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Vennbahn Am Grünen Kloster
Photo: Dominik Ketz, CC BY-SA, East Belgium Tourist Agency
Vennbahn
Photo: Dominik Ketz, CC BY-SA, East Belgium Tourist Agency
Lommersweiler
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Raeren
Photo: Dominik Ketz, CC BY-SA, East Belgium Tourist Agency
One of the longest cross-border rail trails in Europe, leading through three countries: Germany, Belgium, and Luxembourg, 125 km long, almost completely asphalted.
easy
Distance 124.5 km
Duration9:20 h
Ascent826 m
Descent556 m
Highest point561 m
Lowest point161 m
Extending over 125 km, the Vennbahn is Europe's longest cross-border cycle path on a former railway line. It stretches between two points where three countries meet and runs across East Belgium from Aachen through the matchless high moorland region of the Hohes-Venn-Eifel nature reserve to Troisvierges in Luxembourg.
Author’s recommendation
Aachen, Kornelimünster, Raeren - the pottery museum, the hedges in the vicinity of Sourbrodt, Wolfsbusch, St.Vith, Our valley, Burg-Reuland.
Camping Oos Heem Hotel Zum Burghof Hotel Zum Buchenberg Hotel restaurant Steineweiher Hotel Zur Post Youth hostel Eifel-Ardennen Berliner Hof Relax hotel Pip-Margraff KUZ Meeting Centre Hotel Burg Hof Hotel Ulftaler Schenke Hotel Restaurant Zur Alten Mühle
Safety information
Use of the Vennbahn cycling and hiking trail is at your own risk. No liability is assumed for any damage resulting from negligence on the part of the user. The Vennbahn is only for use by non-motorised traffic. The respective national Highway Code shall apply. The markings and signposting shall always be decisive.
For your own safety and the safety of others:
Show consideration for others using the route!
Always proceed at a controlled speed so that you can avoid any obstacles in good time!
In case of an accident, call 112 and tell them your location!
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=vennbahn&c=apps
Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vennbahn/id1026811473?mt=8
Vennbahn film:
A path of transmission https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKflBlyA6eI
Start
Aachen (177 m)
Coordinates:
DD
50.768685, 6.090135
DMS
50°46'07.3"N 6°05'24.5"E
UTM
32U 294819 5628139
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Destination
Troisvierges
Turn-by-turn directions
Extending over 125 km, the Vennbahn is Europe's longest cross-border cycle path on a former railway line. It stretches between two points where three countries meet and runs across East Belgium from Aachen through the matchless high moorland region of the Hohes-Venn-Eifel nature reserve to Troisvierges in Luxembourg.
Note
all notes on protected areas
Public transport
Aachen Central Station
Eupen station
Troisvierges station
Getting there
Please use Google Maps.
Parking
APAG Parkhaus am Hauptbahnhof, Lagerhausstraße 20, D-52064 Aachen
Apcoa Parkhaus Aachen Arkaden, Trierer Straße 1, D-52078 Aachen
Coordinates
DD
50.768685, 6.090135
DMS
50°46'07.3"N 6°05'24.5"E
UTM
32U 294819 5628139
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike
Book recommendation by the author
Die Vennbahn, G. Kirch u. H.-J. Serwe, GEV
Vennbahn-Radweg, Bikeline
Mit dem Fahrrad über den Vennbahn-Radweg, J.P. Bachem Verlag
