Activities
Looking for recreation and relaxation? Interested in leisure activities outside? Or do you prefer to discover attractive sights on your own? Then Minden and its surroundings are the right place for you! Here you can see a variety of areas of natural beauty where rare plants and animals are waiting to be discovered. Follow the marked hiking and bicycle tracks and enjoy the beautiful landscape by ship.
Walking on the Weser-Bastau-Path along the Weser and the ship-mill grinder as well as on the Old Town Route offers another possibility to get an idea of Minden´s sights. Both paths are marked with signs.
Minden´s charming green space
Minden is green. Surrounded by a green belt - the glacis - and flanked by the river promenade, the city offers the best conditions for a day outdoors.
Water bridge
After a long period of planning in 1906 there was the start of a giant building project : The Rhine-Weser Canal. Since then the canal takes a 'jump' over the river 'weser'.
Not only for children: potts park
Outside the gates of Minden the theme park promises not only children a busy day.
Ship-mill grinder (Schiffmühle) and paddle steamboat
A rare attraction on the banks of the Weser is the reconstruction of an old ship mill grinder.
By Steam train or ship
Minden is located on the waterway crossing. Sure, that the Weser and the Mittelland Canal offer the opportunity to explore the country by ship. But even on the railroad's you can travel well.
A little sensation at the Wittekind castle
Until 1996, the Wittekindsburg was a very exciting indeed, but not particularly an unusual fortress building. Then archaeologists discovered a rarity.
The Minden Planet Trek: An entire solar system in Minden
Commitment makes it happen. Students and teachers of the Bessel in Minden built up a planet trek, which you may now explore - especially by bike.