Aachen Summer of Cycling – beautiful rides around Aachen

The city of Aachen is special in many ways. Located on the crossroad of Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, Aachen is Germany’s westernmost city that is brimming with diversity. In Aachen, you will find a great mix of history as you explore the streets of the beautiful old town, combined with the city’s flair as a modern university town. With more than 45,000 students, RWTH Aachen University is the largest university for technical courses in Germany. But, not only the city centre is worth visiting, Aachen’s surrounding countryside on the edge of the Eifel is beautiful too. Discovering this area on your bicycle is perfect. With the Aachen Summer of Cycling, the city is celebrating and promoting its well-developed network of routes. Every year since 1995, the city signposts a different themed circular route which is ideal for families and novice cyclists. In this Collection, we show you five of the most beautiful and exciting Aachen Summer of Cycling Tours.

On these rides, you follow in the footsteps of Charlemagne, Charles the Great, who loved Aachen so much that he made the city the centre of his empire. You will experience the beautiful green surroundings of the city and go on a ‘shopping trip’ to organic farms south of the city. You cycle along the Vennbahnweg, one Europe’s most beautiful railway trails, and explore an exciting mix of culture, nature and history. In the borderland north of Aachen, you discover impressive manor houses and learn about the history of customs in the Locht customs Museum. The German/Dutch industrial area Avantis provides you with a living example of how the relations with neighboring countries are cultivated today. Finally, on the ‘Tour de Science’, the latest Tour of the Aachen Summer of Cycling, an exciting ride around the RWTH campus awaits you with many interesting buildings where history and modern architecture meet.

What are you waiting for? Grab your bike and explore the city of Aachen and its exciting history on great bike paths that make each of these five routes an unforgettable experience.