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Draisinen auf Schienen – Hohes Venn Rondje vanuit Born

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Draisinen auf Schienen – Hohes Venn Rondje vanuit Born

Goedele Lepez planned a bike ride

June 7, 2022

Draisinen auf Schienen – Hohes Venn Rondje vanuit Born

Moderate

03:29

59.6km

17.1km/h

370m

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Overview

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

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89 m

Freiherr von Korff Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

Actually, this viaduct should be blown up in May 1940, why it did not come to it is unknown. You can still climb up to a viewing platform. Surely a beautiful sight, which I unfortunately missed.

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537 m

Vennbahn Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

The entire Vennbahn is a nice variety of nature, culture, architecture and history. Take your time and enjoy.

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12.5 km

Rest Area and Art Installation on the Vennbahn near Faymonville

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Interesting short history of the Vennbahn is told on the panels. Decorated with artwork by Emile Jacquemin.

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22.3 km

Sourbrodt Signal Box and Old Locomotive

Highlight • Monument

A former train stop became the Vennbahn's most representative building. When the Malmedy-Montjoie section was inaugurated, Sourbrodt had only one stop. The first houses were about a kilometre from this …

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22.6 km

Café Pension Ulenspiegel

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Next door in the Schneider butcher's shop you can get cold drinks and delicious meatballs or Ardennes sausages if the café and other things on the Vehnbahn route are closed (like on the Monday when I took the tour)

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24.8 km

Vennbahn Railbike Section Along the Upper Rur

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The Vennbahn cycle path runs along this section directly on the still young Rur. Here it makes its way through the fascinating Hohe Venn, a high moor in the German-Belgian …

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33.5 km

Ruins of the PD25bis Railway Guard Post

Highlight • Historical Site

There, Corporal Charles Devisser of the Cycling Battalion was one of the first Belgian soldiers to be killed during the invasion of Belgium by the German army in 1940. Seriously …

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33.9 km

High Fens

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A unique heather landscape heralds the High Fens, which one passes on this section. The fascinating high moor area is a gigantic water reservoir, so that there are numerous streams …

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59.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

58.4 km

683 m

487 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

59.0 km

575 m

< 100 m

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Draisinen auf Schienen – Hohes Venn Rondje vanuit Born

Freiherr von Korff Viaduct

Vennbahn Viaduct

Rest Area and Art Installation on the Vennbahn near Faymonville

Sourbrodt Signal Box and Old Locomotive

Café Pension Ulenspiegel

Vennbahn Railbike Section Along the Upper Rur

Ruins of the PD25bis Railway Guard Post

High Fens

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