The most beautiful bike paths in and around Aachen
I recently met a friend that I hadn't seen for at least eight years. I, AutoLos for a year, have just completed my bike in front of the literature café Verse . "Do you remember?" Asked the acquaintance with a grin. "When we saw each other last, you said that cycling in Aachen would only be for brave."
Aachen now proves that this belongs to the past not only with new bike paths, bicycle roads, bike ranking routes and in general a good, practical infrastructure for cycling, but also with a special price of the ADFC for particularly good " togetherness ".
But not only in my everyday paths in Aachen, the bike is my means of transport of choice - around Aachen, every direction comes up with versatility . Whether in the Mergeland of the border triangle in the west, in the "Öcher Bösch" and the Eifel in the south, between Halden and Industriedenkmälen in the northeast - Aachen is a big city in the green, and if you to take a deep breath , you should snap a bike and - or more - my tips!
Judith C. Vogt
Lives with her family in Aachen -ilendorf, where she writes and translated novels and factual texts. As a compensation for everyday desk life, she undertakes extensive bike and hiking tours in the Euregio and is always fascinated by new excess and insights.
Aachen from all sides
All, please! If you want to cross a wide range (nmeter), it is best to choose the 50km long round of Aachen . It starts centrally on the cathedral and equips the entire Öcher surrounding area . From the city it goes to Aachen's largest "river", along the worm, along the clockwise through the restful soers , through the historic village of Seffent and behind the university clinic, past the edge of residential areas on the Dutch border in the Öcher Bösch, the city forest in the south, where it can sometimes be steep-but with rippling streams and picnic Bachauen . Once you have crossed the peak, go down to the German-Belgian border crossing Köpfchen , through the suburbs and along the Haarbach back to the worm.
If you want a similar but shorter tour has been recommended for the approximately 30km long Aachen bicycle summer The round begins in the spa park , but was signposted with the characteristic bicycle summer signs in the summer of 2025 so that the route can be "advanced" anywhere. This tour is also against Aachen, the characteristic beautiful corners of Soers, Seffent, Steppenberg are also part of the program here, but the slope in Öcher Bösch is left out. For this, the tour shows why Laurensberg is called Laurensberg - but after the snow, rewarded with a fantastic view of the Green City of Aachen with Lousberg , church tower tips and many trees. In addition, this route leads past the Hangeweiher outdoor pool , so simply pack your bathing suits !
Tips for on the go:
🧺 It is best to pack a picnic on the big round and destroy it in the Öcher Bösch - for example on the cyclical stones!
⛲ A little hidden behind the old houses and courtyards of Seffent are the seven sources that have given the place the name and invite them to a refreshing break with a flat source basin!
🤤 The bicycle summer round offers a culinary selection from the outdoor pool: for example, pizza at the little Gold of Naples on Eupener Strasse or cake in Burtscheid at Café Lammerskötter or in Beverau at Café Liège @goldjunge!
In the past seemed, today cycle path - Part 1
Railway bike paths are pure luxury! They have once been worked out for rail traffic so that the slope is limited, as well as the crossings by car traffic. Rodnerway, they suddenly make places that you would otherwise have controlled by car. So also Jülich, founded by the Romans as Vicus on the Rur.
railway bike path Aachen-Jülich also described 32 km back and forth with a small orange-blue badge-begins in the city center, leads over a freshly developed bike path to Würselen and from there by a landscape that is shaped by industry, but today above all: green! The train once transported coal from the Alsdorfer mine, now it is a relaxed cycling along the Halden and old lining . little cafes and restaurants lure in the old town. If you still have energy, you can visit the bridge head park or the oldest citadel fortress north of the Alps. The way back is either simply in the opposite direction - or with Rurtalbahn and regional express by train!
Tips for on the go:
🪧There is a risk in several places to simply continue to cycle, although the bike path turns - eyes on especially in Würselen and Aldenhoven!
🤤 There are not many options for stopping on the way, but in Jülich, for example, the Schwan farm café .
In the past seemed, today cycle path - Part 2
Already knew? One of the most beautiful and longest railway bike paths in Europe starts in Aachen! The Vennbahn . For over a century, the Aachen railway line connected with the north of Luxembourg, more precisely: with Troisvierges. The Vennbahnweg leads comfortably and without complications and wrong ways into the Eifel and Ardennes and is part of the fully car-free Ravel cycle path program of the Belgian Wallonia. I live very close to the Vennbahnweg and love it - to cycle every day the way into the Eifel in my free time , with a leisurely climb and past numerous lingering places up to the high bog of the high Venn.
If you want to cycle the entire Vennbahn, you should spend the night at least once - if you fancy a day tour rich on nature experiences, you can just drive from Aachen as far as desired and then - mostly downhill - roll back.
Tips for on the go:
🥵 For inexperienced cycling: Take the bicycle bus to Monschau, first explore the old town and the Vennbahnweg Monschau - Aachen - then the slope only goes down!
🤤 At the beginning of the Vennbahnweg, the contesting matters are just like this - whether at the former train stations on fire, Kornelimünster and Raeren or at the coffee free in Roetgen. From Roetgen it goes through the high venn, it becomes lonely and more original - either take a picnic for one of the numerous "rusty" huts or take the hunger for the Monschauer cafés and restaurants if the condition extends!
📷 One of my favorite places in Aachen is the Rollefbach Viaduct between the fire and the Kornelimünster. Whoever arrives there knows why.
