10 days on the Hünenweg

8 walking days from Osnabrück to Meppen, approx. 145 km

Day 1: arrival in Osnabrück

Day 2: Osnabrück - Rulle (14 km)

Day 3: Rulle - Bramsche (16 km)

Day 4: Bramsche - Ueffeln (14 km)

Day 5: Ueffeln - Ankum (16 km)

Day 6: Ankum - Bippen (16 km)

Day 7: Bippen - Börstel (22 km)

Day 8: Börstel - Haselünne (23 km)

Day 9: Haselünne - Meppen (25 km)

(can be shortened to 18 km)

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Day 0: departure from Meppen or rest day

Arrival:

Every Sunday from April to November, other arrival days possible by prior arrangement,

(except Wednesday, Thursday and Friday).

Drivers

By car to the start hotel in Osnabrück; parking at the hotel (for a fee).

Rail travellers

Arrival in Osnabrück; from the station take a taxi to the hotel (payable locally).

Departure:

Drivers

From the end of the walk in Meppen take a taxi to the station there (payable locally)

and travel by train back to your car in Osnabrück. Timetables for the return journey are in our travel documents.

Rail travellers

From the end of the walk in Meppen take a taxi to the station there (payable locally).

Note:

If there is no accommodation at the end of a stage, we book 2 nights in one hotel,

any necessary transfers to the hotel or the stage start are by public transport (payable locally).

10-day linear walk on the Hünenweg: 8 walking days from Osnabrück to Meppen, approx. 145 km. Skirting megalithic tombs, the trail leads through the UNESCO Geopark TERRA.vita with the Wiehengebirge, the Nettetal and the Ankumer Höhen, then on through moorlands, floodplains and the Hasetal. Cultural stops include Osnabrück, Bramsche with the Tuchmacher Museum, Stift Börstel, Haselünne and the fortified town of Meppen. Technically easy, with no significant climbs. If accommodation is unavailable, two nights in one hotel; transfers by public transport, payable locally.