Places of interest / excursions:
(within a radius of 50 km)
| Kerpen: | Birthplace of A. Kolping, Marienfeld (Catholic Church's 20th World Youth Day in 2005), Michael Schumacher Cart and Event Center, Villa Trips - Museum for Motor-Racing History, the park of the Castle of Türnich |
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| Brühl: | Castle Augustusburg, Castle Falkenlust, Max-Ernst-Museum, Phantasialand |
| Bergheim: | Town Gate, Castle Paffendorf (Informationcenter of the Open Cast Coal Mining Industry) |
| Bedburg-Kaster: | historic city center, Rosengart-automobile museum |
| Hürth: | Television studios (RTL, SAT1) |
| Erftkreis: |
Open cast coal mines, power plants. Mills, castles, manor houses. Lakes (among others: a nude beach), waterskiing. Cycle paths and trails, studs, golf courses, gliding airfields, crags, indoor climbing walls |
| Köln: | Cologne Cathedral, churches, museums, historic city center, zoo, parks, cable way across the River Rhine, Carnival, Christmas markets, concerts, musicals, shopping, trade fairs and exhibitions |
| Bonn: | churches, museums, historic city center, concerts, Christmas market, shopping |
| Aachen: | Aachen cathedral (Tomb of Charlemagne), museums, historic city center |
| Düsseldorf: | historic city center, Königsallee-Shopping Street, trade fairs and exhibitions |
| Neuss: | indoor ski slope |
| Eifel und Ahr: | hiking (among others: redwine trail, Eifel trails), romantic villages with frame houses, open air Museum Kommern, Rur water reservoir, Eifel-Maars, Nürburgring, High Venn |
| Rhein: | boat tours on the River Rhine (among others: "Rhein in Flammen"- (Rhine aflame)), hiking: Rhein trails (Siebengebirge (the Seven Mountains), castles, wine villages) |