The hiking pin

Do you like hiking or cycling and want to enjoy nature and the mountains on vacation?

Then dis­cov­er the Harz Moun­tains — Ger­many’s north­ern­most low moun­tain range — and become the Harz Hik­ing King or even Hik­ing Emperor. 

Expe­ri­ence relax­ation in care­free nature and earn your per­son­al “Harz hik­ing pin”.

The Harz Mountains are perfect for nature and hiking enthusiasts. 

Hard­ly any oth­er region can boast so many inter­est­ing land­scapes and cul­tur­al forms. The Harz stretch­es across the three fed­er­al states of Low­er Sax­ony, Sax­ony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The Harz­er Wan­der­nadel stamp book­let, our three-part map set and the infor­ma­tion on our web­site will gen­tly guide you to the most beau­ti­ful and excit­ing places in the entire Harz region. 

The tours to the indi­vid­ual stamp points vary in length, dif­fi­cul­ty and alti­tude, so that fam­i­lies with chil­dren as well as senior cit­i­zens and ambi­tious hik­ers can soon pin a Harz hik­ing pin on themselves.

A par­tic­u­lar­ly pop­u­lar award for young and old is the hik­ing princess and prince. You can earn a badge and a cer­tifi­cate with just 11 stamps in your hik­ing pass. 

The stamp­ing points of the “Harz­er Wan­der­nadel” are avail­able for you at a total of 222 inter­est­ing places through­out the Harz Moun­tains. They are locat­ed near roman­tic for­est inns, rus­tic moun­tain huts and a vari­ety of inter­est­ing view­points. Mines, cas­tle ruins, nat­ur­al mon­u­ments and, of course, the majes­tic Brock­en are also wait­ing for your vis­it and have a stamp ready for you. 

With the Harz Hik­ing Nee­dle, you can hike the entire Harz Moun­tains and expe­ri­ence its full range. You will get to know well-known tourist mag­nets such as the Brock­en, the Rosstrappe in Thale or the UNESCO World Her­itage Site Ram­mels­berg in Goslar, as well as lit­tle-known but no less worth­while destinations.