It comes naturally to a region that is named after two rivers: Although the large towns of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg are located at its centre, the area surrounding the Rhine and the Neckar is green—lushly green, indeed: More than a third of the surface, an area as large as 213,000 hectares, is composed of forest. That’s not including the three reserves: Palatinate Forest Nature Park, Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park and Geo-Naturepark Bergstrasse-Odenwald. You can find practically all types of landscape here, except for alpine and seaside conditions: So come with us and explore it from the urban landscapes in the Rhine Rift Valley to the Odenwald and Palatinate Forest low mountain ranges with their sun-kissed slopes along the Haardt range and the Bergstraße area and to the hills of the Kraichgau and Bauland regions. We will show you how climate change has changed the grape harvest and fruit crop, or where to best do forest bathing in the Palatinate, or that you can climb through geological history high up above the Neckar river.
Uphill towards magnificent views
Riding on a mountain bike through the vineyards and woods of the Southern Palatinate.
A journey into a heated future
Climate change becomes tangible in the Klima Arena in Sinsheim
On your way, without limitations
Out and about on the Camino Incluso with the wheelchair user Mitsch Schreiner along the Bergstraße route
Well brought up in the world of birds
Harald Kranz is committed to fostering indigenous birds in the Dannhecker Wald forest—using a special trick.
Garden gate
A few tips on where to find amazing garden worlds in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region.
Treasure hunting with just a few tools and a phone
In Bellheim, Geocacher Jürgen Mühlmann provides hiking tours of a special kind.
Woolly workers for rural conservation
In the fields with shepherdess Anne Mottl in the Palatinate Forest
The Lord of the Chimes
Ears indicate the way forward on the sonorous trail in Hammelbach
Climbing through geological history
Discovering the Margaretenschlucht ravine close to Neckargerach with children
The man, who was into butterflies
The Carl Bosch Museum Heidelberg is reminiscent of the eventful life of the Nobel laureate
Palatinate Perfume
Herbs for tea have recently been cultivated in the municipality of Ruppertsberg.
Pictures encapsulated in a time capsule
Vivien Räbiger takes photographs of Lost Places in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region and elsewhere.
Witnesses made of stone
Little religious shrines in the Odenwald bear witness to faith and good luck.
Sauntering Just for Fun in the Summer Breeze
Stefan Jagenteufl uncovers the beauty of the olden days in the Fürstenlager in Bensheim
Strolling with Poetry
Taking a walk down poetry lane in Edenkoben
The world of birds in one park
The locals of Schifferstadt have given themselves the gift of a park accommodating some 400 animals
Diving in between Palatinate corals
Abtauchen im Sea Life Speyer
The Fruits of Change
On the test fields of the Gartenakademie Rheinland-Pfalz
Elevating up to happiness
Out and about along the Skulpturenradweg cycle track in the Bauland and Odenwald regions
A decent talk with Emma
A ferry trip on the Altrheinfähre from Friesenheimer Insel island to Sandhofen
Pack your hiking pants
Swimming in the woods in the Palatinate – strength and peace in nature.
The green pharmacy
A perfect little world – the Weinheim castles medicinal herb garden.
Time off, on rails
A trip through the Forest of Odes via a solar powered rail trolley.
Real and tangible
The Luisenpark in Mannheim – a place for encounter.