Worthwile 'spare time'-offers can be find near by: Fort Fun, the Panoramapark, various kinds of caves, numerous nationalparks -, respectively wildparks and heathlands. Other popular excursion-points are "castle Laer", the mining museum, the  Klausen-chapel, the cloister of benedictinian, the sport-airfield with the possibiltiy of exploring the Sauerland from air perspective, the two nice baths for indoor for outdoor swimming including sauna  and the -in the nearness (only 10 km away) situated- regions for wintersport (skiing, ski-northern and sleighing).