Valley total
Tal toTal - Car-free Rhine Valley was a major event that took place on the last Sunday in June in the Middle Rhine Valley from 1992 to 2019 . During the event, the B 42 between Rüdesheim and Lahnstein and the B 9 between Bingerbrück and Koblenz-Stolzenfels were closed to motor traffic. The blockage took place between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. (until 2013: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.). During this time, both roads were only available to non-motorized traffic.
According to estimates by tourist offices, up to 150,000 cyclists , inline skaters and pedestrians walked the 120-kilometer route at Tal Total . An extensive supporting program with folk festivals and concerts took place in the villages along the Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site . Special trains were used between Wiesbaden and Koblenz in order to enable the participants to travel to and from the event car-free. Tal Total received media coverage from the radio broadcaster SWR1 . The supporting program also included the ADAC motorboat race in Lorch .
The event was organized by the tourism community in the Loreley valley in St. Goar . A similar major event took place along the Moselle valley with Happy Mosel until 2017 .
At the end of 2019, the tourism community decided to end Tal Total.
Impressions
Oberwesel 2008
Lorch 2007
Lorch 2007
