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Ems Meadows — Along the Ems River – View of the Meyer Shipyard loop from Emsauen zwischen Herbrum und Vellage

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Ems Meadows — Along the Ems River – View of the Meyer Shipyard loop from Emsauen zwischen Herbrum und Vellage

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Ems Meadows — Along the Ems River – View of the Meyer Shipyard loop from Emsauen zwischen Herbrum und Vellage

01:32

26.6km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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Emsauen zwischen Herbrum und Vellage

Emstal von Lathen bis Papenburg

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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959 m

Emsauen zwischen Herbrum und Vellage

Nature Reserve

11.4 km

Dike path along the Ems

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It is clearly faster and shorter from Rhede to Papenburg, but this route is probably the most beautiful route, even if you miss Aschendorf and Gut Altenkamp.

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11.9 km

Cycle path on the Ems embankment near Wilgen

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Beautiful cycle path along the Ems dike near Wilgen.

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13.1 km

Through the Ems meadows

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Beautiful route through the vast Emsauen. Wonderful to really enjoy nature.

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15.7 km

Emsauen Nature Reserve between Herbrum and Vellage

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The Emssauen on the left of the Ems between Halte and Rhede open up a great view of the east side of the river. The route is easy to drive on.

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16.6 km

Ems Meadows — Along the Ems River

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Beautiful route along the Ems! You can admire many animal and plant species. Since the path along the Ems is closed to car traffic, you can also cycle here with small children.

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19.0 km

Deichverteidigungsstraße Papenburg

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Beautiful cycle route along the dike.

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20.7 km

Meyer Werft Papenburg Shipyard

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From here you have a good view of the Mayer shipyard in Papenburg. It is one of the largest and most modern shipyards in the world. Cruise ships for international …

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21.5 km

View of the Meyer Shipyard

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The largest employer in Emsland

Directly at the Meyer Werft shipyard, there is a large parking lot, food and drink, and an observation deck.

Experience shows that it gets very crowded on weekends.

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26.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.7 km

6.01 km

5.86 km

637 m

428 m

Surfaces

18.4 km

5.27 km

1.49 km

1.02 km

428 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 29 August

22°C

16°C

66 %

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Max wind speed: 29.0 km/h

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Comments

October 31, 2021,Tag 7: Von Rhede (Ems) zur Meyer-Werft

Day 7: Today we drove home. 😪 But with the great weather I put a STOP on the way, bike 🚲 from the porter and from Rhede an der Ems I went through a nature reserve to Pappenburg to the Meyer shipyard and back on the other side.
Unfortunately there was a bit of "land under" on the side and …

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Ems Meadows — Along the Ems River – View of the Meyer Shipyard loop from Emsauen zwischen Herbrum und Vellage

Dike path along the Ems

Cycle path on the Ems embankment near Wilgen

Through the Ems meadows

Emsauen Nature Reserve between Herbrum and Vellage

Ems Meadows — Along the Ems River

Deichverteidigungsstraße Papenburg

Meyer Werft Papenburg Shipyard

View of the Meyer Shipyard

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