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Mittelland-Route

379 km cycle route.

379km
6-9days
easyDifficulty
1,780 mClimbing
yesE-bike friendly

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Map of the Mittelland-Route

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Elevation profile339–600 m

The route at a glance

The Mittelland Route is Swiss national route 5 and runs for about 375 kilometres from Lausanne on Lake Geneva to Romanshorn on Lake Constance. In between you ride through the Swiss Mittelland with its fields, woods and quiet rivers, passing Fribourg and Bern, whose medieval old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cycle paths are well built and signposted, and the small villages have country inns for a stop. It suits a first multi-day tour as well as riding single stages.

Example stages

A suggestion with overnight stops in towns along the way. Adjust it to your pace in the planner.

  1. Romanshorn → Wil SG319 m up · approx. 3:11 h38 km
  2. Wil SG → Effretikon305 m up · approx. 3:30 h45 km
  3. Effretikon → Baden152 m up · approx. 2:43 h40 km
  4. Baden → Olten177 m up · approx. 3:19 h49 km
  5. Olten → Solothurn176 m up · approx. 3:01 h44 km
  6. Solothurn → Hagneck84 m up · approx. 2:30 h40 km
  7. Hagneck → Chabrey124 m up · approx. 2:34 h39 km
  8. Chabrey → Yverdon-les-Bains93 m up · approx. 2:18 h36 km
  9. Yverdon-les-Bains → Lausanne293 m up · approx. 3:42 h49 km
Ø 42 km per day379 km · 1,723 Hm

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