Skating country Switzerland

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Skating routes, as of 2006

The skating country Switzerland is a network of routes for inline skaters in Switzerland , which is part of the SwitzerlandMobility network . Two of the three signposted national routes (1 and 3) form a continuous stretch of 450 kilometers between the St. Gallen Rhine Valley and Lake Neuchâtel . This makes it the longest signposted skating route in Europe.

National skating routes

National routes are long-distance routes over several days with uniform signage (single-digit numbers). At the stage locations, the skaters are offered various accommodation options. So far there are three routes:

  1. Rhein Skate : Bad Ragaz - Buchs SG - Altstätten - Rorschach - Kreuzlingen (125 km / 4 stages)
  2. Rhone Skate : Sierre - Sion - Saillon - Monthey - Vevey (100 km / 3 stages)
  3. Mittelland Skate : Rorschach - Romanshorn - Weinfelden - Winterthur - Zurich - Aarau - Solothurn - Biel - Neuchâtel - Murten - Estavayer-le-Lac (400 km / 12 stages)

Regional skating routes

Signalization of a national skating route in the skating country of Switzerland

There are also 13 regional skating routes that are suitable for day trips. They each have two-digit numbers.

Skating events in Switzerland

Skatingland Switzerland supports regular events for amateur athletes on Swiss streets. These include the slow-ups as car-free adventure days with a folk festival character (for cyclists and inline skaters), guided Monday night skates in the cities and the Swiss Inline Cup racing series .

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