar­chi­tec­ture and fu­tur­ist­ic con­tem­por­ary struc­tures! Details

Beuys & Bike

Joseph Beuys set the art world in mo­tion. On his 100th birth­day, a new cycle route is fol­low­ing in his foot­steps through the far west of Ger­many. Details

Palaces & Castles

Dis­cov­er the im­pos­ing palaces and castles in the Kul­tur­land, which tell ex­cit­ing stor­ies from a wide range of epochs. Details

Mu­seums

Over 1.000 mu­seums in North Rhine-West­phalia await curi­ous vis­it­ors. Dis­cov­er the most pop­u­lar and im­press­ive es­tab­lish­ments with their unique, high-qual­ity ex­hib­i­tions. Details

UN­ESCO World Her­it­age

There are six UN­ESCO World Her­it­age Sites in North Rhine-West­phalia. The Lower Ger­man­ic Limes has also been al­lowed to bear the title since 2021. Details

In­dus­tri­al her­it­age of NRW

Back­drops for art, cul­ture and the cre­at­ive sec­tor The in­dus­tri­al her­it­age of North Rhine-West­phalia is huge: no oth­er fed­er­al state has such an abund­ance and vari­ety of in­dus­tri­al monu­ments. Themed routes lead across the coun­try to mines, gas­o­met­ers, cok­ing plants, blast fur­naces, pro­duc­tion fa­cil­it­ies and lifts. Details

Out­door-Fun

Green, green­er, North Rhine-West­phalia: More than half of the land is made up of forests, rivers, mead­ows and fields. Come and dis­cov­er our nat­ur­al beauty that will truly sur­prise you!

Nature Parks & Eifel Na­tion­al Park

Ex­per­i­ence the twelve nature parks in NRW and the only na­tion­al park: we present the most beau­ti­ful hik­ing and cyc­ling trails through nature, breath­tak­ing vant­age points and oth­er ex­cur­sion tips. Details

Nature ex­per­i­ence tours

Flower­ing heath land­scapes, dense forests and wild flood­plains Pack your bags and ex­plore the an­im­als and land­scapes of NRW on four nature tours. Dis­cov­er flamin­gos and high­land cattle in the Mün­ster­land re­gion, look for beavers on the Lower Rhine, be amazed at the sight of wis­ents by moon­light in the Teuto­bur­ger Wald forest, or fol­low the tracks of wild­cats in the Eifel re­gion. Ready to go? Details

Ex­cur­sions on the Rhine

On foot, by bike, in a cable-car or by don­key-ride – choose your way to dis­cov­er the de­lights of the Rhine. Details

Won­ders of nature

The land­scape of NRW is burst­ing with col­our. Dot­ted among the ex­tens­ive swathes of green, vis­it­ors will spot splashes of vi­brant col­our in places like Zwill­brock­er Venn in Mün­ster­land, the home of Europe’s most north­erly pink flamingo breed­ing colony. A sea of yel­low awaits in the Eifel, mean­while, both in early spring when the wild daf­fodils start to ap­pear and a little later when the broom shrubs be­gin to flower. Mys­ter­i­ous caves in Sauer­land, le­gend-steeped rock form­a­tions in the Teuto­burg Forest, a wild herd of European bison in Sieger­land-Wit­tgen­stein and the dis­cov­ery site of Neander­th­al man provide fur­ther col­our­ful at­trac­tions. Details

City ad­ven­tures

Im­merse in our urb­an jungle and start your city ad­ven­ture in nar­row, wind­ing streets. We in­vite you to dis­cov­er and linger.

aroundthe­corner

Six cit­ies in North Rhine-West­phalia, up close and per­son­al. Get to know who they really are, what makes them spe­cial and which of their less­er-known corners they no longer want to hide. Some­times, they are dreamy and emo­tion­al. Oth­er times, en­er­get­ic and col­our­ful. Each one, totally dif­fer­ent. But these NRW cit­ies have one thing in com­mon: They in­vite you to take a ma­gic­al stroll. Date?

His­tor­ic town and loc­al centres

In the his­tor­ic loc­al and town centres in NRW, vis­it­ors can im­merse them­selves in the past and ex­per­i­ence the par­tic­u­lar charm of these places in cosy cafés or on ro­mantic squares. Details

The ma­jor cit­ies of North Rhine-West­phalia have much to dis­cov­er: trendy neigh­bour­hoods, art gal­ler­ies and great shop­ping op­por­tun­it­ies. Details

Cowork­ing Spaces

New faces every morn­ing, new ideas every day, chats and scraps of con­ver­sa­tion. Brief con­tacts be­come friends, friends turn in­to busi­ness part­ners. This is what it’s like in a cowork­ing space. Details

Shop­ping

North Rhine-West­phalia is a true shop­per’s para­dise, with everything from lux­ury shop­ping miles to busy ped­es­tri­an zones and mod­ern ar­cades, and from trendy dis­tricts with small boutiques to shop­ping centres with everything un­der one roof. Details

Cyc­ling Ex­cite­ment

Re­lax along rivers and lakes or start ped­dling trails up and down: North Rhine-West­phalia is per­fectly suited for your bi­cycles.

Palaces and castles

No mat­ter if view­ing them only from a dis­tance, tak­ing the time for an ex­ten­ded stop to vis­it mu­seums and en­joy a lunch­time snack, or us­ing the castle park as the per­fect stop to re­lax for a little, these routes will take you to some of the most beau­ti­ful palaces and castles in your NRW. Discover more cycling paths!

On the old rail­way lines

Let your­self be in­spired by our cycle paths on old rail­way lines in North Rhine-West­phalia. Discover more cycling paths!

Cyc­ling routes with ath­let­ic chal­lenges

Hier gaat het altijd ho­ger, ver­der en sneller: deze fiet­s­routes in NRW vragen om spor­tieve top­prestaties, op de gravel­bike, de race­fi­ets of de moun­tain­bike. Discover more cycling paths!

River Cycle Paths

Routes full of high­lights, but mostly flat With the Ruhr, Rhine, Lippe, Lenne, or Sieg, rivers of all sizes shape the land­scape along their banks in NRW in dif­fer­ent ways. Those fol­low­ing them by bike from source to mouth will ex­per­i­ence nature, his­tory, and plenty of cyc­ling fun with little gradi­ent. Discover more cycling paths!

In­sider tips for bike tours

Quite a few cycle paths in North Rhine-West­phalia provide sur­pris­ing ex­per­i­ences and new im­pres­sions with of­ten less well-known sights along the way. Details

In­sider Tips

Look­ing for your next short trip, for spe­cial ac­com­mod­a­tions or for the best photo spot in North Rhine-West­phalia? Then you've come to the right place.

Un­usu­al gast­ro­nomy

We’ve com­piled a list of the most un­usu­al gast­ro­nom­ic ex­per­i­ences in Your NRW - in spec­tac­u­lar loc­a­tions and with very spe­cial gast­ro­nom­ic con­cepts and culin­ary of­fers. Details

Un­usu­al ac­com­mod­a­tion

Wheth­er it’s a stay in a tree­house on the Sorpe­see lake, camp­ing in the middle of nature or sleep­ing in a trail­er dir­ectly on the Ruhr river that you’re look­ing for - our list con­tains 37 un­usu­al ac­com­mod­a­tion op­tions in Your NRW. Unusual accommodation

Stor­ies from NRW

Get to know the spe­cial stor­ies of ex­cep­tion­al people from North Rhine-West­phalia. Be­cause they are what makes #Dein­NRW so unique. More Stories from NRW

Mu­sic Lov­ers

With the Sound of #urb­a­nana, we pave the way to a pop his­tor­ic­al tour through the Ruhr Area, Düs­sel­dorf and Co­logne. Details

Cus­toms & Tra­di­tions in NRW

In­dus­tri­al Cul­ture & His­tor­ic­al Crafts Shut-down mines and ma­chine halls, mills and grind­ing work­shops, steam-powered trains, and a sus­pen­sion rail­way that is unique in the world are some his­tor­ic­al des­tin­a­tions that in­vite to an up-close ex­per­i­ence to con­vey an au­then­t­ic im­pres­sion of the every­day work­ing lives of people in the 19th and 20th cen­tur­ies. Details

Fam­ily Time

From amuse­ment parks to dark caves, and from hands-on mu­seums to child-friendly walk­ing trails –we’ve got you covered for your next fam­ily get­away!

Zoos and zo­olo­gic­al parks

Wheth­er clas­sic zoos with an­im­als from around the world, wild­life parks with nat­ive spe­cies, or aqua parks that take vis­it­ors on jour­neys in­to the world of aquat­ic an­im­als: every single zoo in North Rhine-West­phalia houses some very spe­cial high­lights. Details

Mu­seums for chil­dren

Even bad weath­er will not stop ex­plorers of any age group in NRW. When the swim­ming lake or ski­ing slope are not par­tic­u­larly in­vit­ing, the pyr­am­ids or the plan­et­ari­um beck­on all the harder. Details

Col­lier­ies, mines, and iron­works

Min­ing has a long tra­di­tion in North Rhine-West­phalia. Fam­il­ies can ex­per­i­ence the sweaty un­der­ground work up close and see what used to be brought to light in an ex­cur­sion in­to col­lier­ies, mines, and iron­works. Details

Cyc­ling with chil­dren

Away from busy roads, fam­ily cyc­ling tours lead through a vari­ety of land­scapes. Not only is there plenty to see along the way, but ex­cit­ing ad­ven­tures and ad­di­tion­al op­por­tun­it­ies to let off steam are wait­ing for you as well. Details

Wild an­im­als

Ex­per­i­en­cing wild an­im­als in their nat­ur­al hab­it­ats is one of the most beau­ti­ful things. NRW of­fers some places where you can meet wild horses, arc­tic wild geese, or im­press­ive bison if you are just a little lucky. Let us tell you where to find these wild an­im­als. Details

Hik­ing with chil­dren

Wheth­er on nature ad­ven­ture trails, a guided tour with en­joy­able puzzles, or an­im­al com­pan­ions right by their side: NRW has great ad­ven­tures to of­fer to young hikers. The chil­dren’s hik­ing trails are no less en­joy­able for adults, how­ever, of­fer­ing great ex­per­i­ences for the en­tire fam­ily. Details

Amuse­ment parks

NRW’s amuse­ment parks of­fer plenty of show, ac­tion, and thrill with roller coast­ers, wa­ter slides, or chairo­planes. The young­est fam­ily mem­bers can en­joy some less rap­id rides, too. Details

Hik­ing de­lights

On more than 50.000 kilo­metres of hik­ing trails you get to know North Rhine-West­phalia from its most pro­found side. Be sure to pack your back­pack, pro­vi­sions and hik­ing boots.

In­sider tips - Hik­ing

Hik­ing can be so won­der­ful! Dis­cov­er new places away from the well-trod­den paths with our in­sider hik­ing tips. There are many hid­den gems that are still re­l­at­ively un­known among the many hik­ing routes in North Rhine-West­phalia. We’d like to in­tro­duce them to you! Details

Top Trails of Ger­many

Three of Ger­many’s 13 most beau­ti­ful and ex­cit­ing long-dis­tance hik­ing trails, the ‘Top Trails of Ger­many’, run through NRW. This ini­ti­at­ive brings to­geth­er Ger­many’s most beau­ti­ful and ex­cit­ing long-dis­tance trails. All four trails in North Rhine-West­phalia of­fer par­tic­u­larly nat­ur­al, at­tract­ive and var­ied hik­ing routes. Details

Hik­ing trails in NRW

NRW is a para­dise for walk­ers Hik­ing of­fers a slower but no less re­ward­ing way to dis­cov­er the de­lights of North Rhine-West­phalia. A well-de­veloped net­work of trails criss-crosses the state from east to west and north to south, tak­ing in a wide vari­ety of nat­ur­al land­scapes and dis­tinct­ive re­gions. Details

If Ger­many is known as a beer-drink­er’s heav­en, then North Rhine-West­phalia must be the Garden of Eden. No oth­er part of the coun­try has such a di­verse and ex­tens­ive cul­ture of beer and brew­ing. En­joy!

En­joy­ing beer in NRW

In the brew­er­ies and brewpubs in NRW, a wide vari­ety of beers are drunk by very dif­fer­ent people in con­vivi­al gath­er­ings. Kölsch, Alt­bi­er and Pils are the clas­sics. Details

Ques­tions and their an­swers How many vari­et­ies are there in NRW and which are the most pop­u­lar? Here you will find fre­quently asked ques­tions and an­swers. Details

Roadtrip through NRW The Beer route through North Rhine-West­phalia takes you through a vari­ety of loc­a­tion and taste-based beer des­tin­a­tions. Details

The most beau­ti­ful beer gar­dens

Drink­ing beer on a rail­way plat­form, in the middle of a castle court­yard or at a street art gal­lery? Or per­haps a white wine spritzer in a vine­yard in the middle of the vine­yards? You can ex­per­i­ence beer garden ro­mance in your NRW in so many ways. Take a look at our se­lec­tion of the most beau­ti­ful and un­usu­al beer gar­dens in North Rhine-West­phalia. Details

What is the Weg­bi­er all about?

Simply Defined: A Beer On-The-Go It’s time to break down that almighty term quite of­ten used around North Rhine-West­phalia - Weg­bi­er. Details

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Then have a browse here!

Com­bin­ing art with nature: Skulp­turen­park Wald­frieden in Wup­per­tal

Skulp­turen­park Wald­frieden

Foot­steps of Joseph Beuys on the Lower Rhine

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Stif­tung In­sel Hom­broi­ch

“Der Ber­gis­che” hik­ing between Solin­gen Grä­frath and Al­ten­berg

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At 31 songs, Taylor Swift's new album is way too long. Is the streaming era to blame?

• Taylor Swift released "The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology" on Friday.
• The surprise double album contains 31 new songs. Even as a fan, it's too much to process.
• Swift is famously prolific, but it's also a symptom of the streaming era's more-is-more mentality.

Taylor Swift's album release days should be days of celebration. Instead, I woke up this morning with a vague sense of disquiet, somehow wishing I'd gotten fewer new songs from my most-streamed artist of all time.

At midnight on Friday, Swift unveiled her much-anticipated new album "The Tortured Poets Department" — a 16-track odyssey through her recent heartbreaks and wildest romantic whims , dense with personal revelations and intricate lyrics.

It's a lot to parse, more than any fan could hope for. But just as I was getting ready to sleep, Swift was only getting started.

At 2 a.m., she released an extended version of the album with 15 additional tracks, almost doubling its length.

Attentive fans had anticipated a late-night surprise of some kind, but hardly anyone had prepared for one of such magnitude. "In the past 3 hours she has released more songs than Lorde has in the past decade," one listener observed on X . That's not an exaggeration.

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I already felt it'd take multiple business days for me to process the meta implications of "Clara Bow," let alone two full hours of Swift's most verbose work to date. Instead of going to bed contented, I suddenly felt squirrely and overwhelmed. In a 31-song tracklist, none of them have the space to breathe.

Now, before you accuse me of aimless hating or call me ungrateful, allow me to enter my credentials into evidence: The first time I heard "Our Song," I was 12 years old and instantly hooked. According to Spotify, I've spent the equivalent of several days listening to " Folklore ." I went to The Eras Tour and cried.

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So yes, as a Swiftie, I know the party line. We're lucky that our favorite artist is so prolific, so generous with her musings, while others haven't released new albums in eight years. (Looking at you, Rihanna .)

It's true that Swift's work ethic is a thing to behold. It's a point of both pride and pain in her new album: "I cry a lot, but I am so productive / It's an art," she sings on "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" with self-deprecating swagger.

Indeed, "The Tortured Poets Department" is Swift's eighth album (including rerecords) in less than four years. Her constant whirlwind of activity is part of what's propelled her to supermassive stardom. It's all but guaranteed that there's always a theory online about her next release date, or another rabbit hole to fall down.

But in that sense, is there not a little too much to unpack? I can't be the only one who feels a little dizzy. In fact, I know I'm not. Another one of my Swiftie-certified friends shared with me that she's "ignoring the deluxe songs for now" because the standard edition of "Poets" is already enough to digest.

Surely, this can't be the ideal outcome for Swift's strategy: To overwhelm her loyal fans with such an opulent feast of music that some of us are full, rather than hungry for more.

Of course, Swift is far from the only artist who's released a bloated project, and these days, the streaming era is largely to blame . It's a simple concept: The more songs you have, the more streams you get. The more streams you get, the more money you make. Thus, albums have been getting longer and longer for years .

In this pragmatic pursuit of profit, artistry is bound to suffer. Potential hits get lost in the shuffle.

Worse still, the art of creating a cohesive tracklist becomes devalued. Why exercise discernment when it's better business to release the would-be scraps?

As a Swiftie, I find this to be especially obvious today of all days. The latter half of her double album contains some of the brightest gems, like "I Look in People's Windows" and "The Prophecy." But instead of getting their own moments to shine, they've been relegated to track slots 25 and 26 in a two-hour deluxe edition. They won't be included in CDs or vinyl copies. Casual fans may never even hear them, and those who do may be too zoned-out to appreciate them.

Swifties have demonstrated a knack for bringing delayed justice to bonus tracks, from "New Romantics" to "Right Where You Left Me" and " Would've, Could've, Should've ," which have all become fan favorites over time. But fans shouldn't need to root through albums like vinyl crates; that's what the DJ gets paid to do. Curation is an art form, too.

In Swift's case, she may be too big to fail commercially . But an artist is never too big to improve her craft.

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