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Postwege - Royal Roads of Saxony

We're bringing the 1700s Royal Roads of Saxony back to life as historic cycling tours. The old routes, following historic towns, countless castles and traditional European landscapes, are based on one of Europe's finest systems of roads, maps and beautiful sandstone signage in the early eighteenth century.

We research the itineraries using the actual maps from 1690-1725, the royal postal timetables and the inscriptions listed on the Postdistanzsäulen, beautiful sandstone monuments that can often still be seen in the town squares of countless towns in Saxony. Then we match these itineraries with Germany's modern cycling infrastructure, one of the advanced in the world, to create cycling tours that people from anywhere can take to experience this fascinating and often undiscovered part of Europe in the way it was done 300 years ago.

I am a New Yorker living in Pirna, Germany, that is passionate about cycling, history, maps and beer gardens.

The tours here are generally suitable for any bike that is comfortable on both on and off road surfaces. I use road, gravel, singlespeed, and Brompton bikes. E-bikes would be fine too.

See more about cycling the Royal Roads here: postwege.de
www.postwege.de

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went cycling

October 7, 2026 at 14:55

Activity

Time

17h00m

Distance

27.0km

Speed

18.1km/h

Ascent

150m

Descent

150m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

went cycling

September 28, 2026 at 06:47

Activity

Time

4h03m

Distance

49.9km

Speed

25.5km/h

Ascent

170m

Descent

180m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

went for a bike ride

September 15, 2026 at 12:56

Prag Rudi Zoo Tour

Time

10h19m

Distance

16.6km

Speed

11.6km/h

Ascent

100m

Descent

100m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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went cycling

September 15, 2026 at 10:59

from Prague to Lesser Town

Time

0h03m

Distance

260m

Speed

6.7km/h
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

went cycling

September 14, 2026 at 12:14

Brompton Singlespeed to Radeberg

Time

3h20m

Distance

60.2km

Speed

21.6km/h

Ascent

370m

Descent

370m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

went cycling

September 1, 2026 at 15:55

Activity

Time

14h07m

Distance

51.4km

Speed

21.5km/h

Ascent

120m

Descent

120m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

went cycling

August 31, 2026 at 17:34

Activity

Time

3h26m

Distance

17.5km

Speed

21.3km/h

Ascent

60m

Descent

40m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

went cycling

August 31, 2026 at 13:53

Activity

Time

2h54m

Distance

35.2km

Speed

19.9km/h

Ascent

90m

Descent

90m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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went cycling

August 27, 2026 at 12:39

Brompton to Radeberg

Time

4h00m

Distance

59.2km

Speed

20.4km/h

Ascent

360m

Descent

370m

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went cycling

August 24, 2026 at 13:47

Singlespeed

Time

3h12m

Distance

53.2km

Speed

21.7km/h

Ascent

230m

Descent

240m

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went gravel riding

August 24, 2026 at 13:27

From Pirna to Electoral Saxon Post Milestone (Berggießhübel)

Time

0h10m

Distance

2.20km

Speed

18.2km/h

Ascent

10m

Descent

10m
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

went cycling

August 18, 2026 at 11:35

Road ride

Time

3h51m

Distance

20.5km

Speed

17.0km/h

Ascent

270m

Descent

40m

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went for a bike ride

August 12, 2026 at 10:10

Brompton to Dresden

Time

3h01m

Distance

48.9km

Speed

21.2km/h

Ascent

170m

Descent

160m

went for a bike ride

August 10, 2026 at 10:33

Singlespeed to Dolni Grund

Time

4h42m

Distance

72.6km

Speed

23.0km/h

Ascent

250m

Descent

240m

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went for a bike ride

August 5, 2026 at 14:41

Activity

Time

3h06m

Distance

22.0km

Speed

19.3km/h

Ascent

100m

Descent

100m

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