Admittedly, the deer graze in the Alsdorf animal park, but our hike leads right through the middle of it. Wild leisure experiences beckon at the Alsdorf pond: how about a BBQ pedal boat trip or a picnic on the meadow while the children romp around the play area? Things get really wild upstream, this time in the natural version. The hustle and bustle disappears, the ponds become quieter, alder quarry forests are reflected in the water and a cormorant peeps from a dead branch in the middle of it all. The Middle Broichbach Valley nature reserve preserves an unspoilt floodplain landscape and old hillside forests, which we can enjoy on attractive paths.