The Trans-European Cycle Route 15 (EV15) : 100% realised !
EuroVelo 15 - The Rhine Cycle Route
■ SWITZERLAND - canton of Uri ▻ ■ NETHERLANDS - province of South Holland
The Trans-European Cycle Route 15 (EV15) is part of the EuroVelo Network set-up by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF).
It follows the Rhine on 1,320 km from Andermatt (canton of Uri) in Switzerland to its mouth at Hoek van Holland on the Rhine Delta Cycle Path. It goes through Switzerland, France, Germany and Netherlands.
Routes are available both banks almost all the way from Lake Constance to Arnhem except on the sections Karlsruhe - Ludwigshafen and Bingen - Coblence (famous landscapes of the Romantic Rhine).
EuroVelo 15 in Alsace - France
■ HAUT RHIN - Huningue ▻■ BAS RHIN - Lauterbourg
It is a 190 km long stretch in Alsace linking Huningue (département 68 - Haut Rhin - swiss border) to Lauterbourg (département 67 - Bas Rhin - german border) :
■ swiss border - Huningue- crossing with another Trans-European Cycle Route - North to South - the Eurovelo 5 - Via Romea Francigena from London to Roma then Brindisi.
►canal de Huningue
▻Ecluse (lock) de Kembs-Niffer - end of shared route with EuroVelo 6 that links Nantes to Constanta (Common stage with Eurovelo 6 from Lake Constance).
▻Ottmarsheim
▻Fessenheim
▻Neuf-Brisach, la citadelle de Vauban
►canal du Rhône au Rhin
▻Colmar (10km detour from Artzenheim - along the canal de Colmar)
▻Marckolsheim
▻Eschau
▻Strasbourg (bicycle friendly city)
▻La Wantzenau
▻Gambsheim - great locks - largest fish pass in Europe
▻Drusenheim
▻Beinheim - end of Rhine’s canalized section
▻Seltz
▻Munchhausen
■ Lauterbourg - german border.
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