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In Switzerland, waymarking is excellent and ubiquitous with a well-developed national system integrating cycle routes, mountain bike trails and footpaths. The letter R for radweg (cycle way) and colour maroon indicate cycle routes. Full details and maps of all Swiss waymarked routes can be found at www.schweizmobil.ch. Judith and Neil Forsyth’s Cycle Touring in Switzerland (Cicerone Press) describes the nine national routes R1 to R9. In Switzerland, this guide closely follows R2 ‘Rhein route’ from Oberalppass to Basel (stages 1–4 and 6–8) except for some deviations to visit places of interest across the river. This is waymarked R2 and EV15 throughout.

In Germany, local waymarking is excellent but national waymarking variable. This is influenced by Germany’s federal structure of semi-independent lände (states), each of which has its own system. A national cycle network is in existence, although this often plays second fiddle to regional and local routes, with some signposts carrying the badges of many different routes. National route D8 follows the Rhine, mostly on the eastern (right) bank, and on some stages this is followed. The Rhein Radweg (RR) is waymarked using the Rheinradler symbol, a stylised yellow cyclist on a blue background with the wheels formed from the yellow stars of the European flag. In most lände, generic cycle route signposts have a white background, but the text colour varies (green in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Rheinland-Pfalz and Hessen; red in Nordrhein-Westfalen).