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Between cities, traffic-free routes are preferred over road ones, surfaced tracks over dirt ones, scenic tracks over dull ones and tracks that stay true to the river over those cutting off significant chunks for the sake of it. Deviations are made to visit places of significant interest, such as ‘Heidiland’ (Stage 3), the north side of Bodensee (Stage 5), Waldshut (Stage 7) and Bad Säckingen (Stage 8), Neuf-Brisach (Stage 9), Karlsruhe (Stage 12), the Rheingau (Stage 16), Oosterbeek (Stage 24) and Kinderdijk (Stage 26).

Switzerland

From Oberalppass to the Bodensee Rhein Delta, the Swiss national cycle route Radweg 2 (R2) is closely followed through Ilanz and Chur. R2 passes Vaduz in Liechtenstein on the opposite side of the river, but the route in this guide crosses over to visit Europe’s third-smallest country. R2 is left for a long deviation following Bodensee Radweg around the northern side of Bodensee, visiting Friedrichshafen, home of the Zeppelin, and the medieval cities of Lindau and Meersburg. Between Bodensee and Basel, where the Rhine mostly provides the border between Switzerland and Germany, R2 is followed through quaint Stein am Rhein, the German enclave of Büsingen, Schaffhausen, and the spectacular Rheinfall. We briefly leave R2, crossing into Germany to visit Waldshut and Bad Säckingen. Regaining the Swiss bank through Rheinfelden and Roman Augusta Raurica, R2 ends in Basel.