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Balkantrasse von Wuppertal ins Rheintal – Auf Bahntrassen durchs Bergische Land

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Bergisches Land

Balkantrasse von Wuppertal ins Rheintal – Auf Bahntrassen durchs Bergische Land

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Balkantrasse von Wuppertal ins Rheintal – Auf Bahntrassen durchs Bergische Land

03:30

58.9km

400m

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From the hilly landscape of Bergisch to the lowlands of the Rhine: The Balkan route creates the ideal connection. Incidentally, the name of today's bike route is reminiscent of the "Balkan Express" - this was the popular name for the former railway line between Leverkusen-Opladen and Remscheid-Lennep.

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Last updated: June 3, 2024

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17.3 km

X-ray museum

Highlight • Historical Site

roentgenmuseum.de

"Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen was born in the traditional cloth-making town of Lennep in 1845. The scion of a cloth-making family spent the first years of his life here. In …

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17.5 km

Old Market, Lennep

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Narrow streets, black slate houses, green shutters – a typical Bergisch street scene in Remscheid-Lennep in an almost circular town center. The German Roentgen Museum is located in the historic …

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17.7 km

Munsterplatz in Remscheid-Lennep with a sculpture by Tony Cragg

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The almost three and a half meter high curved stainless steel sculpture “The Path” by Tony Cragg is located on Munsterplatz in Remscheid-Lennep.

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23.8 km

Balkantrasse Rail Trail

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Cycling on the former railway line through the hilly landscape is possible without much effort and therefore also suitable for families. Tunnels, bridges and viaducts still shape the landscape today and make cycling a special experience.

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32.4 km

Waffle break at the Balkantrasse Neuenhaus

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Super delicious fresh waffles, coffee and snacks are offered here on summer Sundays right on the Balkan route. Idyllic place - ideal for a break!

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36.8 km

Alter Bahnhof Burscheid Beer Garden

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Delicious food and an even better beer from the Weltenburg monastery brewery. If you drive down the Balkan route, you should definitely take a look at a wheat beer.

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41.4 km

Former Pattscheid Station

Highlight • Historical Site

With a lot of voluntary sweat, this old train station was "restored" again.

"The main building in a half-timbered building with jewelry slate and a flat, hewn roof. 1-storey interlocking …

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45.9 km

NaturGut Ophoven Climate Experience Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

Only a few meters as the crow flies from the Balkantrasse: NaturGut Ophoven in Leverkusen-Opladen. Lovingly laid out flower and vegetable beds, various forest and meadow areas with explanatory boards …

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54.4 km

Confluence of the Wupper and the Rhine

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If you come from the Bergisches Land, you have to go here! But that also applies to everyone else. It's a nice, open and flat area. Take a little time. …

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58.9 km

Neulandpark Leverkusen

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There is always something going on here. Skate park, playground, event stage, shady and sunny places to take a break. A bike path goes right through it.

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Way Types & Surfaces

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35.6 km

13.3 km

4.89 km

3.66 km

805 m

618 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

50.8 km

2.49 km

2.28 km

2.13 km

1.07 km

125 m

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Saturday 11 July

29°C

15°C

4 %

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September 25, 2021,Panorama-Radweg Balkantrasse – Von Leverkusen Neuland-Park bis Wupptertal-Oberbarmen Bf.

All in all, a nice tour that is still feasible for seniors with e-bikes. From Leverkusen train station, first in the valley from Dhünn and Wupper to Opladen. From there to Lennep, the tour continues with a gentle ascent on a wide, disused railway line (so-called Balkan terrace). The route is largely shaded by trees, so it is particularly useful …

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August 10, 2024,2024 - Deutschland - Balkantrasse von Wuppertal ins Rheintal – Auf Bahntrassen durchs Bergische Land

I adapted this tour for myself. The original route is a bit longer, but in my opinion it includes pointless loops in some places. Despite this, the tour goes from station to station, namely from Wuppertal-Oberbarmen to Leverkusen Mitte. The Balkantrasse is really easy to ride, sometimes you roll at almost 25 km/h without pedaling, how cool is that!🤣 The …

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July 9, 2024,Balkantrasse Oberbarmen -Opladen

Don't be surprised that the Balkantrasse leads from Oberbarmen through residential areas and from Remscheid along the old railway line. A short break at the Webergrill restaurant is worthwhile, but check the opening days beforehand. Otherwise, there are other restaurants not far from the train station in the beautiful old town.

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August 11, 2023,Balkanbahntrasse

Everywhere it is described that the Balkan railway line runs from Leverkusen to Wuppertal, which is not true at all. The railway line begins in Opladen at the train station and ends in Lennep at the train station, then to Wuppertall it only goes through the city of Remscheid and further on side roads with little traffic to Wuppertal.

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May 20, 2023,230520_Trassen- und Flüssetour Etappe 2: Wuppertal-Langerfeld - Dormagen-Zons

From Wuppertal-Langerfeld it first went through the Marscheider Bachtal and then always uphill to just before Lennep with its historic village center with typical Bergisch buildings.
Then via the Balkan route to Opladen and the Wupperweg to the mouth of the Rhine.
We followed the Rhine cycle path to Monheim and then took the Piwipper Böötchen to the other side …

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July 13, 2022,Oberbarmen- Opladen (Balkantrasse) ca. 43 km

Unfortunately strayed from the route in Braunsberg, beer garden in Burscheid Old station only v. Open Thu-Sun

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June 13, 2024,Von Wuppertal nach Langerfeld Etappe 2

Today we went from Vierkanthof to the Wuppertal suspension railway, from there on Nordbahnstraße and then across to the Balkan route to Lennep.
On the Balkan route we continued to the Panorama route to
Leverkusen. From Leverkusen we took the train back to Düsseldorf Oberbilk.

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April 24, 2022,Bergisches Trassenradeln

For the first time in a long time we have planned a more mountainous tour. The mountains are so beautiful! And so we gratefully resorted to the familiar Balkan route - but this time all the way to beautiful Lennep. Until the 1950s, this was an important railway junction with 39 (!) tracks and, in contrast to similar places (Löhne …

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July 22, 2020

From the hilly landscape of Bergisch to the lowlands of the Rhine: The Balkan route creates the ideal connection. Incidentally, the name of today's bike route is reminiscent of the "Balkan Express" - this was the popular name for the former railway line between Leverkusen-Opladen and Remscheid-Lennep

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Balkantrasse von Wuppertal ins Rheintal – Auf Bahntrassen durchs Bergische Land

X-ray museum

Old Market, Lennep

Munsterplatz in Remscheid-Lennep with a sculpture by Tony Cragg

Balkantrasse Rail Trail

Waffle break at the Balkantrasse Neuenhaus

Alter Bahnhof Burscheid Beer Garden

Former Pattscheid Station

NaturGut Ophoven Climate Experience Park

Confluence of the Wupper and the Rhine

Neulandpark Leverkusen

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