Fredenbaumpark is an expansive green space for running in the northern part of Dortmund (Nortstadt). The park features a pleasant network of paths, a combination with a fair bit forested. Key features include the Big Tipi — the world’s largest Tipi, at 35m, a couple of small lakes and some nice gardens. Add with paths along the nearby Ems-Kanal.
Fredenbaumpark
Use our mapped route as a guide. A loop of Fredenbaumpark is ~3 km. At the north end is a running track at the Mendesportanlage stadium. For a longer run, use Beethovenstraße to cross the main road and do a loop on the paths around the Naturmuseum (Museum of Natural History). This can add up to 2 km out & back. For a longer run, add with the Ems-Kanal Path.
Canal Path. Google Street View
Ems-Kanal Path
Just west of Fredenbaumpark is a path along the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal. To access it from Fredenbaumpark, use Weidenstraße, accessed from a connector path at the northwest end of the park.
It’s a gravel path alongside the west bank of the canal. There are nice views of the fairly narrow canal. The path heads north for ~6 km, to the Im Seesack Nature Preserve, just short of Highway 2.
Fredenbaumpark is an expansive green space for running in the northern part of Dortmund (Nortstadt). The park features a pleasant network of paths, a combination with a fair bit forested. Key features include the Big Tipi — the world’s largest Tipi, at 35m, a couple of small lakes and some nice gardens. Add with paths along the nearby Ems-Kanal.
Fredenbaumpark
Use our mapped route as a guide. A loop of Fredenbaumpark is ~3 km. At the north end is a running track at the Mendesportanlage stadium. For a longer run, use Beethovenstraße to cross the main road and do a loop on the paths around the Naturmuseum (Museum of Natural History). This can add up to 2 km out & back. For a longer run, add with the Ems-Kanal Path.
Canal Path. Google Street View
Ems-Kanal Path
Just west of Fredenbaumpark is a path along the Dortmund-Ems-Kanal. To access it from Fredenbaumpark, use Weidenstraße, accessed from a connector path at the northwest end of the park.
It’s a gravel path alongside the west bank of the canal. There are nice views of the fairly narrow canal. The path heads north for ~6 km, to the Im Seesack Nature Preserve, just short of Highway 2.
Iconic European park with extensive network of gravel paths through several themed garden areas. Includes the Rosarium -- one of the largest rose gardens in the world! A perimeter loop is ~4 km. Good add-on options.
Man-made lake built on the site of a former steel mill in southeastern Dortmund is a popular running spot. A loop around the lake on paved paths is ~4 km. There are nice lake views, two observation decks, and lakeside cafés and restaurants. Good add-on options.
A 'runseeing' tour of Dortmund's largely pedestrianized commercial centre, inside the Wallring. Pleasant streets for running and lots to look at. Includes the Stadtgarten park. Can extend from there on linear path to Westfalenpark.
In the Huckarde district in western Dortmund, we love running the hilly, gravel paths of Revierpark Wischlingenn and some of the cycle paths along the Roßbach canal.
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