EuroVelo

European cycling network
EuroVelo
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System information
Length55,923 mi (89,999 km)
Formed1995
Highway names
EuroVeloEV nn
System links
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EuroVelo is a network of 17 long-distance cycling routes criss-crossing Europe, in various stages of completion. When completed, the EuroVelo network's total length will be almost 90,000 km (56,000 mi).[1][2] As of November 2022[update] more than 56,000 km (35,000 mi) were in place.[3] EuroVelo is a project of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF).

EuroVelo routes can be used for bicycle touring across the continent, as well as by local people making short journeys. The routes are made of both existing national bike routes — such as the Dutch LF-Routes, the German D-Routes, the French véloroute "SN3V" and the British National Cycle Network — and existing general purpose roads, together with new stretches of cycle routes to connect them.[4]

History

The idea of creating a network of international cycle routes spanning Europe started in 1990. It was initially coordinated by the ECF, De Frie Fugle (Denmark) and Sustrans (UK) and the original plan was to create 12 long-distance cycling routes.

Since August 2007, the ECF has assumed full responsibility for the project. Despite sometimes tight financial constraints, the EuroVelo project has already begun to fulfil the vision of its founders with sections of the network being implemented in countries as far apart as Finland, Cyprus, Spain and the UK. In addition, the EuroVelo brand has become widely known.

There have been various changes to the network over the years, most notably the addition of two new routes — EuroVelo 13 (the Iron Curtain Trail) and EuroVelo 15 (the Rhine Cycle Route) — in September 2011, which are the longest and shortest of the EuroVelo routes.[5]

Future expansion

In September 2023, the ECF announced that the Iberian Cycle route connecting Lisbon with Pamplona via Madrid is set to become the future EuroVelo 16 route by 2028 with a length of 1,896 km.[6]

Main points on the EuroVelo routes

Route number Route name Passes through these cities Through these countries Length
km mi
EV1 Atlantic Coast Route North Cape (EV7, EV11) - Tromsø - Vestvågøy - Trondheim (EV3) - Bergen (EV12) - Aberdeen (EV12) - Inverness  (EV12 ) - Glasgow - Stranraer - Belfast - Lisburn - Strabane - Derry - Sligo - Galway (EV2) - Limerick - Waterville - Cork - Rosslare - Fishguard - Newport - Bristol (EV2) - Plymouth - Roscoff (EV4) - Nantes (EV6) - La Rochelle - Arcachon - Bayonne - Hendaye - Irun - Pamplona (EV3) - Burgos - Valladolid - Salamanca - Cáceres - Ayamonte - Faro - Sagres - Lisbon - Porto - Caminha  Norway,  United Kingdom,  Ireland,  France,  Spain,  Portugal 10,650 6,620
EV2 Capitals Route Galway (EV1) - Athlone - Dublin - Holyhead - Bristol (EV1) - Bath - Reading - London (EV12) - Harwich - Hoek van Holland (EV12, EV15, EV19) - The Hague (EV12) - Utrecht - Münster (EV3) - Dessau - Berlin (EV7) - Poznań (EV9) - Warsaw (EV11) - Minsk - Moscow  Ireland,  United Kingdom,  Netherlands,  Germany,  Poland,  Belarus,  Russia 5,050 3,140
EV3 Pilgrims Route Trondheim (EV1) - Lillehammer - Oslo - Halden - Strömstad - Gothenburg (EV12) - Frederikshavn (EV12) - Aalborg - Viborg - Vejen - Padborg - Flensburg - Hamburg (EV12) - Münster (EV2) - Wesel (EV15) - Düsseldorf (EV4) - Cologne - Aachen - Liège (EV19) - Namur (EV5, EV19) - Charleroi - Maubeuge - Paris - Orléans (EV6) - Tours (EV6) - Bordeaux - Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port - Roncesvalles - Pamplona (EV1) - Logroño - Burgos - Frómista (EV1) - León - Ponferrada - Sarria - Santiago de Compostela  Norway,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Germany,  Belgium,  France,  Spain 5,650 3,510
EV4 Central Europe Route Roscoff (EV1) - Mont-Saint-Michel - Cherbourg - Le Havre - Calais (EV5, EV12) - Vlissingen (EV12) - Venlo - Düsseldorf (EV3, EV15) - Bonn (EV3, EV15) - Frankfurt - Cheb (EV13) - Karlovy Vary - Prague (EV7) - Brno (EV9) - Kraków (EV11) - Lviv - Kyiv  France,  Belgium,  Netherlands,  Germany,  Czech Republic,  Poland,  Ukraine 5,100 3,200
EV5 Via Romea Francigena Canterbury (EV12) - Dover (EV12) - Calais (EV4, EV12) - Lille - Brussels - Namur (EV3, EV19) - Luxembourg - Saarbrücken - Strasbourg (EV15) - Mulhouse (EV6) - Basel (EV6, EV15) - Andermatt (EV15, EV17) - Lucerne - Milan - Pavia (EV8) - Piacenza (EV8) - Lucca - Siena - Rome (EV7) - Benevento - Brindisi  United Kingdom,  France,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Germany,   Switzerland,  Italy 3,200 2,000
EV6 Atlantic – Black Sea Route Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (EV1) - Nantes (EV1) - Tours (EV3) - Orléans - Besançon - Mulhouse (EV5) - Basel (EV5, EV15) - Radolfzell - Ulm - Regensburg - Passau (EV7) - Linz (EV7) - Vienna (EV9) - Bratislava (EV13) - Budapest - Osijek - Belgrade - Pančevo (EV11) - Bela Crkva (EV13) - Drobeta-Turnu Severin (EV13) - Vidin/Calafat - Ruse/Giurgiu - Silistra - Brăila - Constanța  France,   Switzerland,  Germany,  Austria,  Slovakia,  Hungary,  Croatia,  Serbia,  Romania,  Bulgaria 4,450 2,770
EV7 Sun Route North Cape (EV1, EV11) - Haparanda (EV10) - Sundsvall (EV10) - Gothenburg (EV3, EV12) - Helsingborg - Copenhagen (EV10) - Gedser - Rostock (EV10, EV13) - Berlin (EV2) - Dresden - Prague (EV4) - Linz (EV6) - Salzburg - Bolzano - Mantua (EV8) - Bologna - Florence - Rome (EV5) - Naples - Catanzaro - Catania - Valletta  Norway,  Finland,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Germany,  Czech Republic,  Austria,  Italy,  Malta 7,700 4,800
EV8 Mediterranean Route Cádiz - Málaga - Almería - Murcia - Alicante - Valencia - Barcelona - Béziers - Sète (EV17) - Cannes - Nice - Turin - Pavia (EV5) - Mantua (EV7) - Venice - Trieste (EV9) - Koper - Pula (EV9) - Zadar - Split - Dubrovnik - Tivat - Kotor - Shkodër - Tirana - Vlorë - Patras - Athens (EV11) - Bergama - İzmir - Selçuk - Nicosia - Larnaca - Limassol - Paphos - Polis - Nicosia  Spain,  France,  Italy,  Slovenia,  Croatia,  Montenegro,  Albania,  Greece,  Turkey,  Cyprus 7,500 4,700
EV9 Baltic - Adriatic Gdańsk (EV10, EV13) - Poznań (EV2) - Wrocław - Olomouc - Brno (EV4) - Břeclav - Vienna (EV6) - Maribor - Ljubljana - Trieste (EV8) - Pula (EV8)  Poland,  Czech Republic,  Austria,  Slovenia,  Italy,  Croatia 2,050 1,270
EV10 Baltic Sea Cycle Route Gdańsk (EV9, EV13) - Rostock (EV7, EV13) - Kiel - Sønderborg - Copenhagen (EV7) - Malmö - Kalmar - Stockholm - Sundsvall (EV7) - Umeå (EV7) - Oulu (EV11) - Vaasa - Turku - Helsinki (EV11) - Virolahti (EV13) - Saint Petersburg (EV13) - Tallinn (EV11, EV13) - Riga (EV13) - Klaipėda (EV13) - Kaliningrad (EV13) - Gdańsk  Poland,  Germany,  Denmark,  Sweden,  Finland,  Russia,  Estonia,  Latvia,  Lithuania 9,000 5,600
EV11 East Europe Route North Cape (EV1, EV7) - Inari (EV13) - Rovaniemi - Oulu (EV10) - Kuopio - Helsinki (EV10) - Tallinn (EV10, EV13) - Tartu - Daugavpils - Vilnius - Warsaw (EV2) - Kraków (EV4) - Košice - Szeged (EV13) - Pančevo (EV6) - Skopje - Thessaloniki - Larissa - Athens (EV8)  Norway,  Finland,  Estonia,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Slovakia,  Hungary,  Serbia,  North Macedonia,  Greece 6,550 4,070
EV12 North Sea Cycle Route Bergen (EV1) - Stavanger - Kristiansand - Gothenburg (EV3) - Halmstad - Grenaa - Esbjerg - Hamburg (EV3) - Bremerhaven - Den Helder - The Hague (EV2) - Vlissingen (EV4) - Dunkirk - Calais (EV4, EV5) - Dover (EV5) - Canterbury (EV5) - London (EV2) - Norwich - Hull - Newcastle - Edinburgh - Aberdeen (EV1) - Inverness (EV1) - Thurso - Orkney Islands - Shetland Islands - Bergen  Norway,  Sweden,  Denmark,  Germany,  Netherlands,  Belgium,  France,  United Kingdom 7,050 4,380
EV13 Iron Curtain Trail Grense Jakobselv - Kirkenes - Inari (EV11) - Sodankylä (EV11) - Suomussalmi - Lappeenranta - Saint Petersburg (EV10) - Tallinn (EV10, EV11) - Riga (EV10) - Klaipėda (EV10) - Kaliningrad (EV10) - Gdańsk (EV 9, EV10) - Greifswald (EV10) - Rostock (EV7, EV10) - Lübeck - Eschwege - Cheb (EV4) - Bratislava (EV6) - Donji Miholjac - Szeged (EV11) - Vršac - Drobeta-Turnu Severin (EV6) - Zaječar - Pirot - Kyustendil - Strumica - Petrich - Smolyan - Kyprinos - Edirne - Kırklareli - Malko Tarnovo - Rezovo  Norway,  Finland,  Russia,  Estonia,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Germany,  Czech Republic,  Austria,  Slovakia,  Hungary,  Slovenia,  Croatia,  Serbia,  Romania,  Bulgaria,  North Macedonia,  Greece,  Turkey 9,950 6,180
EV14 Waters of Central Europe Zell Am See - Bischofshofen (EV7) - Liezen - Graz - Fehring (EV9) - Gleisdorf - Szentgotthárd (EV13) - Keszthely - Székesfehérvár - Velence  Austria,  Hungary 1,125 699
EV15 Rhine Cycle Route Andermatt (EV5, EV17) - Chur - Grabs - Lustenau - Konstanz - Öhningen - Schaffhausen - Basel (EV5, EV6) - Rosenau/Weil am Rhein - Biesheim/Breisach - Strasbourg - Karlsruhe - Mannheim - Worms/Biebesheim am Rhein - Mainz (EV4) - Bingen (EV4) - Koblenz (EV4) - Bonn (EV3, EV4)) - Cologne (EV3, EV4) - Düsseldorf (EV3) - Duisburg (EV3) - Rheinberg/Wesel - Xanten/Emmerich am Rhein - Arnhem (EV2) - Leerdam - Rotterdam (EV19) - Hoek van Holland (E2, EV12, EV19)   Switzerland,  Germany,  France,  Netherlands 1,500 930
EV17 Rhone Cycle Route Andermatt (EV5, EV15) - Furka Pass - Brig - Sierre - Sitten - Martigny - Saint Gingolph/Vevey - Thonon-les-Bains/Lausanne - Geneva - Lyon - Valence - Avignon - Tarascon
East branch: Tarascon - Arles - Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
West branch: Tarascon - Saint-Gilles - Palavas-les-Flots - Sète (EV8)
  Switzerland,  France 1,250 780
EV19 Meuse Cycle Route Langres - Neufchâteau - Commercy - Verdun - Stenay - Charleville-Mézières - Dinant - Namur (EV3, EV5) - Liège - Maastricht - Venlo - Cuijk - Den Bosch - Dordrecht - Hoek van Holland (EV2, EV12, EV15) - Rotterdam (EV15)  France,  Belgium,  Netherlands 1,050 650
  • Routes EV10 and EV12 are a circular tour
  • Connections to other EV routes are in parentheses
  • Odd routes are heading north–south, even routes are heading west–east

Route information

EuroVelo 1 – Atlantic Coast Route



EuroVelo 1
Legend
Barents Sea
North Cape EuroVelo 7 EuroVelo#EuroVelo_11_–_East_Europe_Route
Tromsø
Norwegian
Sea
Vestvågøy
Trondheim EuroVelo 3
Bergen EuroVelo 12
Norway
United Kingdom
Aberdeen EuroVelo 12
Inverness EuroVelo 12
North Sea
Glasgow
Stranraer
Belfast
Derry
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Sligo
Galway EuroVelo 2
Limerick
Cork
Waterford
North Atlantic
Ocean
Rosslare
Republic of Ireland
United Kingdom
Fishguard
Newport
Bristol EuroVelo 2
Plymouth
English Channel
United Kingdom
France
Roscoff EuroVelo#EuroVelo_4_–_Central_Europe_Route
Nantes EuroVelo 6
La Rochelle
Bayonne
Hendaye
France
Spain
Irun
North Atlantic
Ocean
Pamplona EuroVelo 3
Valladolid
Huelva
Spain
Portugal
Faro
Sagres
Lisbon
Porto
Valença
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Stretching the length of the continent, from North Cape, Norway to Valença, Portugal, the EV1 connects Norway, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Wales, the West Country of England, France, Spain and Portugal.[7]

EuroVelo 2 – Capitals Route

EuroVelo 2
Legend
Galway EuroVelo 1
Athlone
Dublin
Irish Sea
Republic of Ireland
United Kingdom
Holyhead
Bristol EuroVelo 1
Bath
Reading
London EuroVelo 12
Harwich
North Sea
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Hook of Holland EuroVelo 12 EuroVelo 15 EuroVelo#EuroVelo_19_–_Meuse_Cycle_Route
The Hague EuroVelo 12
Utrecht
Netherlands
Germany
Münster EuroVelo 3
Dessau-Roßlau
Berlin EuroVelo 7
Germany
Poland
Poznań EuroVelo 9
Warsaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroVelo#EuroVelo_11_%E2%80%93_East_Europe_Route
Poland
Belarus
Minsk
Belarus
Russia
Smolensk
Moscow
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EV2 runs between Galway, Ireland to Moscow, Russia visiting some capital cities along the way, from Eyre Square to Red Square.

Between The Hague in the Netherlands and the German-Polish border, the EV2 follows the bicycle route called European Bicycle Route R1 or Euro-Route R1,[8] an international long-distance cycling route connecting Boulogne-sur-Mer in France with St Petersburg in Russia.

EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route

EuroVelo 3
Legend
Trondheim EuroVelo 1
Lillehammer
Oslo
Halden
Norway
Sweden
Strömstad
Gothenburg EuroVelo 12
Kattegat
Sweden
Denmark
Frederikshavn EuroVelo 12
Aalborg
Viborg
Vejen
Padborg
Denmark
Germany
Flensburg
Hamburg EuroVelo 12
Münster EuroVelo 2
Wesel EuroVelo 15
Düsseldorf EuroVelo#EuroVelo_4_–_Central_Europe_Route
Cologne
Aachen
Germany
Belgium
Liège EuroVelo#EuroVelo_19_–_Meuse_Cycle_Route
Namur EuroVelo 5 EuroVelo#EuroVelo_19_–_Meuse_Cycle_Route
Charleroi
Belgium
France
Maubeuge
Paris
Orléans EuroVelo 6
Tours EuroVelo 6
Bordeaux
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
France
Spain
Roncesvalles
Pamplona EuroVelo 1
Logroño
Burgos
Frómista EuroVelo 1
León
Ponferrada
Santiago de Compostela
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EV3 goes from Trondheim in Norway to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The route follows traces of old roads used for pilgrimages in the Middle Ages. The route passes through Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France and Spain. Most of these countries have a developed network of bicycle routes used as part of the EV3.

EuroVelo 4 – Central Europe Route

EuroVelo 4
Legend
Roscoff EuroVelo 1
Mont-Saint-Michel
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Le Havre
Calais EuroVelo 5 EuroVelo 12
Dunkirk
France
Belgium
Ostend
Belgium
Netherlands
Vlissingen
Venlo
Netherlands
Germany
Düsseldorf
Cologne
Bonn
Mainz
Frankfurt
Würzburg
Bayreuth
Germany
Czech Republic
Cheb
Prague
Brno
Czech Republic
Poland
Kraków
Rzeszów
Poland
Ukraine
Lviv
Ternopil
Zhytomyr
Kyiv
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The EV4 goes from Roscoff, France to Kyiv, Ukraine, going through France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Czechia, Poland, and Ukraine.

EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea Francigena

EuroVelo 5
Legend
Canterbury
Dover
Channel Tunnel
under English Channel
United Kingdom
France
Calais EuroVelo 4
Lille
France
Belgium
Brussels
Namur EuroVelo 3
Belgium
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
(several km
in Germany)
Luxembourg
France
Strasbourg EuroVelo 15
Mulhouse
France
Switzerland
Basel EuroVelo 6
Luzern
Andermatt EuroVelo 17
Switzerland
Italy
Lake Como
Milan
Piacenza EuroVelo 8
Pietrasanta
Siena
Viterbo
Rome EuroVelo 7
Ariano Irpino
Taranto
Brindisi
Adriatic Sea
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The EV5 route is inspired by the Via Francigena, a pilgrimage route from London to Rome first recorded by Archbishop of Canterbury Sigeric in the 10th century AD. However, the route of the true Via Francigena is an almost straight line path from London to Rome, while the EuroVelo 5 route takes a more easterly route that passes through Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg in the Alsace. It then follows the Franco-German border, passes through Switzerland following Swiss National Bike Route no. 3, before crossing the Alps at the Gotthard Pass. It then passes through Italy (more closely following Sigeric's route) to Rome before continuing on to the Adriatic port city of Brindisi.

EuroVelo 6 – River Route

EuroVelo 6
Legend
Loire estuary into
Bay of Biscay
Nantes EuroVelo 1
Tours EuroVelo 3
Château de
Chambord
Orléans EuroVelo 3
Nevers
Besançon
France
Switzerland
Basel EuroVelo 5
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Germany
Ulm
Regensburg
Passau
Germany
Austria
Linz
Ybbs EuroVelo 7
Vienna EuroVelo 9
Austria
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovakia
Hungary
Slovakia
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
Croatia
Hungary
Serbia
Osijek
Croatia
Serbia
Novi Sad
Belgrade EuroVelo 11
Serbia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Romania
EuroVelo 13
Vidin
Bulgaria
Romania
Ruse
Constanța
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Running from Saint-Nazaire on the mouth of the river Loire along that river eastward through France, EV6 passes over the border to Switzerland to Lake Constance and then on to Tuttlingen in Germany, where it begins its way down the Danube following the Donauradweg (Danube Cycle Route). It follows that river, Europe's second longest, through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania to the river's mouth at the Danube Delta. It then continues southwards to end in Constanța, on the Black Sea.[9]

  • Signage for EuroVelo 6 in France, near the tripoint of France, Switzerland and Germany
    Signage for EuroVelo 6 in France, near the tripoint of France, Switzerland and Germany

EuroVelo 7 – Sun Route



EuroVelo 7
Legend
Norway
Finland
Finland
Sweden
Haparanda EuroVelo 10
Umeå
Sundsvall
Örebro
Baltic Sea
Malmö
Sweden
Denmark
Copenhagen EuroVelo 10
Denmark
Germany
Rostock EuroVelo 10
Berlin EuroVelo 2
Dresden
Germany
Czech Republic
Prague EuroVelo 4
České Budějovice
Czech Republic
Austria
Linz
Salzburg
Austria
Italy
Mantua EuroVelo 8
Bologna
Florence EuroVelo 5
Rome EuroVelo 5
Naples
Messina
Catania
Valletta
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EV7 runs from the North Cape to Malta. It goes through Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Czechia, Austria, Italy, and Malta.[10]

EuroVelo 8 – Mediterranean Route



EuroVelo 8
Legend
Atlantic
Ocean
Cadiz
Málaga
Mediterranean
Sea
Elche
Valencia
Barcelona
Spain
France
Béziers
Marseille
Monte Carlo
(Monaco)
France
Italy
Po
EuroVelo 5 Piacenza
Turin
EuroVelo 7 Mantua
Po Delta
Venice
Adriatic
Sea
Trieste EuroVelo 9
Italy
Slovenia
Koper
Slovenia
Croatia
Rijeka
Split
Dubrovnik
Croatia
Montenegro
Montenegro
Albania
Durrës
Adriatic
Sea
Albania
Greece
Igoumenitsa
Patras
Gulf of
Corinth
Athens EuroVelo 11
Dikili, Bergama, Aliağa, Foça,
İzmir, Çeşme, Seferihisar, Selçuk
Mediterranean
Sea
Paphos, Nicosia,
Larnaca, Limassol
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EV8 follows the European coastline of the Mediterranean sea from Cádiz, Spain to Athens, Greece, going through Spain, France, italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus.[11][12]

EuroVelo 9 – Amber Route



EuroVelo 9
Legend
Baltic
Sea
Gdańsk EuroVelo 10
Poznań EuroVelo 2
Wrocław
Poland
Czech Republic
Olomouc
Brno EuroVelo 4
Czech Republic
Austria
Vienna EuroVelo 6
Wiener Neustadt
Bad Radkersburg
Austria
Slovenia
Maribor
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Italy
Trieste EuroVelo 8
Adriatic
Sea
Italy
Croatia
Pula
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EV9 (in Poland, also labeled as R9) stretches from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea. It is so named after the precious stone amber collected in the Baltic, which was taken by routes such as this to the Mediterranean. One of the shortest of the EuroVelo routes, EV9 still manages to cut across Europe from north to south, from Poland to Croatia, and in doing so passes through the Czech Republic, Austria and Slovenia en route.[13][14][15]

EuroVelo 10 – Baltic Route

EuroVelo 10
Legend
Gdynia
Gdańsk EuroVelo 9
Elblag
Poland
Russia
Kaliningrad
Russia
Lithuania
Klaipėda
Baltic
Sea
Lithuania
Latvia
Liepāja
Ventspils
Liepāja
Jūrmala
Rīga
Latvia
Estonia
Tallinn
Narva
Estonia
Russia
Sankt Peterburg
Vyborg
Russia
Finland
Helsinki EuroVelo 11
Turku
Pori
Vaasa
Oulu
Finland
Sweden
Luleå
Baltic
Sea
Umeå
Uppsala
Stockholm
Linköping
Ystad
Malmö
Sweden
Denmark
København EuroVelo 7
Denmark
Germany
Kiel
Lübeck
Rostock EuroVelo 7
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EV10 runs around Baltic Sea. Some of its parts are mapped on OpenStreetMap project Relation: EuroVelo 10 - Baltic Sea Cycle Route - part Sweden (63584). On the state of the route there is an OpenStreetMap wiki page [16]

EuroVelo 11 – East Europe Route

Signage for EuroVelo 11, Vilnius, Lithuania.

EV11 connects (theoretically) Norway's North Cape with Athens.

EuroVelo 12 – North Sea Route



EuroVelo 12
Legend
Bergen EuroVelo 1
Oslo
Norway
Sweden
Gothenburg EuroVelo 3
Varberg
Sweden
Denmark
Grenaa
Frederikshavn EuroVelo 3
Esbjerg
Denmark
Germany
Hamburg EuroVelo 3
Bremerhaven
Germany
Netherlands
Groningen
Amsterdam
The Hague EuroVelo 2
Netherlands
Belgium
Ostend
Belgium
United Kingdom
Norwich
Edinburgh
Aberdeen EuroVelo 1
Orkney
Shetland
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EV12 was the first European route, opened in June 2001, 6,000 km (3,700 mi) route through England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. It features in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest unbroken signposted cycling route. It was funded in part by the European Union's Interreg initiative.

EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail

EuV13 follows the old Iron Curtain, the divided borders of Europe during the Cold War.[17] The ICT runs from Kirkenes, Norway on the Barents Sea, along the Finno-Russian border through to the Baltic Sea, then hugs the length of the Baltic coast to Lübeck in Germany. It then follows the old border between West Germany and the former East Germany, the current borders between the Czech Republic and both Germany then Austria, the Austrian-Slovak and Austrian-Hungarian borders before following the borders of Romania, the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and North Macedonia.[18] It finishes at Rezovo in Bulgaria on the Black Sea after following the border with Greece and Turkey.[19]

EuroVelo 15 – The Rhine Cycle Route

EuroVelo 15
Legend
Andermatt EuroVelo 15
Vaduz (Liecht.)
Basel EuroVelo 5 EuroVelo 6
Switzerland
France
Strasbourg
Cathedral
Strasbourg EuroVelo 5
France
Germany
Karlsruhe
Bingen
Bonn
Cologne
Cathedral
Cologne
Düsseldorf
Duisburg
Germany
Netherlands
Arnhem
Rotterdam
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EV15, with an overall length of about 1,320 km (820 mi) passes through four countries from the headwaters of the Rhine in Andermatt in the Swiss Alps to the estuary in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, via France [20] and Germany.

EuroVelo 17 – Rhone Cycle Route

EuroVelo 17
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Andermatt EuroVelo 15
Brig
Sion
Montreux
Lausanne
Lake
Geneva
Geneva
Switzerland
France
Lyon
Valence
Avignon
Montpellier
Marseille
Mediterranean
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EV17 has an overall length of about 1,250 km (780 mi).[21] It starts in Andermatt and runs along each side of Lake Geneva before crossing into France. Passing through Lyon and Avignon, it forks into sections which end in Montpellier and Marseille.

EuroVelo 19 – Meuse Cycle Route

EV19, with an overall length of about 1,050 km (650 mi), is the newest and the shortest EuroVelo route.[22] It follows one of the most significant rivers in Europe, from the source of the Meuse on the Langres plateau in France, heading north into Belgium and on to the river mouth at Hook of Holland, with the route ending in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam.

Requirements

The ECF has written a route development manual for those working on developing EuroVelo routes.[23] According to the guidelines, all EuroVelo routes should fulfill the following criteria:

  • They must be based on existing or planned national or regional routes of the involved countries.
  • At least two countries must be involved.
  • Route length must be at least 1,000 km (620 mi).
  • Steep sections should be avoided wherever possible and for very steep sections (if unavoidable) alternative transport options (i.e. public transport or alternative routes) should be provided.[24]
  • Easy to communicate - internationally recognisable identity and name (marketing potential).
  • Implementation plans in place (project plan, business plan, partners).
  • Signing in accordance with the regulations of the respective nations and/or regions, continuous and in both directions.
  • Signage supplemented by EuroVelo route information panels, in accordance with the recommendations of UNECE and the ECF's Signing of EuroVelo cycle routes manual.

Route infrastructure

In 2011 the share of route infrastructure components in the EuroVelo network was as follows:[25]

  • Bicycle path/lane: 14%
  • Traffic-free asphalted road: 8%
  • Traffic-free non-asphalted road: 6%
  • Public low-traffic, asphalted road: 56%
  • Public non-asphalted road: 3%
  • Public high-traffic, asphalted road: 14%

See also

References

  1. ^ "EuroVelo - the European cycle route network". EuroVelo.org website. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Routes". EuroVelo. ECF. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Projects and networks - EuroVelo". ECF. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. ^ Richard Peace (2008-09-17). "Euros for EuroVelo". bikeradar.com. Future Publishing. Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  5. ^ "History - EuroVelo - the European cycle route network". EuroVelo website. European Cyclists' Federation. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  6. ^ ECF. "The Iberian Cycle Route is set to become the future EuroVelo 16". EuroVelo. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
  7. ^ "EuroVelo 1". EuroVelo.com website. European Cyclists' Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  8. ^ "The Complete Route". Euroroute R1 website. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  9. ^ "L'itinéraire vélo de Bâle à l'Atlantique — EuroVelo 6". Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  10. ^ "EuroVelo 7". EuroVelo.com. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  11. ^ "EuroVelo 8". EuroVelo.com website. European Cyclists' Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  12. ^ "EuroVelo 8 - Mediterranean Route". Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  13. ^ "EuroVelo 9". EuroVelo.com website. European Cyclists' Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  14. ^ "Eurovelo 9". 18 September 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Radrouten Niederösterreich - EuroVelo 9". Archived from the original on August 18, 2004.
  16. ^ "EV10 - OpenStreetMap Wiki". Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  17. ^ "ECF - EuroVelo - The Iron Curtain Trail (EuroVelo 13)".
  18. ^ "- Eurovelo 13". Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  19. ^ "Iron Curtain Trail - The Iron Curtain Trail - experiencing the history of Europe's division". Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  20. ^ "via France" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  21. ^ "Cycling tourism: Rhone cycle route". EuroVelo.
  22. ^ "EuroVelo 19 | Meuse Cycle Route". EuroVelo.
  23. ^ http://www.eurovelo.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Guidance-on-the-Route-Development-Process.pdf Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine EuroVelo: Guidance on the Route Development Process
  24. ^ "Guidance on the Route Development Process" (PDF). EuroVelo for Professionals. European Cyclists' Federation. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  25. ^ "EuroVelo the European cycle route network Development Strategy 2012-2020" (PDF). EuroVelo.org website. European Cyclists' Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to EuroVelo.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for EuroVelo cycling routes.
  • EuroVelo — the European Cycle Route Network
  • ECF European Cyclists' Federation
  • Eurovelo 13: Iron Curtain Trail - Through Europe along the former Iron Curtain
  • Eurovelo 15 from Andermatt to Rotterdam
  • Mapping project of EuroVelo on OpenStreetMap
  • Italian Greenways

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