Land of fresh air

Take a deep breath and fill up on oxygen

Air is an elixir of life that the Eifel literally offers in its purest form. Being able to breathe deeply and let the breeze from the Atlantic blow around your nose is balm for the soul.

Forest, water, wilderness - the national park as a source of oxygen

The air flows freely through the Eifel National Park, the only national park in North Rhine-Westphalia and the rolling hills of the Northern Eifel. The national park, which is becoming the "primeval forest of tomorrow", provides oxygen and clean air with its trees.
On hikes with the national park rangers, on the Wildnistrail or the Eifelsteig long-distance hiking trail, the pure freshness can be felt particularly intensely here.
By bike, for example on the Eifel High Route (Eifel Höhen Route), you will be spoiled with a feeling of happiness, as if you were flying. Some mountain ridges are also crowned with viewing towers from which you can see in all directions and feel majestic.

In tune with the wind - birds of prey in their element

The birds of prey that make their rounds and glide through the air in many places in the Eifel are also majestic.

Silent nights - under a canopy of stars

The Eifel Star Landscape around the National Park is a completely new aerial experience. It offers unforgettable impressions that have not been available in cities for a long time. Far away from any air and light pollution, it is possible to see the Milky Way and countless other twinkling stars at night: a dream!

Top 5 to take a deep breath

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    Sternenpark Eifel National Park - Magical night sky

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    With its star-filled night sky, Eifel National Park is qualified as a Dark Sky Park. This large protected area obtained the significant recognition of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA). The Eifel National Park region is one of the few locations in Germany where it is possible to see the Milky Way with the naked eye.

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    Vogelsang IP

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    In September 2016, the new visitor’s and exhibition centre, the Forum Vogelsang IP, was opened. The two main exhibitions are the documentation of the National Socialist period, “Destiny: Master Race. National Socialist Ordensburgen - Both Fascination and Crime” and the adventure exhibition “Wilderness Dreams” organised by the Eifel National Park Centre.

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    The High Eifel route

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    Tour around the Eifel in the north

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    Nationalpark Eifel

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    Set in a dramatic landscape of woods interspersed with water, the Eifel National Park will allow you to experience the fascinating natural diversity of a wilderness at first hand. For in this large protection area some 65 kilometres southwest of Cologne, nature has been left once more to its own eternal cycle of growth and decay.

StarLandscape Eifel

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    StarLandscape Eifel

    The Eifel at night has something appealingly mystical and wildly romantic about it. And it has something very rare in Europe: it is dark. Really dark. So free of light sources on the ground that it is a place where you can experience the starry sky in incredible splendor even without telescopes. Let yourself be enchanted by the starry sky - at special stargazing points, on star tours and overnight stays with star hosts.

    Observe the starry sky