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Avenue at the Max Planck Institute – Kölner Randkanal Path loop from Köln-Ehrenfeld

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Avenue at the Max Planck Institute – Kölner Randkanal Path loop from Köln-Ehrenfeld

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Avenue at the Max Planck Institute – Kölner Randkanal Path loop from Köln-Ehrenfeld

01:37

40.8km

80m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 19, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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4.43 km

Avenue at the Max Planck Institute

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Nice quiet stretch. Good asphalt, the beginning is nice cool through the trees, then it is more open and you wander through fields beautiful.

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14.8 km

Kölner Randkanal Path

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Sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left, along the Cologne Randkanal there is a car-free, kilometer-long, well-paved bicycle and pedestrian path.

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16.9 km

Cologne Peripheral Canal

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The Cologne Randkanal is a drainage canal almost 20 kilometres long

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17.6 km

Pletschbach Rand Canal

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The canal mainly serves to keep the Rhenish lignite opencast mines near Frechen. In addition, he supports the drainage of the Rhein-Erft district and takes in the cleaned waste water …

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19.2 km

Lehmbergweg and Fürther Weg

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Passing the Chorbusch, the Groß-Sassenhof and Haus Furth on a small street with little traffic.
Connection to popular cycle paths on Pletschbach Randkanal - and in places an alternative to this.

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21.5 km

Sinnersdorf–Pletschbach Path

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Well paved path with benches

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23.9 km

Paved Path Along Pulheimer Canal

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Car-free north-south connection.
The southernmost 100 meters near Pulheim are a bit bumpy – but those who drive through Pulheim are no better off.

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34.3 km

Car-free section along Militärringstraße

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When not crowds pour to the stadium: great track

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40.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.8 km

8.22 km

8.17 km

4.33 km

171 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

38.1 km

1.52 km

938 m

181 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Sunday 12 July

33°C

17°C

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Avenue at the Max Planck Institute – Kölner Randkanal Path loop from Köln-Ehrenfeld

Avenue at the Max Planck Institute

Kölner Randkanal Path

Cologne Peripheral Canal

Pletschbach Rand Canal

Lehmbergweg and Fürther Weg

Sinnersdorf–Pletschbach Path

Paved Path Along Pulheimer Canal

Car-free section along Militärringstraße

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