Radrunde: Cycling Loops

Just get cycling: Radrunde plans loops on the node networks of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the Netherlands. You say how far you want to go – the app builds the loop for you. Node by node, back to the start. And if you have a destination, it takes you there.

HOW IT WORKS
1. Tap a start point on the map (or use your location) and set the distance you want – or choose a destination.
2. Radrunde calculates up to three varied loops or several one-way routes to your destination.
3. Navigate node by node – along the way, the app always shows you the next node.

WHAT IS A NODE NETWORK?
A signposted cycle network with numbered junctions. At every node, a sign shows its number and points the way to the neighbouring nodes – you navigate by following a sequence of numbers (e.g. 12 → 36 → 83). North Rhine-Westphalia is fully covered, with more than 3,000 nodes and around 23,800 kilometres of signposted routes; the Netherlands is covered nationwide, with more than 10,000 nodes.

FEATURES
• Loop generator: a loop that brings you back home – as long as you want it to be
• Up to three variants per request – swipe to compare
• One-way routes from A to B: a place, an address or a node – Radrunde guides you along the nodes all the way to your destination
• Across the border: to Radrunde, NRW and the Netherlands are one network – loops from Kleve to Nijmegen and back, from Bocholt into the Achterhoek
• Weather for your loop: one sentence on rain, gusts or getting back after sunset, plus the wind for each variant and the next 48 hours with your riding window
• Traffic and surface: two bars show up front how much of the loop is car-free or quiet and how much is asphalt
• On the route: cafés, beer gardens, restaurants and pubs, each with its kilometre mark and on the map
• Themed routes: hand-picked loops past lakes, castles and industrial heritage in NRW, plus the first routes in the Netherlands – with photos and things worth knowing, now all on one map too
• Add a turning point: pick a destination or turning point, and the loop forms around it
• Node navigation: next node, distance and direction – with a node panel and a heads-up when you go off route
• GPX file for Garmin, Wahoo or Komoot: every loop, one-way route and themed route, free
• Save and share: loops and one-way routes go into "My loops"; the node list shows the number sequence in large type, as an image or a link
• Reverse direction: the same loop the other way round with one tap
• Works without signal too: NRW is on your device from the first launch, the Netherlands once you add it in Settings – with no signal, your phone calculates the loop itself (map and weather need a connection)
• All of NRW, from the Münsterland via the Lower Rhine to the Sauerland – and all of the Netherlands, from Limburg to Groningen
• In English, German and Dutch

FREE
The NRW node network is free for good, and the Netherlands is included free of charge – no account and no ads.

PRIVACY
No account, no ads, no advertising ID. To calculate routes, the app sends the start point and distance to our server, for one-way routes the destination too. Of this, we only store a roughly rounded start region (about one kilometre), for one-way routes the straight-line distance to the destination, and which suggestion you chose, linked to a random ID of your installation – no name, no account. For the weather, our server asks Apple Weather about a point rounded to a few kilometres. For the map and navigation, your location stays on your device. We store shared loops with no link to you, so that your link works. Details (in German): radrunde.app/datenschutz

Map data NRW: Radverkehrsnetz NRW © Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (radverkehrsnetz.nrw.de), Datenlizenz Deutschland – Zero – Version 2.0. Map data Netherlands, food & drink, traffic and surface: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL). Weather data: Apple Weather. Map display: Google Maps.

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