Totem with Magpie Sculpture – Japanese Garden, Westfalenpark loop from Dortmund-Hörde

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Totem with Magpie Sculpture – Japanese Garden, Westfalenpark loop from Dortmund-Hörde

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Totem with Magpie Sculpture – Japanese Garden, Westfalenpark loop from Dortmund-Hörde

01:49

6.88km

60m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 2.21 km for 2.46 km

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Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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824 m

Bridge over the Restored Emscher

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The Emscher region is changing its face - once again. More than a hundred years ago, a sparsely populated agricultural landscape became an industrial conurbation, and the naturally flowing Emscher …

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868 m

Studio Orta: Spirits of the Emscher Valley

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Signs: "Spirits of the Emscher Valley / Lucy + Jorge Orta / Vogelfrau / Bird woman"; “Phoenix West was / was once connected to Phoenix East / by a railroad …

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1.18 km

Totem with Magpie Sculpture

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Shortly after the Bird Woman comes the artwork Totem with Magpie. The "Ghosts of the Emscher Valley" consisted of the two works "Bird Woman" and "Totem with Magpie", which were …

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2.69 km

Lakeside stage in Westfalenpark

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Ideal location for children to present themselves

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3.82 km

Flower Meadow With View of Industrial Heritage

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Wonderful for a break. Benches with a wide view.

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4.38 km

Japanese Garden, Westfalenpark

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Once China in the Japanese Garden

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4.98 km

Phoenixsee–Phoenix West Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge

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Good connection between Phoenixsee and Phoensix West grounds

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5.11 km

Emscher Promenade 🌊

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In 2016 the Emscher Association opened the revamped trail along the northern bank of the Emscher river and named it Emscherpromenade: the section of the Emscher Trail from the 2010 …

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6.88 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.10 km

436 m

352 m

Surfaces

4.96 km

1.74 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

16°C

4°C

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February 1, 2025,🐦‍🔥 Dortmunder Runde vom Florianturm zum Phoenix See

Just in time for the start of February, the bright blue sky lures us into Dortmund's Westfalenpark, up to the Florianturm, and across the Emscherpromenade to the Phoenix Lake.
Favorite motifs: The Hympendahlbrücke viaduct in the evening light, a little further to the east the bird woman stretches her wings, and the ton-heavy Thomas Wandler will still be a sight …

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