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Originally Posted by Reece
Very nice Skybird, what a lovely town, wished I could have been there!! 
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It has its benefits. For bicycles, the infrastructure is very good, there is more traffic done in Münster on bike than by car and public traffic. Over 40%.
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Aasee:
The natural surrounding is flat, and again has very good bicycle infrastructure, for biking it is ideal territory. But its all a bit flat and lacks a bit of change. More interesting and idyllic is the Teutoburgerwald region to its North-East (Osnabrücker Lasnd, Tecklenburger Land). But that is hilly, and not ideal for bicycle tours - if you have no inbuild support wind (e-bike).
Its a commercial hotspot in the region, an administrative regional centre, fiscally its better off than most districts in Northrhine Westphalia, and its very popular with Dutch tourists and shoppers, on some days it seems the invaders have taken over the city
. Us Huns take revenge by attacking Enschede in return.
By car the border is I think half an hour away. The weekly market in Münster at the central cathedral is huge, and famous beyond the region - and thus very crowded.
In general Münster is famous for its bicycle culture, horses (together with the nearby small town of Warendorf it is the Olympic center for equestrian sports and Germany's world-famous and extremely successful dressage team), and fertile farming grounds (what continues northwards). The climate is such that it trains horse's immune system and stamina. givkij ng them a robust health, thats why horses from this region are in high demand for horse breeding, nationally and internationally.
By city, I prefer Münster. By landscape and surroundings, I prefer Osnabrück. My real love lies in Lübeck. I did quite some tour videos between Münster and Osnabrück, it takes me all day long on such tours, 8-10 hours, 130-150 km, since I drive no race, and spend time in Osnabrück, too.