CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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279 km from Trier to Trier, about 3 h 27 of riding. The stops in between: City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F, Völklingen Ironworks, back through Völklingen Ironworks and back through City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F. It crosses from Germany into Luxembourg - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 53 km this is Luxembourg Mullerthal Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Trier claims to be the oldest city in Germany, and it can make a respectable case. The Romans founded it as Augusta Treverorum around the end of the first century before Christ, and by the fourth century it was one of the capitals of the empire, a city of emperors, with palaces, baths and a circus. Constantine the Great lived here for years before he moved east, and the city's buildings from this period are so impressive that UNESCO lists a group of them together with the cathedral and the Church of Our Lady.
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Trier is where the day begins. Next is City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F.
Luxembourg City is built on a rocky plateau above the deep, green valleys of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers, and for centuries it was one of the most powerful fortresses in Europe, nicknamed the Gibraltar of the North. Spanish, French, Austrian and Prussian armies all held it, and each added to its walls, bastions and tunnels. In 1867, after an international treaty, most of the fortifications were dismantled, but enough remains to make the old quarters and fortifications a UNESCO World Heritage site, inscribed in 1994.
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City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F comes up 35 km in. Next is City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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71 km in you reach City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F. Next is Völklingen Ironworks.
Rust, soot and colossal machinery: the Völklingen Ironworks is a cathedral of heavy industry, and walking through it is an overwhelming experience. Founded in 1873 and developed by the Röchling family into one of the largest iron producers in Europe, the works produced pig iron from 1883 until 1986, when the blast furnaces were shut down. Instead of being demolished, the complex was preserved, and in 1994 it became the first industrial monument from the heyday of heavy industry to be listed by UNESCO. Today visitors can climb the blast furnaces, walk through the huge blowing engine hall, and explore the coking plant and the ore storage, much of which has been taken over by nature, with birch trees and wild plants growing among the steel.
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Völklingen Ironworks, about halfway. Next is Völklingen Ironworks.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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Völklingen Ironworks sits at 142 km, about halfway. Next is back through Völklingen Ironworks.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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back through Völklingen Ironworks comes up 177 km in. Next is back through City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F write-up.
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212 km in you reach back through City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F. Next is back through City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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back through City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F, late in the day. Next is Trier.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Trier write-up.
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The route ends here after 279 km.
Trier → City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F → Völklingen Ironworks is 88 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Völklingen Ironworks → back through City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F is 88 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and F → Trier is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.