On Sunday 25 May 2025, the 16th Wipptal Cycling Day will take place from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

A cycling excursion in the municipalities of Brenner, Freienfeld, Pfitsch, Ratschings and Sterzing.

The Wipptal is cycling

It’s that time again: for the sixteenth time, the bike takes centre stage for a day in the beautiful Wipptal Valley. In Sterzing and the surrounding communities, numerous attractions and facilities are waiting to be discovered by you.

The cycling day is a wonderful opportunity to get on the saddle with family, friends and like-minded people and explore the countryside.
Between the towns of Freienfeld, Wiesen, Sterzing, Mareit, Gossensass and Brenner, many participating clubs, businesses and museums provide fun, excitement, entertainment and catering.

And there is also a sporting challenge: the entire route is more than 65 kilometres long.

🏆We have won🏆

The @muenchenvenezia has won the Bike&Travel Magazine readers’ vote for the most popular crossing of the Alps.
The award ceremony took place at the C-M-T in Stuttgart at the stand of the partner region Tölzer Land.

We are proud that our relatively new cycle route across the Alps – from Munich city to Venice – is so well known and popular.

A big thank you to everyone who voted and made us the winning route 🙏

In the picture you can see from left to right: Marion Nunn, bike travel magazine ‘Bike & Travel’, Maria Bader, tourism manager Lenggries and Anna Bichlmaier, tourist information Lenggries

📷Tölzer Land Tourism

Venice visitors planning to explore the city on a day trip will likely have to pay an entry fee on 54 days in 2025. For more information on when the fee applies, how to pay it, and who is exempt, please visit the official website of the City of Venice. The entry fee is expected to be raised to up to 10 Euros.

Due to increasing traffic on the previous route, we recommend turning left onto Schloßstraße at the Innsbruck Mitte roundabout in the direction of Ambras. The detour leads via Aldrans, Lans, past the Patscherkofelbahn to Goldbichl.

The exact coordinates of the detour route can be found on our map.

The GPX file is available for download.

If you continue along the Igls/Patscher road in the direction of Matrei, you follow the little-used Roman road with breathtaking views of numerous highlights along the Brenner route. Here you ride on the sunny side to Matrei and rejoin the signposted münchen-venezia.

GPX data for download here

The munich-venezia long-distance cycle route runs between St. Jodok and the Brenner Pass via the Brenner federal road, as unfortunately the gap here has not yet been closed. The federal road is very busy, especially at weekends, and there is also a steep climb from Gries am Brenner.

The Wipptal region offers everyone the possibility to take the S-Bahn (S3) on this stretch. The S3 runs hourly. Adjacent stations to the cycle path can be found in Matrei, Steinach and St. Jodok.

The region offers a special service for all guests staying in the Wipptal – they receive a guest card at their accommodation which allows them to use the S-Bahn free of charge. Bicycles can be taken along on all S-Bahn trains, the bicycle ticket for € 2,– has to be bought at the ticket machines at the stations.

The guest card is valid from one overnight stay as a ticket for all public transport in the Wipptal region – click for more information .