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Rieste, the nearest town, 3 km away. Photo: Ramsch, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Anleger Kanufahrten

Kayak spot · Germany

Whitewater: a river with rapids

Is it worth the trip?

56Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 2: Wind 2 kn gusting 7, Air 11 °C, River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 61 out of 100

Wind
2 kn
Gusts
7kn
Air
11°C
Rain
0.6 mm

Tue 3 · 56 out of 100

Wind
9 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 55 out of 100

Wind
7 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 54 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
18kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 53 out of 100

Wind
8 kn
Gusts
16kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 52 out of 100

Wind
4 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 53 out of 100

Wind
5 kn
Gusts
14kn
Air
8°C
Rain
3.9 mm

Tap a day for wind, gusts, air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 161, good
  2. Mon 261, good
  3. Tue 356, fair
  4. Wed 455, fair
  5. Thu 554, fair
  6. Fri 653, fair
  7. Sat 752, fair
  8. Sun 853, fair
  9. Mon 956, fair
  10. Tue 1051, fair

The spot in four facts

  • Grade Iat its hardest
  • Moving waterthe water
  • 1.9 kmthe section
  • 1 portagecarry round

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know the river level, weirs or your skill.

Wind and weather forecast and score for each day at Anleger Kanufahrten
DayScoreWindGustsAirRain
Sun 1Nov61, good0 kn5kn11°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov61, good2 kn7kn11°C0.6 mm
Tue 3Nov56, fair9 kn18kn8°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov55, fair7 kn16kn8°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov54, fair8 kn18kn7°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov53, fair8 kn16kn7°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov52, fair4 kn12kn7°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov53, fair5 kn14kn8°C3.9 mm
Mon 9Nov56, fair5 kn14kn8°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov51, fair2 kn6kn7°C2.4 mm

Wind and gusts are in knots, rain in mm. River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

No month stands out

Good kayaking days in a typical week, each month, for expert paddlers, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan0of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb1of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar2of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May7of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun7of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul7of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug7of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep7of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct5of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov1of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec0of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical weather, not a forecast, and not the river's level: a month that is often good to be outside may still be low water.

Map

put-in, take-out, its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More kayaking near here

3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Anleger Kanufahrten

A river section on the Tiefe Hase, from a put-in down to a take-out. Grade I, on the international scale. It runs 1.9 km along the river. 1 portage mapped: a weir, fall or hazard to carry round. Suits new paddlers and up, by its grade. OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks. None within 10 km, the nearest 12 km away. The town to stay in is Rieste. Within 5 km we also list 3 kayak spots.

  • River Tiefe Hase
  • Grade Grade I, on the international scale.
  • Length 1.9 km along the river.
  • Portages 1 portage mapped: a weir, fall or hazard to carry round.
  • Who it suits Suits new paddlers and up, by its grade.
  • Access OpenStreetMap marks the water open to canoes and kayaks.
  • Schools, hire None within 10 km, the nearest 12 km away.

Spots and rivers: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Whitewater sections © Rivermap (rivermap.org), Riverzone and Jonathan Riddell, ODbL.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,370–US$2,570 each

about US$1,370–US$2,570 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, kayak hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to AMS, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$462–US$958
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$147–US$248
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$308–US$509
Food7 days eating outabout US$295–US$549
Kayak hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$161–US$308
Totalabout US$1,370–US$2,570

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Rieste

Closest

Rieste

5 min by car · 15 places to stay

about US$114/nightcountry average

See 15 places to stay in Rieste · Booking.com

About Rieste its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$114 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 55m

About 16h 55m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → AMS, direct, then 4h 10m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

On the water

River level

River levels: no free forecast gives them, so check a gauge before you go.

Paddling schools, clubs and hire nearby

  • Kanu-Club Bramsche 12 km

  • Kanuclub Bramsche 12 km

  • Wassersportverein Quakenbrück von 1913 e.V. 18 km

  • Sporthafen Osnabrück 22 km

The nearest named schools, clubs and kayak or canoe hire within 25 km, in a straight line. Listings, not a recommendation. Schools, clubs and hire: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits