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Balkantrasse von Wuppertal ins Rheintal – Auf Bahntrassen durchs Bergische Land

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Balkantrasse von Wuppertal ins Rheintal – Auf Bahntrassen durchs Bergische Land

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May 25, 2026

Balkantrasse von Wuppertal ins Rheintal – Auf Bahntrassen durchs Bergische Land

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03:30

58.9km

16.9km/h

400m

540m

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Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Bergisches Land

Wiembachtal und Ölbachtal

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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

Highlight • Settlement

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

Highlight • Monument

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

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

Highlight • Pub

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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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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