Located between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, Schleswig Holstein reveals a great variety of landscapes. Old cities such as B. the Hanseatic city of Lübeck or Husum are waiting to be discovered.
Overall there is in Schleswig-Holstein Over 10 long-distance cycle routes with a total length of more than 1500 km. Local cycle routes and networks in the individual holiday regions (e.g. in Ostholstein or fishing) partially complement the offer.
For the north German Hanseatic city Hamburg The first to be mentioned is, of course, the popular Elbe cycle path. In addition, Hamburg is a central destination and starting point for various other long-distance cycle routes in Northern Germany.
Long-distance cycle routes
- Elbe cycle path
- Eider-Trene-Sorge cycle path
- Border route
- Holstein-Switzerland bike tour
- Kiel Canal Route - 325 km from Brunsbuettel to Kiel at the Kiel Canal along and through the hinterland in numerous loops
- North Sea Cycle Route
- Ochsenweg
- Baltic Sea Cycle Route - from the German-Danish border near Flensburg to the border with Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania near Travemünde along the coast
- Long-distance cycle route Hamburg – Rügen
- Viking Friesian Way
- Mönchsweg - connects the Elbe at Glückstadt with the Baltic Sea Fehmarn
- Iron Curtain Europe Cycle Route
Help for creating new cycle route articles:
- Wikivoyage: skeleton for cycle routes - basic framework for cycle routes
- Wikivoyage: specification for cycle routes - explanation of the basic structure
- finished example: Fulda cycle path
Simply insert missing routes into the lists available here (definition of regional route: up to 150 km in length).
Regional routes
- Old Salt Road
- Grenzweg
- Goods tour Ostholstein: Start and finish is Eutin. The destinations approached are clockwise: Fissau, Sibbersdorf, Gut Stendorf, Kasseedorf, Plunkau, Gut Sierhagen, Neustadt, Roge, Hof Redingsdorf am Redingsdorfer See, Röbel, Bockholt. The distance is almost 46 km.
- North Baltic Sea Cycle Route
MTB regions
Of course, there are no real mountain bike regions in Schleswig-Holstein. If you are looking for hills, for example, in Holstein Switzerland find it. But underestimate them flat mountains not that means the headwind. With the appropriate gear selection, you can definitely simulate a pass drive in the Alps.
Rental bikes
Rental bikes in Hambung
The new bike rental system "StadtRAD Hamburg"According to the DB" Call a Bike "system. At 250 stations in the city, there are more than 3,100 rental bikes waiting for anyone who doesn't have their own bike to hand but still wants to be mobile. The bikes must always be returned to one of the stations.
Prizes: One-time entry fee: € 5 with € 5 starting credit. The first 30 minutes are free of charge, the next 30 minutes cost 10 ct / min, for BahnCard holders: 8 ct / min up to the daily maximum rate (24 hours) of € 15. In the normal tariff, 2 bikes can be rented and used at the same time on the same customer number. Prices
Web links
- Cycling in Schleswig-Holstein - Official cycling information from the Schleswig-Holstein Tourism Agency
