Cycle route · Vlissingen · Updated on 6 November 2026

Schelde-Rheinroute cycle route

Schelde-Rheinroute is a cycle route of 283 km from Vlissingen. Along the way you'll find 318 benches and picnic tables, 11 water fountains and refill points, 13 public toilets, 1 bike pump and 3 honesty boxes and farm vending machines.

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Museum van Bommel van Dam · after 278.2 km

The route step by step

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

283 km
± 2:40 h per stage
↑ 157 m · ↓ 114 m
Moderate per stage
From A to B
National route

Pick a stage to see the pitstops per kilometre. Along the way you'll find 318 benches and picnic tables, 11 water fountains and refill points, 13 public toilets, 1 bike pump and 3 honesty boxes and farm vending machines.

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

4 sights along the way

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

Museum · after 243.7 km
Story
De Berckt
Castle · after 272.3 km
Audio story · 2 min
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Museum van Bommel van Dam
Museum · after 278.2 km
Audio story · 2 min
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Limburgs Museum
Museum · after 278.3 km

Stages (7)

Elevation and terrain

Up: ↑ 157 m
Down: ↓ 114 m
Highest point: 44 m
Lowest point: -1 m

Nowhere steeper than 5%.

Elevation from AHN (Rijkswaterstaat), smoothed.

Way types

283 km in total

Road: 160.7 km
Cycle path: 82.7 km
Street: 31.4 km
Track: 6.9 km
Busy road: 325 m
Path: 300 m
Footpath (walk your bike): 150 m

Surfaces

283 km in total

Asphalt: 138.5 km
Paved: 28.6 km
Gravel: 7.4 km
Unpaved: 2.1 km
Unknown: 105.9 km

About the cycle route Schelde-Rheinroute

Updated on 6 November 2026, with data from OpenStreetMap and the AHN.

Where do you cycle?

Schelde-Rheinroute is a cycle route of 283 km that starts in Vlissingen. It does not end where it starts. You start in Vlissingen and finish in Venlo. Along the way you pass Techniek met 'n Ziel (after 243.7 km), De Berckt (after 272.3 km) and Museum van Bommel van Dam (after 278.2 km).

How hard is the route?

You climb 157 m in total and descend 114 m. Allow ± 2:40 h per stage, without breaks. Per stage the level is moderate.

What roads do you cycle on?

The longest part is road (160.7 km), cycle path (82.7 km) and street (31.4 km). Of the surface, 138.5 km asphalt and 28.6 km paved. For 105.9 km the surface is not known.

Pitstops along the way

Within 100 metres of the route there are 318 benches and picnic tables, 11 water fountains and refill points, 13 public toilets, 1 bike pump and 3 honesty boxes and farm vending machines. The Outdoor Pitstop app navigates you there.

The Schelde-Rheinroute (LF13) is a 283 km long-distance cycle route across the south of the Netherlands, from Vlissingen to Venlo. The name refers to the Scheldt estuary and the Rhine: beyond Venlo you can carry on along the German R12 to Duisburg. You first ride through the Zeeland polders of Walcheren and Zuid-Beveland, then over the Brabantse Wal, through the Mastbos near Breda and the Chaamse Bossen, and around Eindhoven you follow the Wilhelmina Canal for a long stretch. In Venlo you pass the Limburgs Museum. The route is part of EuroVelo 4. Along the way we know of 13 toilets, 11 water taps and one bike pump.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Website of the route