Discover Delmenhorst

Delmenhorst can be explored through several specific themes: Art Nouveau architecture, modern art and industrial heritage, as well as cycling tours, boating experiences in the Graftanlagen park and a large sauna area. When searching for accommodation, it helps to decide first which interests you want to shape your stay. Would you like to focus on architecture and exhibitions, explore the landscape by bike or spend time in the Graftanlagen? These priorities give your travel plans different directions.

Train station and cycling tours

RB 58, RE 1, RS 3, RS 4 and RS 30 trains stop at Delmenhorst station. Check the current timetables before travelling. Six mapped cycling tours in and around Delmenhorst can be followed using a cycling map or digitally via Outdooractive. Cycling routes from Delmenhorst follow waterways through protected landscapes as well as through the Geest and marshland areas. Before setting off, check the availability of your chosen route and the digital platform.

Town hall, art and industrial heritage

The town hall complex and the Delmenhorst Water Tower were built between 1908 and 1925 by architect Heinz Stoffregen. The town hall is an Art Nouveau building. The 44-metre-high water tower has an observation platform reached by 200 steps. The architecture of the complex and the height of the tower are complemented by a specific route to the platform.

Haus Coburg houses the Delmenhorst Municipal Gallery, which presents modern art exhibitions. The former Nordwolle factory complex offers a different cultural focus: it is one of Europe’s largest industrial monuments. The two themes are easy to distinguish if you want to shape your stay around culture: modern art at the gallery or industrial history at the former factory complex.

Graftanlagen park and GraftTherme

You can explore the Graftanlagen along the park paths by pedal boat or rowing boat. GraftTherme offers an 11,000-square-metre sauna area with indoor and outdoor saunas, a brine pool and cold-water facilities. This offers a choice of leisure activities: a boat trip along the paths of the Graftanlagen or a focus on the sauna and the facilities listed there.

Nature in the wider Delmenhorst destination

Within the wider Delmenhorst destination, the Wiekhorn-Graftanlagen protected landscape covers 183 hectares in the heart of the city. The mature trees in the Graftanlagen provide habitat for diverse and abundant breeding bird populations. Partly woodland-like stands of trees, together with adjacent waterways and meadows, provide ideal living conditions for numerous bat species.

The information clearly distinguishes between cycling and walking tours: cycling routes follow waterways through protected landscapes, Geest and marshland; the Natura Trail “Along the Delme through Delmenhorst” is an approximately 7-kilometre walking route starting on Burginsel island in the Graftanlage. It runs along protected sections of the Lower Delme and the Ochtum in the city of Delmenhorst; these sections provide habitat for fish.

When searching for accommodation, you can use these differences as a guide: decide whether culture and industrial history, cycling tours, park activities or a walk should take priority. This allows you to tailor your search in Delmenhorst to the kind of stay you are planning.

For the wider travel overview: Delmenhorst.