Balschwiller Washhouse – Eglingen Lock loop from Flaxlanden

Balschwiller Washhouse – Eglingen Lock loop from Flaxlanden

Moderate

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Balschwiller Washhouse – Eglingen Lock loop from Flaxlanden

03:28

82.2km

520m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 16, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 19 m for 9 m

After 82.2 km for 9 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.19 km

Riverside café

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A nice garden cafe, usually opens in the afternoon. Cake, coffee, cold drinks and sometimes tarte flambée. The landlady attaches great importance to retro ambience :)

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10.3 km

Every Lock Provides a Good Background

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Every lock along the route provides for an unusual background and a good memory of your bike trip. A lot of these locks have a bridge going over them, take …

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12.6 km

Balschwiller Washhouse

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This picturesque washhouse was built in the 19th century. It replaced an old washhouse from 1680 which housed 20 washerwomen. A real journey through time!

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49.6 km

Bois Charague

Forest

57.4 km

Traditional Alsatian Houses

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Very beautiful, typically Alsatian house, very well renovated and decorated with great care and taste.

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70.2 km

Rhine Rhone Canal, Excellent Paved Cycleway

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The Rhine Rhone Cycleway is part of the National French and European Cycleway. This stretch of the cycleway has excellent smooth asphalted pavement. There are some nice restaurants and cafés …

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70.9 km

Eglingen Lock

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This beautiful lock is located in the municipality of Eglingen and offers very beautiful views of the Rhine-Rhône canal.

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78.6 km

Sun Pub

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I can only recommend this - a good coffee:

Sun'Pub - Bar d'ambiance and Tartes flambées

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80.1 km

Picnic Area Along the Rhine–Rhône Canal

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The Rhine-Rhone Canal between Sochaux and Mulhouse is an excellent very well kept cycleway with incredibly smooth asphalted surface. Picknick tables as well as numerous small charming cafés and bars line the cycleway.

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82.2 km

End point

Train Station

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