Swiss National Bike Routes

The Swiss National Bike Routes (German: Nationale Velorouten, French: Itinéraires à vélo nationaux, Italian: Percorsi nazionali) are the national cycling route network of Switzerland. There are currently nine such long-distance cycling routes criss-crossing the Swiss nation and these were established mainly to promote bicycle tourism.^[1]

The routes are signposted with red signposts. National routes are characterized by single-digit numbers to tell them apart from the Swiss regional routes. Each national route is published in a guidebook in German and French with map sections at 1:100 000 scale with technical and tourist information.

Nine national and many regional routes were established. The nine national routes are:

1. Rhône Route: Andermatt – Geneva, 309 km (192 mi), of which 26 km (16 mi) is unpaved road, 4,360 metres (14,300 ft) of altitude
2. Rhine Route: Andermatt – Oberalp Pass – Chur – Schaffhausen – Basel, 424 km (263 mi)
3. North–South Route: Basel – Chiasso, 363 km (226 mi)
4. Alpine Panorama Route: St. Margrethen – Aigle, 483 km (300 mi)
5. Mittelland Route: Romanshorn – Lausanne, 369 km (229 mi)
6. Graubünden Route: Chur – Bellinzona, 260 km (160 mi)
7. Jura Route: Basel – Nyon, 275 km (171 mi)
8. Aare Route: Oberwald – Koblenz, 305 km (190 mi)
9. Lakes Route: Montreux – Rorschach, 497 km (309 mi)

Note that, these routes often follow paved roads and paths, but they also contain sections that are not yet paved. Only the Route 4 (Alpine Panorama Route) is paved throughout.

• EuroVelo
• LF-routes, the national cycling route network of the Netherlands.
• National Cycle Network, the national cycling route network of the United Kingdom.
• Transport in Switzerland

• National routes Switzerland Mobility - Cycling in Switzerland