Walking in the Euregio

In between my regular job and the work on ‘t Kreng I managed to squeeze in a few days away from it all in the past months. Together with friends I explored some of the beautiful areas of the Euregio, in our own lovely province and neighbouring Belgium and German on foot.

Starting with a walk over the Margraten Plateau and through “Het Savelsbos”. It was rather overcast, but I managed a half decent shot of an abandoned Limestone quarry, Trichterberg Gronsveld (2024-06-02: NL):

Next a walk through the woods above the Wesertalsperre,

between Raeren and Eupen (2024-06-22: B):

The nature reserve Neuwald, south of Raeren

A shelter deep in the forest Auf 'm Venn,

above the valley of the Weser river.

The Eschbach flowing through lush woods.

A forest track over the plateau between the valleys of the Eschbach and the Weser River.

Sunrays picking out the pine trees of a production forest near Vennkreuz.

Paying a visit to the Wesertalsperre itself,

near the city of Eupen in the Belgian Ostkantons (2024-06-22: B):

A walk in the scorching heat, through the Brohltal

in the German Vulkan Eifel (2024-07-20: D):

Finishing lunch at a small “Grillstube” in the village of Oberzissen.

View over the Brohltal from the Sizzener Weg,

north of the small village of Brenk.

The ruins of Burg Olbrück towering over the Brohltal.

An ancient roadside cross, made from local vulcanic stone,

south of Holzwiesen.

Looking up at the ruins of Burg Olbrück.

A rather demanding walk around the famous Nürburgring’s Nordschleife. Sadly it was all eerily quiet in the woods surrounding the track, as cyclists had taken over for the weekend. So no tourist drives to enjoy, rather disappointing! (2024-07-21: D):

Klostertal Nürburgring.

The Nürburgring’s “Steilstrecke” or the steep section.

A 450m¹ long test hill, with a gradient of 27%.

But despite the track being closed for cars, there was some interesting machinery around.

Like this Dallara in the parking area at the foot of the Nürburg.