Description
Just outside the gates of Vienna, there is a very special cycle tour for sporty connoisseurs, ideally on an e-trekking bike or e-MTB. Over a length of 33.5 km, the Klosterneuburg pleasure bike tour impresses with its route through the Eichenhain adventure park, a fantastic view of Klosterneuburg and the Danube. You also pass the Klosterneuburg vineyard landscape and enjoy the varied route, often on the attractive trekking and MTB route network around the entire Klosterneuburg area. The ride is rounded off on the mostly gravelled and partly flat, partly hilly route downhill to the section along the beautiful blue Danube. There are several places to stop for refreshments on this scenic circular tour, making it an extremely enjoyable cycling experience.
Highlights:
- Stift Klosterneuburg Abbey
- Cycle once around the whole of Klosterneuburg
- Through the middle of the vast Eichenhain adventure park
- Gugging Museum
- Culinary highlights (numerous hosts and wine taverns along the route)
- Varied route thanks to the combination of trekking and MTB routes and asphalted cycle paths
- Ride along the Danube
Starting point of the tour
Happyland, In der Au, 3400 Klosterneuburg (Tourism & City Marketing Klosterneuburg)
Destination point of the tour
Happyland, In der Au, 3400 Klosterneuburg
Route description Klosterneuburger Genussradtour
The route starts at Happyland, where from the parking lot you turn left onto the bike path, via Niedermarkt and through Hundskehle to Rathausplatz. Past Klosterneuburg Monastery, the route continues via Leopoldstrasse and Franz Rumpler Strasse to the Schwarzes Kreuz, then to the church in Weidling, and via Lenaugasse and Reichergasse into Erlebnispark Eichenhain to Hohenauer Wiese – along the Babenberger Trail to Windischhütte. At Windischhütte, go downhill to the main road – then turn right towards Hintersdorf along state road 2119, past the church – right onto Plöckingstrasse – downhill to the Maria Gugging roundabout – through the ISTA grounds to Redlinger Hütte – continue towards Weißer Hof to Hadersfeld and down to Kritzendorf station, where the route merges into the MTB loop Kritzendorf – from there to the Danube and downstream back to the starting point.
The route is consistently signposted with "Klosterneuburger Genussradtour"!
Directions
Access via the B14.
Parking
There is a large parking lot directly at the Happyland leisure center.
By Regional and S-Bahn towards Tulln, or towards Vienna/Franz Josefsbahnhof.
Direct connection from Klosterneuburg to Passau – more info here!
Author's tip
Ride the route with an E-MTB or E-Trekking bike!
Pay attention to the signage "MTB-Trekking - Klosterneuburger Genussradtour." The route is independent and consistently signposted!
Warning, in the area of Windischhütte and Hohenauerwiese, as well as Redlingerhütte, there are 2 short steeper sections with coarser gravel! Especially the climb after Redlingerhütte can be challenging to ride depending on the weather!
