"Lanes to Language" is a unique non-fiction book that takes readers on a linguistic bike tour through Leipzig and its surroundings. It offers twenty picturesque cycling routes in the flat Leipzig basin, each focusing on significant linguists who studied or worked in this city. The routes not only connect places associated with famous linguists but also lead to numerous cultural and natural attractions. Leipzig was the global center of linguistics in the 1870s and maintained this role for several decades. The book honors the contributions of influential linguists such as Ferdinand de Saussure and Nikolaj Trubetzkoy, presenting their main ideas and discoveries. The twenty chapters creatively combine descriptions of linguistically oriented bike tours with important developments in the history of linguistics.