Our tour begins at the Baalsbrugger Mühle mill and then leads from the border road to the left, past the dog training area and directly into Dutch territory. The hiker is now already in the middle of the picturesque floodplain area of the Wurm and follows the course of the river on near-natural forest and riverside paths until crossing at the Anna-Nöhlen bridge. On the German side, the route then continues along the Nievelsteiner Sandwerke and through the charming Worm Wilderness Nature Park back to the starting point. Along the way, there are always great views of the impressive river landscape of the Wurm. Galloway cattle are free-range along most of the route - looked after by Free Nature.

In addition to the pure nature experience, a total of 13 information boards, an interactive board and an overview board (at the starting point) along the Water Trail provide information in German and Dutch about the special aspects of the watercourse and its surroundings. The kingfisher "Kiri" and his narrated stories ("story-telling") accompany the hiker along the way. The focus of this water trail is on the relevant topics specific to the Wurm: the anthropogenic influence and the ecological characteristics. Topics include aquatic ecology (kingfisher, beaver) and wastewater (14 sewage treatment plants feed the Wurm), cultural-historical significance and use (countless mills are and were located along the Wurm).hlen are and were located on the Wurm), the history and settlement development (the "Wurmrevier" is the former mining area around Herzogenrath) and the German-Dutch border history (the Wurm as a border river).

The cross-border WasserWeg Wurm between Herzogenrath (near Aachen, DE) and Kerkrade (NL) was developed by Naturefriends Herzogenrath-Merkstein as part of the WasserWege project of Naturefriends NRW.