Tag Archives: Germany

View Google Map | Open with GoogleEarth This is the last of my routes in and in the area of my old hometown Mönchengladbach. It leads into the same direction as the previous Niederkrüchten route, but follows different paths leading … Continue reading →

View Google Map | Open with GoogleEarth The following is another of my favorite routes. It starts at the Volkgarten park and Niers river again, leads east straight through Korschenbroich, passes Kleinenbroich and Büttgen, the A57 Autobahn and continues to … Continue reading →

View Google Map | Open with GoogleEarth The last route went east to Mönchengladbach’s neighbor Korschenbroich — the following route will lead through the western neighbor Niederkrüchten, a municipality in the district of Viersen. Living in Baltimore nowadays I haven’t … Continue reading →

View Google Map | Open with GoogleEarth The following is a compact little route around my old “neighborhood” – well, sort of. My old home is close to the Volksgarten park and Schloss Rheydt, the old manor-house that already appeared … Continue reading →

View Google Map | Open with GoogleEarth In my last blog entry I wrote about the first cycling route along the Niers river from its origin near Erkelenz to the Volksgarten park near the manor-house Schloss Rheydt. The following second … Continue reading →

View Google Map | Open with GoogleEarth The Niers is a 117.7 kilometer long river that originates near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach. It flows through Mönchengladbach, Viersen, Wachtendonk, Geldern and Goch before flowing into the Meuse in Gennep, just across … Continue reading →

View Google Map | Open with GoogleEarth This approximately 50 kilometer long route has always been one of my favorites. It just felt right from the beginning to the end. It offers a bit of everything. Some areas are challenging, … Continue reading →