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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region

Niederfeldsee Promenade – Zollverein Coking Plant loop from Aktienstraße

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Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region

Niederfeldsee Promenade – Zollverein Coking Plant loop from Aktienstraße

Moderate

4.6

(149)

490

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Niederfeldsee Promenade – Zollverein Coking Plant loop from Aktienstraße

03:23

54.6km

340m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 12, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 32.1 km for 130 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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7.72 km

Niederfeld Lake

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A great route with a great surface. Leads directly from the south into the city center of Essen. Lots of water along the way - Niederfeldsee, Kruppseee - and the Cafe Radmosphäre. My top route in Essen.

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8.34 km

Niederfeldsee Promenade

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Very successful new development in the middle of the district of Altendorf with its own lake on the Rheinische-Bahn-Trasse

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15.6 km

Zollverein Coking Plant

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Like the neighboring Zollverein colliery, the former coking plant has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001. Here you can learn about industrial history, visit the factory swimming pool …

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33.2 km

Here you cycle along the Ruhr at pretty much the same level as the river. In some places the Ruhr has overflowed the banks a little, but only by a …

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33.6 km

Ruhr Valley Cycle Path

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Always relaxed cycling.

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6

38.2 km

Remarkable steel construction, for all lovers of carbon steel.

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43.4 km

Stadtwald

Forest

8

46.4 km

Green Belt Cycle Path Essen

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Nice to drive like an expressway with exits

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49.6 km

Grugatrasse

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Beautiful route. Connects Frohnhausen with Steele, the RS1 with the Ruhrtalradweg.

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54.6 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.2 km

8.15 km

6.47 km

3.55 km

1.27 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

40.6 km

6.92 km

5.77 km

571 m

418 m

334 m

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Saturday 27 June

31°C

21°C

53 %

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Comments

July 26, 2022,Kupferdreh Zollverein Steele kurze Variante
One of our favorite tours. Since we finally had to pick up Anne's pedelec at the workshop in Kupferdreh, we opted for the slightly shorter route via Lohrheide and did not drive to Dahlhausen via the Centennial Hall and Springorumradweg. Everything included: river bike path, railway lines, industrial culture, fields and meadows and unfortunately also a decent, but fortunately only …

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As one of the absolute "must-dos" if I were to come to the Ruhr area, I had asked my friend Erich to plan a tour of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex. No sooner said than done... On the way there, another highlight was to be visited: the "Margerethenhöhe" housing estate, a housing estate in Essen …

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