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If you live in Switzerland and own a bicycle, you need to purchase an annual velo vignette, a registration sticker that includes compulsory third-party insurance. However this is not a requirement for short-term visitors.

About this guide

Paddleship Goethe operates through the Rhine Gorge between Rüdesheim and Koblenz (Stages 16/17)

Language

Throughout this guide the English spelling of Rhine is used, except for proper nouns such as Rheinquelle, Canal du Rhône au Rhin and Neder Rijn, where the appropriate national spelling is used. On the maps, Rhein is used in German-speaking areas, Rhin in France and Rijn in the Netherlands.

Place names, street names and points of interest are given in appropriate local languages. In German, nouns and their descriptive adjectives are often run together to form longer words, while ß (known as an eszett) is expressed as double ss. Occasionally this results in triple sss appearing if ß is followed by s.

Appendix F lists some words that might be encountered along the route.