- 100 Castles and Palaces Route
- Alb Valleys Cycle Route
- Aller Cycle Route
- Allgäu Castle Park Cycle Loop
- Allgäu Cycle Loop
- Baltic Coast Cycle Route
- Berlin Wall Trail
- Berlin-Copenhagen Cycle Route
- Berlin-Usedom Island Cycle Route
- Bodensee-Königssee-Cycle Route
- Bremen Inner City Loop
- Charming Tauber valley
- D3 Route/ Euroroute R1
- Danube Cycle Route
- Danube-Lake Constance Route
- Diemel Cycle Route
- Elbe Cycle Route
- Ems Cycle Route
- Five Rivers Route
- Flaeming Skate Bike & Skate Route
- Fulda Cycle Route
- Hessen Railway Cycle Route
- Ilm Valley Cycle Route
- Isar Cycle Route
- Kocher-Jagst Cycle Route
- Lahn Valley Cycle Route
- Lake Constance Cycle Route
- Mecklenburg Lakes Cycle Route
- Monks' Trail
- Moselle Cycle Route
- Neckar Valley Cycle Route
- North Sea Cycle Route
- Oder-Neisse Cycle Route
- Rhine Cycle Route
- River Iller Cycle Path
- River Main Cycle Route
- Romantic Road Cycle Route
- Ruhr Valley Cycle Route
- Römer-Lippe-Route
- Saale Cycle Route
- Saar Cycle Route
- Saarland Cycle Route
- Southern Black Forest Cycle Route
- Spa Cycle Route
- Spree Cycle Route
- Stuttgart Region e-bike tour
- Tauber Altmühl Valley Cycle Route
- The German Wine Route for Cyclists
- Towns of Thuringia Route
- Vennbahn
- Werra Valley Cycle Route
- Weser Cycle Route
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Ruhr Valley Cycle Route - Coal to culture on the Ruhr
The Ruhr Valley Cycle Route covers 230 exciting kilometres from the Sauerland to the Ruhr region. It is rated as a four-star premium route by the German Cyclists’ Federation.
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Forests alternate with meadowland, castles give way to medieval townscapes, and interspersed amongst it all are the industrial monuments. Former winding towers, blast furnaces and gasometers now double as cultural venues and places of recreation. The banks of the Ruhr river are lined with impressive sights including Arnsberg with its medieval old quarter and classical district, the cradle of Ruhr mining in the Muttental valley, Lake Baldeney in Essen and, last but not least, the river docks in Duisburg, which have been converted into a complex of shops and restaurants.
Terrain: the vast majority of the route is traffic-free and runs alongside the river. Some steep climbs, mostly in the first 35km; the sections that follow are predominantly flat. Very good transport links.
Scenery: beautiful riverscapes, densely wooded uplands in the Sauerland, the Ruhr conurbation with monuments from the days of heavy industry and mining.