Cycle route · Venlo · Updated on 13 November 2026

Fietsallee am Nordkanal

Fietsallee am Nordkanal is a cycle route of 55.3 km from Venlo. Along the way you'll find 242 benches.

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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.

55.3 km
± 3:40 h
↑ 59 m · ↓ 37 m
Moderate
From A to B
National route

Start in Venlo
0 km
43.1 km · 62 benches
Rettungswachturm 1
43.1 km
Observation tower
12.2 km · 180 benches
Finish
55.3 km

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No public toilet along the wayThere is no public toilet within 100 m of the route. Go before you start, or find one a bit further away in the app.

The route with the pitstops and sights within 100 m of it.

1 sight along the way

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

Observation tower · after 43.1 km

Elevation and terrain

Up: ↑ 59 m
Down: ↓ 37 m
Highest point: 66 m
Lowest point: 20 m

Nowhere steeper than 5%.

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

Way types

55.3 km in total

Path: 27.3 km
Road: 10.9 km
Street: 8.9 km
Track: 7.6 km
Cycle path: 425 m
Busy road: 100 m
Footpath (walk your bike): 50 m

Surfaces

55.3 km in total

Asphalt: 37.3 km
Gravel: 12.1 km
Paved: 2.3 km
Natural: 725 m
Unknown: 2.8 km

About the cycle route Fietsallee am Nordkanal

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

Where do you cycle?

Fietsallee am Nordkanal is a cycle route of 55.3 km that starts in Venlo. It does not end where it starts. Along the way you pass Rettungswachturm 1 (after 43.1 km).

How hard is the route?

You climb 59 m in total and descend 37 m. Allow ± 3:40 h, without breaks. The level is moderate.

What roads do you cycle on?

The longest part is path (27.3 km), road (10.9 km) and street (8.9 km). Of the surface, 37.3 km asphalt and 12.1 km gravel. For 2.8 km the surface is not known.

Pitstops along the way

Within 100 metres of the route there are 242 benches. There is no public toilet within 100 metres of the route. The Outdoor Pitstop app navigates you there.

This is the Dutch part of the Fietsallee am Nordkanal, a cycle route of almost 49 km from Nederweert to Venlo. The full route is about 100 km long and follows the historic course of the Nordkanal, a canal meant to link the Maas with the Rhine. You ride through Nederweert-Eind, home of the Limburgs Openluchtmuseum Eynderhoof open-air museum, across the Craijelse Heide and through Beringe, Koningslust and Maasbree to Venlo. It is flat and mostly paved. We know of fourteen toilets on the way, but only one water tap.

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