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Skybird · 10-19-21, 04:53 PM

Completed!

This is, after some problems, the third and last Münster movie (not counting the night camera test I also posted).

After the river Werse in the East and the Aasee in the South-West, its now the arc from West to North. We again travel into the Kreuzviertel and then see the city castle, which is home to parts of the university, and the castle garden; next through one of the university districts, before we leave the centre city behind and enter the green belt surroundign the city and separating it from several satellite settlements that form a ring around Münster. Parks and garden landscape this belt often is, at least in the West. These are of younger age and slowly growing, over the coming decades they probably will connect to and melt into the city of Münster at their centre. Here we travel through the nice area of very green Gievenbeck, then come close to and almost to Roxel (where my parents live), turning north then and pass through Nienberge, and then in the final stage touch Kinderhaus and Coerde, the latter of which borders the area where I live, the Rumphorst quartier. My own quartier is right on the North-Eastern rim of the main town, which is ideal: I am quickly out of the city and in the green, if I want, but also quickly in the old town and city centre, can be there within 5 minutes (shortest track to the centre place is less than 2 km, usually I take one of several possible greener tracks, making it 4km). Infratdurtcure and variosu shopping opporutnties and supply optiisn are ideal. I live in my place since 21 years, and I think I scored it very well and luckily. Thats why I bought it after the first four years. I wanted it, the former owner was willign to sell, and we made the deal, fast and uncomplicated as I like it.

There is, with the exception of the castle garden, little touristic attraction to be seen, but while the first videos had that, and the romantic idyll of the river Werse, this video shows pretty much the real and typical face of the surrounding Münsterland region, which in the endn was and is a farming ground in the main. Its mostly flat and can be a bit boring, dull. I prefer the region south of Osnabrück, the Teutoburger forest and Wiehengebirge, therefore, which is more hilly, but way more idyllic. The first film with the Werse is beautiful, yes, but it is not typical for the Münsterland, really it is not. Typical is what you see in this film. What I jkiss here, is a bigger forest area. I am a forest man. Others love beaches and the sea, others prefer the mountains. I need a forest. Preferrably with no humans in it. Well, not in or around Münster, that is the only real setback here.

Still you can live well and quite green here, the charm of the city is that it is not only offering nice infrastructure for bicycles in a pragmatic meaning (good surface quality of tarmac, and plenty of bicycle tracks and roads), but that the city also is offering many, many parks and green corridors, if you know these well you can get around almost everywhere without needing to travel grey and boring main traffic streets, but can bike along trees and meadows, almost everywhere. Its a very green city. I almost exclusively use these "green tracks", it is good for the eye and good for the soul and I have no timetables to meet, so i can afford easily to take some minutes longer to get from A to B.

Münster has 1.6x as many bicycles than inhabitans (500,000 bikes for 310,000 people. Even Dutch tourists not knowing it and being here for the first time are stunned by how many bicycles we have here, the density is very high, leaving even the Dutch metropoles behind, and that means something (for foreigners: the Dutch have the reputation of being Europe'S most fanatical bicycle users

). Its the most used means of transportation, before cars and busses. Over 40% of traffic here is done by bicycles. Münster was seen as and maybe still is Germany's bicycle capital.

I have two heavy locks with me when biking. Thats the dark side of things. When I use the ebike, I always take battery, saddle and spring mount for the saddle with me. I also have a good, versatile flat-bed

trailer. But I have no car. You don't need one here. You need good bicycles, and cloathing for every weather. I have a normal bike for city distances and short trips, and an ebike for long tours and heavy shopping duty.

I never use busses. I HATE bus driving, and I hate it with a passion. For some reason, however, i liked the subway in Berlin. But you will never see me in a bus, no matter what. I find it absolutely disgusting. Yes, thats a bit queer maybe, but thats how I tick. Push me towards a bus, and I have my fangs at your throat immediately.

Anyway, hope you enjoy this last film, the tour has 32 km, making it the longest of the three. Maybe its the most sober of the three, but then: it is what it is and it shows how it looks here, without faking reality.

It was early morning.

This map provides a quick overview.

For the sake of having it all completely in one place, I link the other two videos here again, too.

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=250596

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=250748

10-19-21, 04:53 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,504 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Münster Trilogy Completed! This is, after some problems, the third and last Münster movie (not counting the night camera test I also posted). After the river Werse in the East and the Aasee in the South-West, its now the arc from West to North. We again travel into the Kreuzviertel and then see the city castle, which is home to parts of the university, and the castle garden; next through one of the university districts, before we leave the centre city behind and enter the green belt surroundign the city and separating it from several satellite settlements that form a ring around Münster. Parks and garden landscape this belt often is, at least in the West. These are of younger age and slowly growing, over the coming decades they probably will connect to and melt into the city of Münster at their centre. Here we travel through the nice area of very green Gievenbeck, then come close to and almost to Roxel (where my parents live), turning north then and pass through Nienberge, and then in the final stage touch Kinderhaus and Coerde, the latter of which borders the area where I live, the Rumphorst quartier. My own quartier is right on the North-Eastern rim of the main town, which is ideal: I am quickly out of the city and in the green, if I want, but also quickly in the old town and city centre, can be there within 5 minutes (shortest track to the centre place is less than 2 km, usually I take one of several possible greener tracks, making it 4km). Infratdurtcure and variosu shopping opporutnties and supply optiisn are ideal. I live in my place since 21 years, and I think I scored it very well and luckily. Thats why I bought it after the first four years. I wanted it, the former owner was willign to sell, and we made the deal, fast and uncomplicated as I like it. There is, with the exception of the castle garden, little touristic attraction to be seen, but while the first videos had that, and the romantic idyll of the river Werse, this video shows pretty much the real and typical face of the surrounding Münsterland region, which in the endn was and is a farming ground in the main. Its mostly flat and can be a bit boring, dull. I prefer the region south of Osnabrück, the Teutoburger forest and Wiehengebirge, therefore, which is more hilly, but way more idyllic. The first film with the Werse is beautiful, yes, but it is not typical for the Münsterland, really it is not. Typical is what you see in this film. What I jkiss here, is a bigger forest area. I am a forest man. Others love beaches and the sea, others prefer the mountains. I need a forest. Preferrably with no humans in it. Well, not in or around Münster, that is the only real setback here. Still you can live well and quite green here, the charm of the city is that it is not only offering nice infrastructure for bicycles in a pragmatic meaning (good surface quality of tarmac, and plenty of bicycle tracks and roads), but that the city also is offering many, many parks and green corridors, if you know these well you can get around almost everywhere without needing to travel grey and boring main traffic streets, but can bike along trees and meadows, almost everywhere. Its a very green city. I almost exclusively use these "green tracks", it is good for the eye and good for the soul and I have no timetables to meet, so i can afford easily to take some minutes longer to get from A to B. Münster has 1.6x as many bicycles than inhabitans (500,000 bikes for 310,000 people. Even Dutch tourists not knowing it and being here for the first time are stunned by how many bicycles we have here, the density is very high, leaving even the Dutch metropoles behind, and that means something (for foreigners: the Dutch have the reputation of being Europe'S most fanatical bicycle users ). Its the most used means of transportation, before cars and busses. Over 40% of traffic here is done by bicycles. Münster was seen as and maybe still is Germany's bicycle capital. I have two heavy locks with me when biking. Thats the dark side of things. When I use the ebike, I always take battery, saddle and spring mount for the saddle with me. I also have a good, versatile flat-bed trailer. But I have no car. You don't need one here. You need good bicycles, and cloathing for every weather. I have a normal bike for city distances and short trips, and an ebike for long tours and heavy shopping duty. I never use busses. I HATE bus driving, and I hate it with a passion. For some reason, however, i liked the subway in Berlin. But you will never see me in a bus, no matter what. I find it absolutely disgusting. Yes, thats a bit queer maybe, but thats how I tick. Push me towards a bus, and I have my fangs at your throat immediately. Anyway, hope you enjoy this last film, the tour has 32 km, making it the longest of the three. Maybe its the most sober of the three, but then: it is what it is and it shows how it looks here, without faking reality. It was early morning. This map provides a quick overview. For the sake of having it all completely in one place, I link the other two videos here again, too. https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=250596 https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=250748 __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 10-21-21 at 08:34 AM.