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Program - Leisure - Germany - Sauerland region
Unique artistic hiking trail
The Wood Sculpture Path

The Wood Sculpture Path, created between 2000 and 2010 leads from Bad Berleburg in the Siegerland-Wittgenstein district and Schmallenberg in the Sauerland. On the Rothaarsteig access paths from the two towns, it takes just 23 kilometers to cross the Rothaar ridge, on which it also crosses the Rothaarsteig at Kühhude. By their works of art along the edge of the Wood Sculpture Path, internationally known artists have created a unique artistic hiking trail which, in Germany at least, is unique. Read more...

Program - Sightseeing - Germany - Sauerland region
German Potato Cake
Potthucke

Potthucke is a German Potato Cake with Sausages which literally means “what sits in the pot”, as this dish used to take hours to be prepared. Read more...

Program - Sightseeing - Germany - Sauerland region
German ski history
The West German Winter Sports Museum

For over 100 years, the area around the Kahler Asten has been one of the largest winter sports regions in Germany. Chief forester Hagemann was the first to use skis in Winterberg in 1889. Today more than 100 ski lifts run in the “Wintersport Arena Sauerland” and modern snow making systems guarantee snow. Read more...

Program - Sports - Germany - Sauerland region
Sauerland from the air
Paragliding

A few steps against the wind and you are flying! The paraglider, the safest air sports device with aerodynamic lift, gently carries you through the air. Read more...

Program - Leisure - Germany - Rhine region
The Arctic visitors
Wild geese on the Lower Rhine

Wild geese on the Lower Rhine, are an everyday sighting during the winter (September to April). But that was not always the case. Only over the past 25 years has it been possible to experience the impressive image of thousands of geese on the winter meadows and fields because Arctic wild geese only started coming to this region during the winter in impressive quantities since the middle/end of the 1960s. Nearly 200,000 migratory birds, including 150,000 great white-footed geese and 15,000 bean geese make their way from Siberia in large swarms heading towards the area to spend the winter. Read more...