The route to Somalis of Kumasasa

This directions differ in part from the directions of navigation systems or route planers (especially in Kürten the Road Im Winkel is definitely to be avoided), but are generally the shorter or slightly longer but faster and/or more comfortable routes.

In winter time there are winter tyres necessary for the Bergisches Land, especially for the roads Bergstr. and Erlenweg!

• Autobahn A3/E35 direction Köln/Frankfurt
• leave at exit 24 Leverkusen
• turn left onto Willi-Brandt-Ring/K5 direction Berg. Gladbach
• after 2.6 km in Leverkusen-Schlehbusch straight onto Bensberger Str./K5
  Caution: Speed camera in Leverkusen-Schlehbusch !
• after 2.9 km in Berg. Gladbach-Schildgen turn left onto Altenberger-Dom-Str./L288/L101 direction Odenthal, Altenberg
• after 2.2 km in Odenthal-Osenau straight across the roundabout (second exit)
• after 1.0 km in Odenthal turn right at the roundabout (first exit) onto Bergisch Gladbacher Str./L270 direction Berg. Gladbach, Bechen
• after 800 m turn left onto Scherfbachtalstr. /L296 direction Bechen, straight through village Höffe
• after 7.6 km in Kürten-Bechen turn left at roundabout (third exit) onto Kölner Str./B506 direction Kürten, Wipperfürth
  Caution: Speed camera in Kürten-Eisenkaul !
• after 3.3 km before Kürten-Weiden turn right onto Bergstr./K30 direction Kürten
• after 2.1 km in Kürten turn left at the roundabout (third exit) onto Am Lindchen
• after 50 m half-right, after 100 m turn right onto Erlenweg
• after 250 m on the right side: Destination Somalis of Kumasasa reached!

From exit 24 Leverkusen: 23 km, 32 min Google Maps

Alternative (+13 km):

• Autobahn A3/E35 direction Köln/Frankfurt
• at interchange 27 Köln-Ost change onto the A4/E40 direction Olpe
• further see below (From West)

From exit 24 Leverkusen: 36 km, 35 min Google Maps

• Autobahn A45/E40/E41 direction Dortmund
• at interchange 19 Olpe-Süd change onto A4/E40 direction Köln
• leave at exit 21 Untereschbach
• → from here follow the signs Kürten
• turn right onto Bahnhofstr./L284
  Caution: Speed camera in Overath-Obersteeg !
• after 4,0 km in Overath-Obersteeg turn left onto Sülztalstr./L284
• after 6,7 km in Lindlar-Hommerich turn left onto Tüschen./L304
• after 3,8 km in Kürten-Eichhof turn right onto Wipperfürther Str./L286
  Caution: Speed camera in Kürten-Broich !
• after 2,9 km in Kürten turn left at the first traffic light onto Bergstr./K30 direction Weiden
• after 600 m turn right at the roundabout (first exit) onto Am Lindchen
• after 50 m half-right, after 100 m turn right onto Erlenweg
• after 250 m on the right side: Destination Somalis of Kumasasa reached!

From exit 21 Untereschbach: 19 km, 24 min Google Maps

• Autobahn A1/E37 direction Köln/KoblenzSaarbrücken
• leave at exit 95b Remscheid (not exit 95a Remscheid-Lennep!)
• turn left onto Lenneper Str./B229 direction Hückeswagen, Radevormwald
• after 1.4 km in Remscheid-Lennep turn right onto Borner Str./B51
• after 3.7 km in Remscheid-Bergisch Born turn sharp left onto Bornefelder Str./B237 direction Hückeswagen
• after 400 m turn right (at ALDI) onto Am Eichholz/L80, follow the road
• after 2.6 km in Hückeswagen-Dreibäumen turn left onto Dreibäumen/L101
• after 1.3 km in Hückeswagen-Scheideweg turn right onto Hülsenbusch/L68 direction Dhünn, straight through villages Hückeswagen-Straßweg and Straßburg
• after 4.3 km in Dhünn-Neuenhaus turn sharp left onto L409, straight through village Wermelskirchen-Halzenberg, follow the serpentines
  Caution: Here in winter no spreading of salt because of sweet water reservoir!
• after 4,5 km in Kürten-Laudenberg turn right onto Kölner Str./B506
• after 3,8 km in Kürten-Weiden turn left onto Bergstr./K30 direction Kürten
  Caution: Speed camera in Kürten-Weiden !
• after 2.1 km in Kürten turn left at the roundabout (third exit) onto Am Lindchen
• after 50 m half-right, after 100 m turn right onto Erlenweg
• after 250 m on the right side: Destination Somalis of Kumasasa reached!

From exit 95b Remscheid: 24 km, 33 min Google Maps

• Autobahn A3/E35 direction Köln/Oberhausen
  Caution: Speed camera before interchange 28 Köln-Heumar !
• at interchange 27 Köln-Ost change onto A4/E40 direction Olpe
• further see below (From West)

From interchange 28 Köln-Heumar: 32 km, 33 min Google Maps

• Autobahn A4/E40 direction Olpe
• at interchange 15 Köln-Heumar change onto A3/E35 / A4/E40 direction Oberhausen
• at interchange 27/16 Köln-Ost change onto A4/E40 direction Olpe
• leave Autobahn A4/E40 at exit 20 Moitzfeld
  
• → from here follow the signs Kürten
• on Friedrich-Ebert-Str./L195 1.6 km to Berg. Gladbach-Moitzfeld, straight onto Friedrich-Ebert-Str./L289
  Caution: Speed camera behind Berg. Gladbach-Herkenrath !
• after 5,8 km in Kürten-Spitze turn right onto Wipperfürther Str./L286, straight through villages Kürten-Dürscheid, Kürten-Biesfeld and Kürten-Eichhof
  Caution: Speed cameras in Kürten-Dürscheid and Kürten-Miebach !
• after 8,0 km in Kürten turn left at the first traffic light onto Bergstr./K30 direction Weiden
• after 600 m turn right at the roundabout (first exit) onto Am Lindchen
• after 50 m half-right, after 100 m turn right onto Erlenweg
• after 250 m on the right side: Destination Somalis of Kumasasa reached!

From interchange 15 Köln-Heumar : 31 km, 33 min Google Maps

• From Cologne central station:
  -Bahn line S11 to station Bergisch Gladbach (ca. 20 min)
  
  
• From Cologne/Bonn Airport:
  -Bahn line S13 direction Düren to station Cologne-Deutz/Messe (ca. 13 min)
  change trains to
  -Bahn line S11 to station Bergisch Gladbach (ca. 17 min)
  
  
• From Airport Düsseldorf:
  -Bahn line S11 to station Bergisch Gladbach (ca. 95 min)
  
  
• From Bergisch Gladbach :
  • Bus line 426 to bus stop Kürten, Rathaus (ca. 28 min)
  • from there by foot 700 m uphill (ca. 9 min) Google-Maps
    
    or
    
    
  • Bus line 427 to bus stop Am Halfenberg (ca. 34 min)
  • from there by foot 450 m (ca. 6 min) Google-Maps
    

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