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Rhine Falls – Rhine Riverside Trail loop from Neuhausen am Rheinfall

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Rhine Falls – Rhine Riverside Trail loop from Neuhausen am Rheinfall

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Rhine Falls – Rhine Riverside Trail loop from Neuhausen am Rheinfall

01:42

6.14km

110m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 1.93 km for 56 m

Open: • Monday-Sunday: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (otherwise closed)

After 2.08 km for 199 m

After 4.35 km for 95 m

Open: • Monday-Sunday: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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979 m

View of Laufen Castle and the Railway Bridge

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Fine view across the water high up at Laufen Castle

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1.51 km

Rhine Falls

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The Rhine Falls are an impressive natural spectacle, especially after the snowmelt. At 150 meters wide and 23 meters high, they are the largest waterfalls in Europe. In summer, up to 600,000 liters of water per second cascade down the falls. They are estimated to be approximately 15,000 years old.

Access to the northern bank is free. On the southern bank, admission costs 5 Swiss francs (including entry to Laufen Castle and access to the viewing platforms).

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1.57 km

Historic Waterwheel at the Rhine Falls

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The water wheel was built according to old models and put into operation on April 9, 1976.
It is reminiscent of the use of hydropower in the 11th century, which was of fundamental importance for the industrial development at the Rhine Falls.

Since ancient times, mills have been operated at the Rhine Falls, especially on the north side, using small parts of the water power. In the 17th century a blast furnace for smelting polishing ores was built on the right side of the falls and operated for about a century and then again in the first half of the 19th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, Johann Georg Neher received rights to use the water power at the Rhine Falls, which remained in his family for a long time. The power plant supplied the Swiss wagon factory and, from 1889, the first European aluminum plant of the Aluminum Industry Share Company with energy. In 1947 the name was changed to Rheinkraft Neuhausen AG.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinfall

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2.42 km

View of the Rhine Falls

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You should have seen it. A visual highlight. Powerful and impressively beautiful.

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3.07 km

Rhine Riverside Trail

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Beautiful riverside path from the Nohl Bridge to the Rhine Falls.

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3.36 km

Nohl Bridge

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Further information can be found at the following link:
de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinsteg_Nohl

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3.66 km

Rhine Riverside Path SH Side

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Below the Rhine Falls there is practically always a beautiful riverside path on both sides. Via the Nohl Bridge and the railway bridge above the Rhine Falls or by boat across the Rhine at the Rhine Falls, you get a nice, easy round trip.

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5.45 km

Rheinfall Railway Bridge with View of the Rhine Falls

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The Rhine Bridge near Laufen is a single-track railway bridge of the Rhine Falls Railway, which spans the Rhine in Switzerland between Laufen-Uhwiesen and Neuhausen above the Rhine Falls. The structure dates from 1856 and was expanded in the late 1950s to include pedestrian bridges on both sides.
From the bridge you have great views of the Rhine Falls.

Source and further information:

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinbr%C3%BCcke_bei_Laufen

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6.14 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.74 km

2.13 km

804 m

181 m

147 m

119 m

Surfaces

3.31 km

1.49 km

851 m

261 m

165 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (440 m)

Lowest point (360 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 6 August

29°C

17°C

18 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

May 8, 2024,Rund um den Rheinfall

Parking lot at Laufen Castle. Beautiful circular hiking trail, partly away from the tourist crowds. If the weather is nice, there are various opportunities to enjoy an ice cream along the way or, whatever the weather, I can recommend a visit to the miniature world of SMILESTONES!

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May 4, 2025,SVIZZERA-Giro ad anello di Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall

Simple and suggestive circular tour of the Rhine Falls, from where you can admire the force of nature in this natural phenomenon. Excellent reports

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May 20, 2024,Rheinfall Schifffahrt zum Fels und Rundwanderung

It is highly recommended to be at the Rhine Falls early in the morning. We took the first boat at 9:40 a.m. to the rocks, which is not very cheap (21 per person). But it was worth it as a one-off, especially as there was not much going on.
After that, a short circular walk, which I can highly recommend, …

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December 14, 2024,Rheinfall-Runde

Komoot thinks I swam across the Rhine in between... I didn't😅

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August 31, 2022,Rund um den Rheinfall in Schaffhausen

Hiked once around the Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen. The pictures show the Rhine Falls and Laufen Castle from different perspectives.

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June 28, 2022,Schaffhausen Rheinfälle

Start at Schloss Laufen... 🅿️ Swiss conditions. Visit to the platform 5 euros... but a highlight
Largest waterfall in Europe

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September 14, 2021,Rheinfallrunde Schweiz

The entrance fee to get to the platforms is worth the spectacle. There are machines at the entrances to the platforms if you have not yet bought a ticket at the main entrance.

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August 10, 2025,Rheinfall

At 23 meters high and 150 meters wide, the Rhine Falls in Switzerland are one of the most powerful waterfalls in Europe. Along with the equally high Sarpsfossen in Norway and Dettifoss in Iceland, which is twice as high, it is one of the three largest waterfalls in Europe.

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Rhine Falls – Rhine Riverside Trail loop from Neuhausen am Rheinfall

View of Laufen Castle and the Railway Bridge

Rhine Falls

Historic Waterwheel at the Rhine Falls

View of the Rhine Falls

Rhine Riverside Trail

Nohl Bridge

Rhine Riverside Path SH Side

Rheinfall Railway Bridge with View of the Rhine Falls

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