The Kaleidoscope Trail in Bad Driburg invites you on a fascinating journey of the senses. Here you can discover how light dances in the oversized kaleidoscopes, while the surroundings of the Teutoburg Forest beckon. An adventure for everyone!

The Kaleidoscope Trail in Bad Driburg: Colourful patterns and magnificent views

In this classic 60-degree mirror prism, colorful spheres and beads form infinite patterns.

The classic kaleidoscope is part of the Kaleidoscope Trail and is located directly on the slope of the Steinberg next to a bench. From here you have a great view of the Schwalle and it's not far to the arboretum.

About the Kaleidoscope Trail:

The interplay of colored glass and light has always fascinated us humans. With kaleidoscopes, this fascination - and thus also part of Bad Driburg's cultural history - can be experienced in a playful way. On the Kaleidoscope Trail, eight locations with giant kaleidoscopes of various designs invite children and adults to play with light and glass. The 5.8-kilometre circular trail starts at the leisure pool and can be divided into two loops of 2.5 kilometers (northern loop / Rosenberg) and 3.3 kilometers (southern loop / Arboretum). As you hike along the well-maintained, well-marked paths with destination signposts, you will be treated to magnificent views of the Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge Nature Park landscape time and time again.

General information

Parking Available

Payment methods

Entrance Free

Directions & Parking facilities

By car:
The quickest route in normal traffic is via the B64. Start on the B64 in an easterly direction and follow it for about 7.5 kilometers. Then turn left onto Brakeler Straße (signs for Nieheim/Bad Driburg). After about 800 meters, turn right onto Hufelandstraße. Follow the road for about 180 meters and then turn left again to stay on Hufelandstraße. After around 250 meters you will reach the Buddenberg Arboretum.
Among other things, the classic kaleidoscope, a very special highlight of the arboretum, awaits you there.

By bus:
If you are traveling from Paderborn, first take the R31 bus in the direction of "Bad Driburg-Neuenheerse, Wendeplatz" and get off at the final stop "Bad Driburg-Neuenheerse, Wendeplatz". Change there to the R54 bus in the direction of "Bad Driburg, Bahnhof". Get off at the "Eggelandpark" stop.
From there you can reach the Buddenberg Arboretum on foot in about 16 minutes.

License (master data)

Sylvie Thormann