Cycle route · Emlichheim · Updated on 13 November 2026

United Countries Tour cycle route

United Countries Tour is a cycle route of 252.1 km from Emlichheim. Along the way you'll find 152 benches, 1 water point, 5 public toilets and 1 honesty box.

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The route step by step

From start to finish, with what you pass along the way and the distance in between.

252.1 km
± 8:25 h per stage
↑ 173 m · ↓ 183 m
Hard per stage
From A to B
Regional route

Pick a stage to see the pitstops per kilometre. Along the way you'll find 152 benches, 1 water point, 5 public toilets and 1 honesty box.

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The route with the water points, toilets and sights within 100 m of it.

3 sights along the way

In the order you pass them. With the Outdoor Pitstop app you hear their story on the spot.

Observation tower
Memorial
Museum

Stages (2)

Elevation and terrain

Up: ↑ 173 m
Down: ↓ 183 m
Highest point: 33 m
Lowest point: 0 m

Nowhere steeper than 5%.

Elevation from Copernicus GLO-30 (European Union and ESA), smoothed.

Way types

252.1 km in total

Road: 129 km
Street: 38.7 km
Path: 38.5 km
Cycle path: 30.3 km
Track: 10.8 km
Busy road: 2 km
Footpath (walk your bike): 525 m
Unknown: 2 km

Surfaces

252.1 km in total

Asphalt: 144.5 km
Paved: 43.9 km
Gravel: 15.1 km
Natural: 1.2 km
Unpaved: 700 m
Unknown: 46.4 km

About the cycle route United Countries Tour

Updated on 13 November 2026, with data from OpenStreetMap, the AHN and Copernicus.

Where do you cycle?

United Countries Tour is a cycle route of 252.1 km that starts in Emlichheim. It does not end where it starts.

How hard is the route?

You climb 173 m in total and descend 183 m. Allow ± 8:25 h per stage, without breaks. Per stage the level is hard.

What roads do you cycle on?

The longest part is road (129 km), street (38.7 km) and path (38.5 km). Of the surface, 144.5 km asphalt and 43.9 km paved. For 46.4 km the surface is not known.

Pitstops along the way

Within 100 metres of the route there are 152 benches, 1 water point, 5 public toilets and 1 honesty box. The Outdoor Pitstop app navigates you there.

The United Countries Tour is a long-distance cycle route of about 194 km through south-east Drenthe, East Groningen and the Emsland region of Germany, crossing the border again and again. You ride past places such as Ter Apel, Zwartemeer, Weiteveen, Schoonebeek and Roswinkel, through the Bargerveen, the Sellingerbossen woods and the Bourtanger Moor - Veenland nature park, and past the Bourtange fortress, hunebed D45 in the Emmerdennen and the Industrieel Smalspoor Museum (narrow-gauge railway museum). It is flat; about a third is cycle path. For such a long route we know of few facilities: three toilets and two water taps. The route is managed by Emsland Tourismus GmbH.

Website of the route