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Hi folks,

Anyone have nay experince hiking in North Western Germany.

Thanks,

Stephen

I staggered around in a rather drunken state four years ago... wore an England top as a baselayer, which I rather liked in the bright sunshine, certainly cooler than a black Lowe Alpine Dryflo. Had a great time, there was lots of singing and dancing but the campsites were a bit busy.

Good man Kelvin

Whats area was it.

Hi Kelvin,

That makes sense now when I think of it

Hi Zuma,

Whats the Eifel like, could you compare it to any part of the UK hills.

I live in Belgium and have gone to the Ardennes a few times and its Ok in winter when there snow but I dont like all the damn trees.

Cheers,

Stephen

German hills without trees might be difficult - the Eifel has lots of trees, the Harz has trees. Sauerland has trees. Any German hills around that area will be fairly similar to the Ardennes - IIRC, but it's been nearly 30 years since I went to the latter.

If you go too far northwest, you lose the trees, but also the hills - think East Anglia.

the icewitch, who grew up in Aachen

Hmmm...I suppose I should check who is logged in before posting!

Roos

Hi Pete

Oh well, looks like I need to head to the UK or to the Alps to get anything decent with tree

Eifel has different areas, the South part of the eifel has less trees than the northern part. The high planes in the eifel are more open as are the planes in the Ardennes by the way... The old Vulcano area is the border between many trees and less trees. You can see it clearly in google maps sattelite mode.

Other areas with less trees can be found in Luxemburg or Swiss jura or Voges (southern part)

But not sure what kind of UK hills you are looking for here in mainland Europe near Belgium

Cheers Zuma, I will check out those areas. I have been to Vosges before but not the southern part.

Hi Paddy, I would love to live that close to  SW Germany

Its a shame I am forced to live in Belgium.

I lived in both NW and SW Germany and loved both areas. The Eifel is excellent and there are also long distance footpaths following both sides of the Rhine (Rhine Hohenweg). The mountains aren't the highest but for hiking the paths and villages are excellent along with the public transport. We often took the train did a hike; sampled a bit of the local wine and then took a train back. Do not be disappointed that you live in Belgium; you have a wealth of choice unless you want Alpine peaks. In fact this year we are planning to visit friends in Bonn and to do a bit of hiking beforehand.

And do not believe the cliches the germans DO know how to have fun. We would move back.

I've an unexplainable fascinatin for the north of Germany, particulalry those endless old Prussia plains by the north sea coast. I have this image of me walking at dusk in a frozen wasteland with only the odd tree, with a very low and cold sun on the horizon.

Odd...