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Balkan Route Opladen–Burscheid – Bergisches Land Rail Trail loop from Leverkusen-Manfort

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Balkan Route Opladen–Burscheid – Bergisches Land Rail Trail loop from Leverkusen-Manfort

Moderate

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Balkan Route Opladen–Burscheid – Bergisches Land Rail Trail loop from Leverkusen-Manfort

02:38

55.3km

530m

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: July 22, 2026

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Naturpark Bergisches Land

Dhünn

Wiembachtal und Ölbachtal

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.33 km

Trailhead of the Balkantrasse in Opladen

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Here the Balkan route starts in the direction of Lennep.

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6.44 km

Balkan Route Opladen–Burscheid

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It's an uninterrupted 1% incline from Opladen to Wermelskirchen. Only a few streets are crossed. There are a lot of branches into the Bergisches Land. The pavement is at its …

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18.3 km

Bergisches Land Rail Trail

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Very nice route with a pleasant gradient. The surface is good and is cleaned regularly.

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20.1 km

Balkantrasse

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Finest asphalt, ideally suited for speeding.

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28.6 km

Restaurant Neuemühle

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Directly at the Mühleist also a small bike repair station (air pump with various adapters & automat with bike tubes).

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30.1 km

Ascent to Emminghausen

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almost car-free up the mountain

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43.5 km

Romberg Tunnel

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Shortly before the Burscheid city limits, the route of the former Balkan Express passes under the bridge that connects the small town of Romberg with Burscheider Straße and the rest …

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48.3 km

Opladen Station — Entrance to the Balkan Trasse

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Balkan route is great! Perfect asphalt and even to Burscheid without crossing roads! If there was still an underground connection to the right side of the Rhine and you would …

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55.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

39.1 km

11.9 km

3.43 km

512 m

157 m

126 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

50.6 km

4.39 km

182 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

Weather

Saturday 25 July

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Comments

June 11, 2022,Balkan Radweg

Start at the Hitdorfer See. Lost when looking for the actual starting point in Leverkusen. But then still had a nice tour

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May 1, 2022,Reifenpanne vor einer Luftpumpe im Bergischen

For the first of May we went on a leisurely tour to Cafe Bauer in Wermelskirchen. Mountain coffee party.
A recommendation to everyone who likes to travel the Balkan route is to leave the route in between to look at the villages to the left and right.
On the way back from Wermelskirchen I had some rapid descents, such as …

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Balkan Route Opladen–Burscheid – Bergisches Land Rail Trail loop from Leverkusen-Manfort

Trailhead of the Balkantrasse in Opladen

Balkan Route Opladen–Burscheid

Bergisches Land Rail Trail

Balkantrasse

Restaurant Neuemühle

Ascent to Emminghausen

Romberg Tunnel

Opladen Station — Entrance to the Balkan Trasse

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