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Drive, ride or hike around Germany's most famous race track: The Nürburgring. 


Know it? Well, if not, here are some clues:

* Nürburgring is a race track
* Nürburgring is a public toll road



* Nürburgring is a testing center for new cars
* Nürburgring is a strip of asphalt where you can drive a 13 mile lap in your car at racing speed for a mere 15 Euros.
* Jackie Stewart called the Nürburgring "The Green Hell."

Germany's Nurburgring opened on June 18th, 1927, as The Nürburg-Ring, a 14 mile twisty devil of a race track. It had 172 corners then, too many for a driver to remember the exact racing line through all of them. Meaning, of course, that the best racing driver could pull off amazing feats of showmanship--if he was brave enough.
Take Juan Manual Fangio, for example. Loosing the lead after a horrendous pit stop near the end of the 1957 German Grand Prix, he managed to break the lap record by 12 seconds on three consecutive laps to take over the lead and win the race.
He quit racing a year later, as if he had reached the pinnacle and there was nowhere else to go, "I believe that on that day in 1957 I finally managed to master the Nürburgring, making those leaps in the dark on those curves where I had never before had the courage to push things so far."
There is likely to never be another race track like The Nürburgring again.

What you can do at The Nürburgring on your European Vacation

In a word, "lots." Here are just a few suggestions:
* Drive a lap of The Nuerburgring in your car for 15 Euros (5, 6, 12, 24 lap tickets available: 60 to 300 Euros)
* Get driven around Nuerburgring at speed by a pro in the BMW Taxi (or "taxi through the green hell" if you need that sickness bag). You can fit up to three people in the BMW for 175 Euros. This is a popular ride. People reserve up to a year in advance.



* There is even hiking around the Nurburgring.

How to get to The Nürburgring

From Haus am Zeiberberg it is only 45 Km and a 39 minute drive to the Ring over Highway 61, direction to Koblenz and you take the exit Wehr which will take you direct to the Ring
Driving the portion of the track you're allowed to drive (it's not the F1 circuit) probably isn't for everyone. But if you like speed, you might want to do something few ever think of doing on their vacations. What's driving the Nurburgring like? There is only one way to find out ... drive it yourself!
 
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