August 26
SDP Concert on August 30, 2024 - No Parking at Baldeneysee* Due to the SDP concert at Seaside Beach and Baldeney on August 30, 2024, increased visitor traffic is expected around the venue at Baldeneysee. As the organizer has now announced, this will result in traffic restrictions on the north side of Baldeneysee around the Seaside [...] Read More
August 26
SDP Concert on August 29, 2024 - No Parking at Baldeneysee* Due to the SDP concert at Seaside Beach and Baldeney on August 29, 2024, increased visitor traffic is expected around the venue at Baldeneysee. As the organizer has now announced, this will result in traffic restrictions on the north side of Baldeneysee around the Seaside [...] Read More
August 12
Photo: Bianca Killmann Bergischer Weg - Germany's Most Beautiful Hiking Trail 2024. The Bergischer Weg trail, from Baldeneysee in Essen to the Drachenfels near Bonn, is Germany's most beautiful multi-day hiking tour for 2024. The hiking magazine, with a jury of hiking experts, put day trips and multi-day tours to a public vote. Readers were able to vote for their favorite hiking trail in an online poll. A total of [...] Read More
August 4th
Photo: Cesar von Meissen Demolition and Reconstruction On July 24, 2024, the demolition of the regatta grandstand at Baldeneysee began with the setup of the construction site and the dismantling of the structures. As early as 2019, the City of Essen had issued a tender for the redesign of the regatta grandstand, regatta tower, regatta parking lot, and Regattahaus, as well as the riverbank area along the edge of the regatta course, under [...] Read More
August 3
Photo: Bianca Killmann More problems with Elodea in the Baldeneysee In the Baldeneysee in Essen, the largest of the six Ruhr reservoirs, it has been established for several years: the waterweed with the botanical name Elodea nuttallii. After three years of manageable growth, the Baldeneysee is now completely overgrown this summer and shimmers green instead of blue in large parts. A nuisance [...] Read More
16 July
Photo: © Georg Lukas Fully electric passenger ships of Weisse Flotte Baldeney are inaugurated. Essen, Baldeneysee, July 16, 2024. "Stadt Essen", "Baldeney" and "Heisingen" are the three large passenger ships of Weisse Flotte Baldeney GmbH, operator of passenger shipping on Baldeneysee, the Ruhr and Rhine-Herne Canal. Until now, the ships operated with diesel engines. On July 11, 2024, they were inaugurated by [...] Read More
01 February
Photo: © Georg Lukas | Mayor Thomas Kufen Closure of the Kupferdreh railway bridge Essen- imminent Essen, Baldeneysee, February 1, 2024. The railway bridge between Heisingen and Kupferdreh is undoubtedly an important testament to Essen's industrial history and the fastest non-motorized connection across the Baldeneysee between the Essen districts of Heisingen and Kupferdreh. Now the historic structure faces a [...] Read More
January 1st
Photo: Lila la Loop The hedgehog in focus at Baldeneysee and Ruhr and throughout Germany. The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) was chosen as the animal of the year 2024 – and for good reason. It is widespread throughout Germany, but its living conditions have deteriorated dramatically in recent decades. Also at Baldeneysee and [...] Read More
August 28
Apache 207 concerts on September 2nd and 3rd, 2023 - no parking at Baldeneysee* Due to the Apache 207 concerts at Seaside Beach and Baldeney, increased visitor traffic is expected around the venue at Baldeneysee on September 2nd and 3rd, 2023. As the organizer has now announced, this will result in traffic restrictions [...] Read More
August 20
Today's KIZ concert at Baldeneysee in Essen cannot take place due to the current weather conditions. | MORE INFORMATION ON FACEBOOK | No parking available at Baldeneysee for the KIZ concert on August 25, 2023* Due to the KIZ concert at Seaside Beach and Baldeney on August 25, 2023, increased visitor traffic is expected around the venue at Baldeneysee. [...] Read More