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title: "Heart Route | 99 Willisau - Burgdorf (Official)"
url: "https://www.luzern.com/en/tour/heart-route-99-willisau-burgdorf-official"
description: "Already in 2003, the Heart Route ventured onto this traverse between Willisau in Lucerne and the Emmental. The stage has since gained cult status and is considered worryingly addictive. It takes travelers along winding paths through a landscape that is scarcely known. From Willisau, you pass through Zell in Lucerne into the Oberaargau, an atmospheric part of the canton of Bern that increasingly transforms into the Emmental. The hills grow higher, the ridge locations more impressive, the farmhouses more lush. At the latest in Affoltern, the route reaches a scenic crescendo that can hardly be surpassed. Wide views of the Alps and Jura frame the cascade of hills that spread out before us. Through the Gotthelf village of Lützelflüh, you follow the Emme riverbank path to Burgdorf, whose proud castle towers over the valley and welcomes you."
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Heart Route \| 99 Willisau - Burgdorf (Official)
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- 64.25 km long
- Difficulty: difficult
- Condition: very difficult
- Great panorama
- E-Bike

Marveling at the fairy-tale hilly landscape while winding and surrendering to the symphony of hills and views. 

Already in 2003, the Heart Route ventured onto this traverse between Willisau in Lucerne and the Emmental. The stage has since gained cult status and is considered worryingly addictive. It takes travelers along winding paths through a landscape that is scarcely known. From Willisau, you pass through Zell in Lucerne into the Oberaargau, an atmospheric part of the canton of Bern that increasingly transforms into the Emmental. The hills grow higher, the ridge locations more impressive, the farmhouses more lush. At the latest in Affoltern, the route reaches a scenic crescendo that can hardly be surpassed. Wide views of the Alps and Jura frame the cascade of hills that spread out before us. Through the Gotthelf village of Lützelflüh, you follow the Emme riverbank path to Burgdorf, whose proud castle towers over the valley and welcomes you.

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- 5:10 h
- 64.25 km
- 1,210 m
- 1,230 m
- 531 m
- 838 m
- 307 m
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- Start: Rental station Willisau or Burgdorf
- Destination: Rental station Willisau or Burgdorf

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Pavements

Street (37%)

Asphalt (48%)

Gravel (3%)

Trail (12%)

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suitable

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Tour information

- Culturally interesting
- Refreshment stop

Equipment

E-bike reservation recommended via  

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Directions & Parking facilities

**Public transportation**Ideal arrival by train, rental station 50m next to the station.

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Additional information

The route is signposted in both directions as Route 99 "Heart Route". Want to take a look at the Heart Route website? 

**Note**: There can be significant discrepancies in elevation data between SwitzerlandMobility & Outdooractive. This is based on differently resolved terrain models, with SwitzerlandMobility already factoring in small variations. 

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Author

Herzroute AG

Organization

Erlebnismacher AG - #wirsindofflinehelden

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Around Oschwand. From the Heart Route, follow the signpost to the Amiet-Hesse-Way and discover stories about the life and work of the artist Cuno Amiet. 

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