EuroVelo

EuroVelo is a network of 17 long-distance cycling routes criss-crossing Europe, with 2 more in early construction across various stages of completion. When completed, the EuroVelo network's total length will be almost 60,875 km (37,826 mi).^[1][2] As of 2023^[update] more than 56,000 km (35,000 mi) were in place.^[3] EuroVelo is a project of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF). The multinational project aims to connect 40 countries via the 19 unique routes across the European continent.

EuroVelo
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System information
Length	55,923 mi (89,999 km)
Formed	1995
Highway names
EuroVelo	EV nn
System links
International E-road network A Class B Class

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 1995. 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) - Bydgoszcz - 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

Main article: EV1 The Atlantic Coast Route



EuroVelo 1
Legend
Barents Sea North Cape Tromsø Norwegian Sea Vestvågøy Trondheim Bergen Norway United Kingdom Aberdeen Inverness North Sea Glasgow Stranraer Belfast Derry United Kingdom Republic of Ireland Sligo Galway Limerick Cork Waterford North Atlantic Ocean Rosslare Republic of Ireland United Kingdom Fishguard Newport Bristol Plymouth English Channel United Kingdom France Roscoff Nantes La Rochelle Bayonne Hendaye France Spain Irun North Atlantic Ocean Pamplona 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

Main article: EV2 The Capitals Route

EuroVelo 2
Legend
Galway Athlone Dublin Irish Sea Republic of Ireland United Kingdom Holyhead Bristol Bath Reading London Harwich North Sea United Kingdom Netherlands Hook of Holland The Hague Utrecht Netherlands Germany Münster Dessau-Roßlau Berlin Germany Poland Poznań Warsaw 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

Main article: EV3 The Pilgrims Route

EuroVelo 3
Legend
Trondheim Lillehammer Oslo Halden Norway Sweden Strömstad Gothenburg Kattegat Sweden Denmark Frederikshavn Aalborg Viborg Vejen Padborg Denmark Germany Flensburg Hamburg Münster Wesel Düsseldorf Cologne Aachen Germany Belgium Liège Namur Charleroi Belgium France Maubeuge Paris Orléans Tours Bordeaux Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port France Spain Roncesvalles Pamplona Logroño Burgos Frómista 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 Mont-Saint-Michel Cherbourg-en-Cotentin Le Havre Calais 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

Main article: EV5 Via Romea Francigena

EuroVelo 5
Legend
Canterbury Dover Channel Tunnel under English Channel United Kingdom France Calais Lille France Belgium Brussels Namur Belgium Luxembourg Luxembourg (several km in Germany) Luxembourg France Strasbourg Mulhouse France Switzerland Basel Luzern Andermatt Switzerland Italy Lake Como Milan Piacenza Pietrasanta Siena Viterbo Rome 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

Main article: EV6 The Rivers Route

EuroVelo 6
Legend
Loire estuary into Bay of Biscay Loire Nantes Tours Château de Chambord Orléans Nevers Besançon France Switzerland Rhine Basel Rhine Falls Schaffhausen Lake Constance Switzerland Germany Danube Ulm Regensburg Passau Germany Austria Linz Ybbs Vienna Austria Slovakia Bratislava Slovakia Hungary Szigetköz Slovakia Hungary Budapest Hungary Croatia Hungary Serbia Osijek Croatia Serbia Novi Sad Belgrade Iron Gates Serbia Bulgaria Serbia Romania Vidin Bulgaria Romania Ruse Danube Delta Constanța Black Sea
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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]

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

EuroVelo 7 – Sun Route

Main article: EV7 The Sun Route



EuroVelo 7
Legend
Barents Sea North Cape Norway Finland Finland Sweden Baltic Sea Haparanda Umeå Sundsvall Örebro Baltic Sea Malmö Sweden Denmark Copenhagen Denmark Germany Rostock Berlin Dresden Germany Czech Republic Prague České Budějovice Czech Republic Austria Linz Salzburg Austria Italy Lake Garda Mantua Bologna Florence Tyrrhenian Sea Rome Naples Messina Catania Mediterranean Sea Malta 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

Main article: EV8 The Mediterranean Route



EuroVelo 8
Legend
Atlantic Ocean Cadiz Málaga Almería Mediterranean Sea Elche Valencia Barcelona Medes Islands Spain France Béziers Marseille Monte Carlo (Monaco) France Italy Po Piacenza Turin Mantua Po Delta Venice Adriatic Sea Trieste Italy Slovenia Koper Slovenia Croatia Rijeka Split Dubrovnik Croatia Montenegro Bay of Kotor Lake Skadar Montenegro Albania Durrës Adriatic Sea Blue Eye Albania Greece Ionian Sea Igoumenitsa Patras Gulf of Corinth Corinth Canal Athens Aegean Sea Turkey Dikili, Bergama, Aliağa, Foça, İzmir, Çeşme, Seferihisar, Selçuk Mediterranean Sea Cyprus 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

Main article: EV9 The Amber Route



EuroVelo 9
Legend
Baltic Sea Gdańsk Poznań Wrocław Poland Czech Republic Olomouc Moravian Karst Brno Czech Republic Austria Vienna Wiener Neustadt Bad Radkersburg Austria Slovenia Maribor Ljubljana Slovenia Italy Trieste 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]

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  Sign R9 at the south-western border of Wrocław, near Wrocław Airport
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  Signage for EuroVelo 9, Wiener Neustadt, Austria

EuroVelo 10 – Baltic Route

EuroVelo 10
Legend
Gdynia Gdańsk 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 Turku Pori Vaasa Oulu Finland Sweden Luleå Baltic Sea Umeå Uppsala Stockholm Linköping Ystad Malmö Sweden Denmark København Denmark Germany Kiel Lübeck Rostock
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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

Main article: EV12 The North Sea Cycle Route



EuroVelo 12
Legend
North Sea Bergen Preikestolen Skagerrak Oslo Norway Sweden Gothenburg Varberg Kattegat Sweden Denmark Grenaa Frederikshavn Esbjerg Denmark Germany Hamburg Bremerhaven Germany Netherlands Groningen Amsterdam The Hague Netherlands Belgium Ostend Belgium United Kingdom Norwich Durham Cathedral Edinburgh Aberdeen 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

Main article: EV13 The 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

Main article: EV15 The Rhine Cycle Route

EuroVelo 15
Legend
Andermatt Rhine Oberalp Pass Vaduz (Liecht.) Lake Constance Rhine Falls Basel Switzerland France Strasbourg Cathedral Strasbourg France Germany Karlsruhe Bingen Bonn Cologne Cathedral Cologne Düsseldorf Duisburg Germany Netherlands Arnhem Rhine Delta Rotterdam North Sea
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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

Main article: EV17 Rhone Cycle Route

EuroVelo 17
Legend
Andermatt Brig Sion Montreux Lausanne Lake Geneva Geneva Switzerland France Lyon Valence Avignon Montpellier Marseille Mediterranean Sea
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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

• European long-distance paths
• Outline of cycling
• Route Verte
• United States Bicycle Route System
• Cyclability

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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

• 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

Mobile Apps

• Iphone App EuroCycle - Offline Maps for EuroVelo Cycle Routes