Grenzenlos Radfahren am Grünen Band Europas

Experience old borders anew on the Iron Curtain Trail

A particularly beautiful section of the European long-distance cycle route EuroVelo 13 runs through unique nature on the border between Upper and Lower Austria and the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Varied landscapes, towns and villages worth seeing and cultural monuments from several centuries line this section of the "Iron Curtain Trail".

From the Iron Curtain to the Green Belt

Until the early 1990s, the Iron Curtain divided Europe into East and West, from the Barents Sea in northern Russia to the Black Sea. Today, the 10,400 kilometre-long route has been opened up with a long-distance cycle path. EuroVelo 13 leads through 20 countries, including 14 EU member states. Where fortifications and fences once stretched across the country, today the Green Belt delights with biotopes, nature reserves, fields and forests. Towns, villages, museums and monuments tell of the past and the lively present.