Powerwalk, run or walk your treadmill/elliptical or work your rowing machine until the ball bearings squeal! Be motivated and relaxed while moving through 5.2km of autumn colored, history-charged Bad Harzburg and the surrounding nature from a POV perspective.

The video starts at a modern playful installment, the Fountain of Youth. From there we move through the pedestrian zone and the spa park to approach Castle Hill (Burgberg). A continuous ascension to the adjacent Saxons Hill (Sachsenberg), with an altitude gain of 253m and an average incline of about 10% follows next. Finishing the Contemplation Trail we move on to get a glimpse of the ruins of Harzburg Castle. The video ends at the Canossa Column, with a beautiful panoramic view across Bad Harzburg shortly before sundown.



If your hardware and internet bandwidth allow it, always watch my videos at a resolution of 1440p or 4k. The extra bandwidth youtube uses for higher resolutions will significantly improve the video quality on lower resolution displays as well.


00:00 Animated Flyover of the Route
00:40 Fountain of Youth, Pedestrian Zone
08:45 Spa Park
12:15 Ascension to Castle Hill
28:10 Contemplation Trail
46:14 Castle Harzburg Ruins and Finish


This video has been recorded with a constant cadence of 120 steps per minute to work well with pace adjustments to your personal preferences. You prefer a run over a brisk walk? Pause the video at the beginning and use the advanced settings of the youtube-videoplayer to change the video speed in 5% increments, with each increment adding another six steps per minute.

Normal speed is a brisk walk.
110% speed is great for power walking.
135% and more is a good choice for virtual running.

Listening to your own preferred kind of music during workout is recommended, especially if your workout equipment drowns out the videos audio.


Cadence Calculation in 5% video speed increments:
1x = 120 steps per minute
1.05x = 126 steps per minute
1.1x = 132 steps per minute
1.15x = 138 steps per minute
1.2x = 144 steps per minute
1.25x = 150 steps per minute
1.3x = 156 steps per minute
1.35x = 162 steps per minute
1.4x = 168 steps per minute
1.45x = 174 steps per minute
1.5x = 180 steps per minute
1.55x = 186 steps per minute
1.6x = 192 steps per minute

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