The long country Tour

Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

Lower Saxony

Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim

Schüttorf

The long country Tour

Moderate

4.3

(12)

riders

The long country Tour

04:21

72.5km

160m

Cycling

Between wide fields and shady wooded areas, you will cycle through tranquil villages and cozy rest stops on this 72-kilometer stretch of land. It starts at the market square in Schüttorf, from where you cycle to Lake Quendorf. Then you continue to the village of Emsbüren with its open-air museum…

by Grafschaft Bentheim Tourismus

Last updated: June 3, 2024

Waypoints

Start point

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149 m

Goat Fountain, Schüttorf

Highlight • Monument

The goat fountain memorial commemorates the earlier goat keepers who used to take their stubborn animals on their way to the buck station outside of town. The billy goats had …

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12.8 km

Heimathof Open-Air Museum with Herb Garden

Highlight • Historical Site

Thanks to the Heimatverein, there are now eight half-timbered houses that almost form a small village. The houses are true to the original and include a bakery, a smithy and …

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26.8 km

Old Hestrup Station Café

Highlight • Cafe

Listed, restored station building from 1928. It now houses a café and a garden restaurant.

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33.4 km

Birkenvenn Cycle Path to Syen-Venn

Highlight • Cycleway

Here you can see again how beautiful the landscape in the County of Bentheim is. 👍😀

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46.7 km

Beim Waldbauern Café & Restaurant

Highlight • Cafe

The Waldbauer is located in the beautiful Bentheim Forest and is easy to reach by car, bicycle or on foot. As a hiker or cyclist you can start from Schüttorf …

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72.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.8 km

25.3 km

13.9 km

5.36 km

243 m

Surfaces

34.2 km

30.2 km

4.41 km

2.76 km

738 m

188 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Tuesday 13 October

16°C

9°C

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Comments

March 17, 2023,24/23 75 km

A nice tour, many beautiful old farmhouses, there were also plenty of horses. Paths were easy to drive on except for short stretches of sand in between.

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May 19, 2023,Eine Tierisch gute Tour

Highly recommended to ride a bike here, there are so many beautiful tours. I have never seen an area in Germany where you can drive on the small side streets for so long and hardly a car bothers you. If Germany is not enough for you, the Netherlands is not far away and you can really ride a bike there …

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June 22, 2024,Die lange Landpartie Rev.2

Based on komoot.com/de-de/collection/1860799/gluecksmomente-in-der-grafschaft-bentheim-best-zufrieden we chose 2 really nice tours for this weekend and adapted them a little.

The routes were very well developed.

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February 18, 2023

Between wide fields and shady wooded areas, you will cycle through tranquil villages and cozy rest stops on this 72-kilometer stretch of land. It starts at the market square in Schüttorf, from where you cycle to Lake Quendorf. Then you continue to the village of Emsbüren with its open-air museum worth

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