Saane River – Laupen Old Town loop from Cressier FR

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Saane River – Laupen Old Town loop from Cressier FR

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Saane River – Laupen Old Town loop from Cressier FR

03:25

44.5km

490m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 2, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 8.85 km for 111 m

After 9.43 km for 76 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.05 km

Auried Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Here you have the opportunity to visit a special nature reserve of national importance.
As a former gravel mining area, this area was acquired by Pro Natura.
One of the largest tree frog populations in Switzerland has its home in the Auried. The frog species, which has become very rare today, appreciates the well-sunlit waters in the former gravel mining area as spawning grounds. The wet meadows with individual trees serve as a summer habitat. But also other amphibians, waders, dragonflies and other invertebrates feel completely at home in the structurally rich landscape.
The area is considered a resting and breeding area for an enormous number of birds.
To ensure that this remains the case in the future, Pro Natura is grazing Scottish highland cattle against bushes. In addition, the areas are kept open with additional maintenance measures.

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6.41 km

Saane River

Highlight • River

The river Saane is often equated with the Röstigraben, i.e. the language border between German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland. Between the Schiffenensee, which is dammed up from the Saane, and Laupen, you cycle through a small, beautiful nature reserve.

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8.14 km

Confluence of the Sense and Saane

Highlight • River

The scythe is created as the confluence of the cold scythe and the warm scythe in Zollhaus at 871 meters above sea level After 35.7 kilometers, the Bernese-Friborg river flows at 486 meters above sea level. at Laupen in the Saane. The cold scythe is the longer tributary. It comes from the 1,578 m above sea level. located Gantrischseeli, which is fed by streams at the foot of the Gantrisch. Together with the Kalten Sense, the Sense is over 47 kilometers long. The shorter warm scythe has its origin in the Schwarzsee.

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9.14 km

Laupen Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

The ensemble of old half-timbered houses, cobblestones, village fountains and churches makes the old town of Laupen a real gem. It is one of the most beautiful in the region and should be part of every cycling tour in this area.

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12.1 km

Sense riverside

Highlight • River

On this section, just before the Sense flows into the Saane, there is a beautiful cycle and footpath.

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19.1 km

Riederen Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

Beautiful crossing aid over the Sense. ;)

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26.1 km

Ledeu-Bächli Wooden Bridge and Stream

Highlight • Bridge

beautiful place for chli sii

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29.2 km

Riedholz

Forest

39.2 km

Schiffenensee Dam

Highlight • Monument

There is a great book about the formation of the Schiffenensee, with countless pictures of the Saane valley before it was flooded. verein-oskar.ch/php/schiffenensee-de.php

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