Tour around Darmstadt
The tourist cycle route “Around Darmstadt” invites you to explore Darmstadt over a distance of 60 km.
The cycle route leads past a multitude of sights, local recreation areas and excursion restaurants. The natural areas “around Darmstadt” can be discovered almost exclusively away from motor vehicle traffic, relaxed on agricultural and forestry paths.
The route, especially designed for families, has, with a few exceptions, only slight inclines. In many places the route can be combined with public transport.
Route plan as download: Radroute rund um Darmstadt
Cycle route Bergstraße
The two cycle trails “Bergstrasse klassisch” (traditional sights between Darmstadt and Heidelberg) and “naturnah” (for nature-lovers) run both along the Bergstraße and intersect at several points.
The traditional cycle trail connects places worth seeing in the towns and villages between Darmstadt and Heidelberg on paved paths and roads. The trail is 84.5 km in length and is marked with the Bergstraßen logo “die bergstrasse”.
The “nature lovers” route also runs from north to south and is marked “naturnah” on a pale blue background under the Bergstraßen symbol. The 83.2km trail takes cyclists along tracks between the fields and through the woods, past lakes and streams to pretty picknick areas with a panoramic view of the Bergstraße.
The cycle path brochure and cycle path map can be found at www.diebergstrasse.de
Cycling... along the Bergstraße and in the Odenwald
Get out into the fresh air by bike and flex your muscles - Bergstrasse and Odenwald are ideal for this. The region offers many opportunities to discover the beauty of the landscape on signposted bike paths. Light forests alternate with lush meadows, river valleys, flowering orchards and rolling grain fields.
More information www.bergstrasse-odenwald.de
Bicycle rental in Darmstadt
- Fahrradverleih Darmstadt – Rent a Fun Bike: Local, owner-run e-bike hire in Darmstadt from €32 per day, including a free GPS audio guide (DE/EN/ES) to the city’s most beautiful sights, a helmet, a lock and, if required, a child seat (up to 7 years old)
- Call a bike Deutsche Bahn offers a comprehensive bike rental system in Darmstadt.
- E-cargo-bikes can be rented throughout the city via the sigo sharing portal.
- Bolt provides a range of e-scooter and e-bikes throughout the city.
Heinerbike - free cargo bike rental for Darmstadt
Heinerbike is a project of the City of Darmstadt in cooperation with TransitionTown Darmstadt and enables free rental of cargo bikes for everyone.
Information for rentals: www.heinerbike.de
E-Bike charging stations in Darmstadt
Public charging station in Darmstadt you can find in following streets:
- City Carree: 8 lockers with space for a bicycle helmet and a 230-volt Schuko socket. The respective charging cable must be brought along. The individual lockers are locked using a coin deposit lock for one and two euro coins, which the user receives back. Adress: Im Carree
- Robert-Bosch-Straße 7 (vor der TIZ-GmbH)
- Frankfurter Straße 110 (Entega)
Bike station
Air pumps and tools for quick maintenance or repairs are available at the bike station in the Carree.
Bike stations at the TU Darmstadt
- Fahrradwerkstatt zwanzig°: zwanzig° is the self-help bicycle workshop at TU Darmstadt, Campus Stadtmitte. Tools and support for self-repair.
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Fahrradwerkstatt Radschlag an der Lichtwiese. The self-help bike workshop is open to everyone. Tools can be borrowed for repairs and volunteers are on hand to offer advice if required.
Bicycle workshop "Gleis 66" at the main train station
The own company Darmstädter Werkstätten und Wohneinrichtungen (EDW) in partnership with the Werkhof e.V. operates the bicycle workshop "Gleis 66" at the main train station, in which people with disabilities and young people with special needs have the opportunity to integrate into working life.
Information on the range of workshop work: https://darmstaedter-werkstaetten.de/de/gleis66/
Cycle traffic in Darmstadt
You can find further information on pedestrian and bike traffic in Darmstadt on the website of the City of Darmstadt, including the "Cycling City Map Darmstadt" and the "Cycling Map around Darmstadt" in the section Downloads / Links.