Vianden city wall – Vianden Castle loop from Waldhof-Falkenstein

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Vianden city wall – Vianden Castle loop from Waldhof-Falkenstein

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Vianden city wall – Vianden Castle loop from Waldhof-Falkenstein

06:22

20.3km

760m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 30, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Südeifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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740 m

Hannescht

Forest

2.85 km

Border crossing Germany - Luxembourg

Highlight • Bridge

The border can be crossed only on foot, no cars can go here.

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7.77 km

Viewpoint

9.57 km

Victor Hugo Viewpoint Overlooking the Our Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

Tough climb

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12.2 km

Bildchen Chapel (Bildchenkapelle), Vianden

Highlight • Religious Site

You can go in and light candles. As in most of Luxembourg, littering and graffiti seems to be a foreign word, so that the chapel can be open to the public during the day without any scrutiny.

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12.9 km

Porbrätchen

Forest

13.4 km

Vianden Chairlift — summit station and view of Vianden Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

At the mountain station of the small armchair, a stunning panorama of Vianden Castle and the small town awaits you.

When the weather is nice, the chairlift runs daily from Easter to October.

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14.4 km

Vianden city wall

Highlight • Historical Site

A truly wonderful old city.

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15.0 km

View of Vianden and the Our Valley from the Hockelsturm

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Ourtal is always a guarantee for a varied hike in the delux nature trail. A grandiose, ancient low mountain range runs through the Ourtal. The Our proves to be …

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15.3 km

Vianden Castle is definitely worth a visit. The individual epochs with the respective changes are very well documented and explained. From the beginning as a Roman castle to today. You should bring some time with you.

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16.0 km

View of Vianden Castle

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Vianden Castle, built between the 11th and 14th centuries on the foundations of a Roman fort and a Carolingian refuge, is one of the largest and most beautiful feudal residences of the Roman and Gothic eras in Europe.

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20.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.94 km

5.88 km

1.48 km

1.41 km

818 m

763 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.31 km

5.84 km

3.72 km

2.29 km

1.80 km

181 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Monday 19 October

10°C

4°C

29 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

March 29, 2025,Nat‘Our 5 verlängert

What a stroke of luck: cloudy weather and some rain were forecast, and we got perfect hiking weather.
A series of ups and downs along the Our River awaited us. Unfortunately, there was no sign of the basin of the pumped-power plant on Nicolasbirg – it was fenced off... probably after the reservoir had been raised.
The path to Falkenstein …

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July 11, 2025,🇱🇺&🇩🇪 Rondom de Our, het Ourdal en Südeifel

This morning, I went for another lovely early nature walk along the riverbank around the Our Valley, before the Nijmegen 4-Day Marches kick off again next Tuesday. 🤪
I created my own route along the Our Valley, the Our River, and a section of the Südeifel. I really enjoyed the ups and downs, rewarded with beautiful panoramas.
For the first …

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July 22, 2026,Die Nat'Our Route 4 und 5

The meters of elevation are a bit too many on Komoot. According to Garmin, it was 990 meters of elevation.

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May 9, 2024,Nat'Our Route 4

Great tour, which is best started early due to the morning fog.
It's like a... fairytale

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July 13, 2023,GR5 etappe 30 Stolzembourg - Bettel

Today we continue where we ended yesterday, bus stop Stolzembourg Brèck. And again we start rising. A bit friendlier than yesterday. Again beautiful views.

From the waterworks of SEO it is a zigzagging rise with the sweet church on top that we have already seen well from the bus. Burned a candle, ate and drank and on again. Surprise: the …

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