Olfen: Steveraue, Trails and Buildings
Accommodation in Olfen
Olfen combines the Steveraue with trails, water activities and notable buildings. This makes the town an interesting choice for a range of travel plans: you can focus on walking or cycling, a trip on the Stever, culture, or seasonal storytelling themes. If you’re looking for a place to stay in Olfen, it helps to consider which of these experiences you want to shape your stay. Depending on your interests, you can start planning with a route, a boat trip or individual cultural attractions.
Steveraue: exhibition, raft and trail
The Steveraue Nature Park House opened in 2022. It offers an interactive exhibition for all ages as well as a nest cinema. The Steveraue also offers raft trips, guided tours of the Steveraue and cycle rides along the Steverauenweg. This gives you several ways to experience the Steveraue: the exhibition and nest cinema offer a different focus from a guided tour, a trip on the water or a cycling tour. Before visiting the Nature Park House, it’s best to check the current opening hours.
On raft trips along the Stever, the Antonia raft offers views of the Steveraue. The Steverauenweg provides a different perspective: it is 8 km long and can be explored on foot or by bike. Waterways and historic buildings line the route; it also passes Heck cattle and Konik horses. The route’s length, the two ways of getting around and the features mentioned offer practical guidance for anyone who would rather explore on foot or by bike than from a raft.
Bridges and buildings in Olfen
The Füchtelner Mühle is one of Olfen’s buildings worth visiting. The bridges also offer different ways to experience the town: the Dreibogenbrücke is right by the newly created river beach, while the Schiefe Brücke is in the heart of Olfen. Along with the trails and activities in the Steveraue, these are other notable spots from which to take in Olfen’s buildings and townscape.
Herb walks throughout the year
From spring until late autumn, groups and families can discover facts, legends, folklore, fairy tales and poetry on herb walks in Olfen. The range of topics runs from factual information to stories and poetic forms. The season is also relevant when planning: herb walks offer a seasonal way to explore Olfen with a group or family.
Coesfeld: cycling routes, hikes and architectural heritage
In the wider Coesfeld travel destination, the district of Coesfeld is distinguished by an exceptionally high concentration of castles, fortresses and historic country estates. The district also has a comprehensive cycling network with several hundred kilometres of well-developed routes. These connect towns, municipalities and localities, and lead through the MĂĽnsterland park landscape. The MĂĽnsterland junction network supports flexible route planning with numbered junctions and freely chosen sequences of numbers. Check local route conditions before setting off.
There are also routes of varying lengths for hiking in the Coesfeld travel destination: in Coesfeld and Lette, local circular trails range from 4 to 20 km. The 30 km-long Baumberger Ludgerusweg runs between Stift Tilbeck and Coesfeld. These routes describe options in Coesfeld and add to the picture of the region; they are separate from the trails and attractions in Olfen featured here.
When looking for a place to stay in Olfen, the mix of activities you want for each day is a good place to start. Think about whether you’d like to focus your stay on walking or cycling routes, a raft trip, seasonal herb walks or Olfen’s buildings.
Discover more destinations
Discover more destinations: Nordkirchen, Senden, Rosendahl, DĂĽlmen, Ascheberg, Havixbeck, Billerbeck, Nottuln.
Back to the main travel overview: Coesfeld.
