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Green Belt Cycle Path Essen – Foot/cycle path along the Ruhr loop from Essen Süd

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Green Belt Cycle Path Essen – Foot/cycle path along the Ruhr loop from Essen Süd

Hard

4.0

(8)

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Green Belt Cycle Path Essen – Foot/cycle path along the Ruhr loop from Essen Süd

03:04

50.5km

630m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 18, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 43.0 km for 183 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.46 km

Green Belt Cycle Path Essen

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Nice to drive like an expressway with exits

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5.65 km

Nachtigallental

Forest

9.44 km

Bredeneyer Gemeindewald

Forest

17.7 km

Oefte Countryside

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

Gravelling is wonderful here.

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21.9 km

Sengenholzer Bridge (Niederbergbahn Viaduct)

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This bridge is one of the most beautiful places on the entire route tour. The view is wonderful and the viaduct is simply an impressive structure. The descent is particularly recommended when you rush quickly over the bridge.

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27.2 km

Rural Road Through the Fields

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Nice route with no traffic

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32.0 km

View of the Mintarder Ruhr Valley Bridge

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Super long bridge. I found the bridge very impressive to look at from a certain distance from the cycle path, because the bridge is super long and slightly curved; it crosses the Ruhr and the cycle path.

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32.4 km

View of the Mintard Ruhr Valley Bridge

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35.1 km

Saarn-Mendener Ruhraue

Nature Reserve

37.0 km

Foot/cycle path along the Ruhr

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Beautiful cycle path, which runs very close to the Ruhr in parts. A few kilometers before the Mülheim water station, however, the cycle path is now closed to cyclists. A …

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38.7 km

Forstbachtal

Nature Reserve

47.7 km

Grugaweg

Highlight • Cycleway

50.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.4 km

11.1 km

10.4 km

7.66 km

2.28 km

698 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

30.6 km

11.0 km

6.23 km

1.85 km

671 m

130 m

Elevation

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Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Tuesday 19 May

18°C

12°C

83 %

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Green Belt Cycle Path Essen – Foot/cycle path along the Ruhr loop from Essen Süd

Green Belt Cycle Path Essen

Oefte Countryside

Sengenholzer Bridge (Niederbergbahn Viaduct)

Rural Road Through the Fields

View of the Mintarder Ruhr Valley Bridge

View of the Mintard Ruhr Valley Bridge

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