Activities

You are searching for recovery and relaxation? You would like to be active in pure clean air ? Or rather discover things worth seeing by yourself? Then you are at the perfect spot in the Minden countryside! Here an overwhelming number of nature's beauty expects you, in which still rare types pf plants and animal species are domestic. Explore the environment on the marked walking and cycle tracks or enjoy the wonderful landscape viewing either from a boat or ship. The Weser-Bastau-route leading along the water and at the ship mill and the old-town-route  open a further possibility to you to make yourself a picture of Mindens objects of interest. Both routes are well signposted.

Alternation is provided by the numerous attractive outing destinations such as the core lock, visitor mine Keinenbremen and windmill Südhemmern, which you can reach with with the historical steam train or by ship.

You select according to how you feel from the day trips being offered by the tourist information (in the Domstraße 2) or arrange your own individual program.

You will see: There are no limits for your enterprise!

 

On the way with train and ship

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In Minden wird der Mittellandkanal mittels einer Br�cke �ber die Weser gef�hrtMinden is located at the water cross. So it is only natural that the Weser and the Midland canal offer the possibility of exploring the Minden country by ship. But travelling by train also works well

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A small sensation at the Wittekind castle

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Die Kreuzkirche an der Wittekindsburg ist eine kleine SensationUntil 1996 the Wittekind castle was quite an exciting, but not particularly unusual barrier castle. Then archaeologists discovered a rarity.

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Minden's planet route: A whole solar system in Minden

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Der Planetenpfad in MindenCommitment makes it possible. Students and teachers of the Bessel college in Minden furnished a planet route, which you can explore now - particularly by bike.

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Not only for children: potts park

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Rasant: die Achterbahn in potts park The amusement park 'Potts Park' on the outskirts of Minden does not only promise children an eventful day.

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Minden's green lung

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Das Areal am Amphitheater lockt im Sommer viele an die WeserMinden is green. Surrounded by a green belt, the Glacis, and flanked by the Weser promenade, the city offers best conditions for a day outside.

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Water bridge

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Kanalüberführung in MindenAfter a long period of planning in 1906 there was the start of a giant building project : The Rhine-Weser Canal. In Minden this takes a 'jump' over the Weser ever since.

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Ship mill and paddle steamer

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Die Schiffmühle an der WeserA special rarity on the Weser bank is the reconstruction of an old ship mill.

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