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Vennbahn Am Grünen Kloster
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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.
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Tourismusagentur Ostbelgien
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Difficulty
easy
Overall difficulty
easy
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Hotel Zum Onkel Jonathan Hotel restaurant Tychon Sleepwood Hotel Hotel des Bains & Wellness Hotel Bütgenbacher Hof Sporthouse Worriken Hotel Schröder Apartment-Hotel Au Cheval Blanc Hotel Restaurant Le Cyrano Val d'Arimont Hotel Resort Hotel-Restaurant Hotleu Camping Oos Heem Hotel Eifeler Hof Hotel-restaurant Zum Burghof Hotel Zum Buchenberg Hotel Zur Post HiFlanders Ardennen-Eifel St. Vith Berliner Hof Relax hotel Pip-Margraff ViDo Hotel Burg Hof Hotel Ulftaler Schenke Hotel Restaurant Zur Alten Mühle Hotel Restaurant Lamy
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
Roadbook
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.
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Aachen The legacy of Charlemagne, the “Pater Europae” Pilgrimage to Kornelimünster by Fen-Rail Kornelimünster Castle & Pottery museum Raeren Fire and steam mark Raeren’s history Hotel Zum Onkel Jonathan Hotel restaurant Tychon Tourist Info Eupen Hostel Kaleo Eupen Sleepwood Hotel Roetgen – “Gateway to the Eifel” Tourism arrives with the Fen-Rail The weavers of Monschau – skills in demand all over Europe Monschau Mützenich, the village on the “sinful frontier” Ruitzhof, one of five german exclaves on the Fen-Rail route Tourist Info Botrange Waimes Sourbrodt station – a former commercial hub Gîte Kaleo Ovifat Tourist Info Robertville La Romance du Lac Hotel des Bains & Wellness Robertville Lake The unique hedgerows of the High Fen Hotel Eifelland Hotel Drosson Tourist Info Bütgenbach Hotel Bütgenbacher Hof Sporthouse Worriken Camping Worriken Bütgenbach Lake Beverly Weekend Watercourses and reservoirs in the High Fen region Hotel Schröder Level600 B&B B&B Maison Ruthier The Turks of Faymonville Walloon in East Belgium Apartment-Hotel Au Cheval Blanc Hotel Restaurant Le Cyrano Youth Hostel High Fens Val d'Arimont Hotel Resort Camping Grotte des Nains Hotel-Restaurant Hotleu Daft Hotel La Nuit d'Or Bike service station Montenau Tourist Info Amel Camping Oos Heem The fate of the Korff viaduct and the one whose name it bears Snowviewlodge Hotel Eifeler Hof De Eifelhoeve Gut Eidt Hotel-restaurant Zum Burghof Green Key Cottage Lanterfanter Hotel Zum Buchenberg B&B Vegder Kulinarium Hotel Zur Post HiFlanders Ardennen-Eifel St. Vith Berliner Hof Tourist Info St. Vith St. Vith – once a Fen-Rail junction Relax hotel Pip-Margraff History museum "Zwischen Venn und Schneifel" Steam and steel versus horse and cart Our Valley ViDo Reuland Castle Hotel Burg Hof Hotel Ulftaler Schenke Hotel Restaurant Zur Alten Mühle Fleur de Lys Commuting and border traffic Tunnels, signal cabins and altered occupancy The Troisvierges junction Camping Troisvierges Tourist Info Troisvierges Hotel Restaurant Lamy Camping Woltzdal
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Aachen Central Station
Eupen station
Troisvierges station
Directions
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
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50.768685, 6.090135
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50°46'07.3"N 6°05'24.5"E
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32U 294819 5628139
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Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!
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
