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Natural Monuments

Wallonie

Source of the Rur (La Rour)

Natural Monuments

Wallonie

Source of the Rur (La Rour)

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Source of the Rur (La Rour)

Cycling

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Gravel riding

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(3)

Mountain biking

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(1)

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Parc naturel des Hautes-Fagnes – Eifel

Location: Waimes, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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Tips

Mike 🇩🇪 🇪🇺

July 9, 2018

Cycling

In this area you can really experience the young Rur for the first time. It rises as two small streams in mostly impassable terrain or on private property. After springing here in the Belgian Venn, it flows most of the time through German terrain and feeds the Rursee and Obermaubacher reservoirs with water. In the Netherlands at Reormond it flows into the Meuse. With a few exceptions, the 180 km long route can usually always be cycled within sight.

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May 16, 2021

Cycling

The Rur rises in the Belgian province of Liège in the High Fens. Its source is in the Hohes Venn-Eifel nature park about 900 m northeast of the Botrange near Sourbrodt (694.24 m above sea level; highest point in Belgium) at around 660 m above sea level. Height.

Initially, the Rur flows mainly in an easterly direction through the uninhabited High Fens. After 10.4 km of the river, it reaches the Belgian-German border between the Bütgenbach district of Küchelscheid (Belgium) and the Monschau district of Kalterherberg (Germany).

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April 17, 2025

Cycling

You are here in the upper reaches of the Rur, which is now only a small stream.

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Belgium Peak Beer Brewery – Warche-Bayehon Moorland Trail loop from Waimes

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Old Sourbrodt Railway Station – Sourbrodt Railbike Station loop from Ardennes

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Signal de Botrange – Warche-Bayehon Moorland Trail loop from Waimes

11.5km

00:48

150m

150m

Easy bike ride. Mostly paved surfaces.

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Elevation 610 m

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There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Location: Waimes, Verviers, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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