EuroVelo cycling routes

The European Cyclists Federation is developing a network of cycling routes connecting all parts of the continent of Europe. Approximately 20,000km of the planned 60,000km are in place. On OpenStreetmap you can see some of EuroVelo cycling routes and lots of other cycle routes in a digital form.

Understand

See also: Cycling in Europe, Tour cycling

While Europe has few border controls, bicycle infrastructure varies a lot between countries.

Routes

There are 14 routes:

Map of EuroVelo bicycle routes

North South routes

1. Atlantic Coast Route (8,186 km): North Cape - Sagres

3. Pilgrims Route (5,122 km): Trondheim - Santiago de Compostela

5. Via Romea Francigena (3,900 km): London - Rome and Brindisi

7. Sun Route (7,409 km): North Cape - Malta

9. Amber Route (Baltic Sea to Adriatic Sea - 1,930 km): Gdańsk - Pula

11. East Europe Route (5,984 km): North Cape - Athens

13. Iron Curtain Trail (10,400 km) Barents Sea – Black Sea

15. Rhine Route (1,320 km) Andermatt – Wijk bij Duurstede – Hook of Holland

West-East routes

2. Capitals Route: (5,500 km) Galway - Moscow

4. Central Europe Route: (4,000 km) Roscoff - Kiev

6. Atlantic Ocean to Black Sea: (4,448 km): Nantes - Constanta. This route includes The Danube Cycleway.

8. Mediterranean Route: (5,888 km): Cádiz - Athens and Cyprus

Circuits

10. Baltic Sea Cycle Route: (Hansa circuit - 7,980 km)

12. North Sea Cycle Route: (5,932 km)

Main points on the EuroVelo routes

EuroVelo routes (connections to other EV routes are in parentheses)
Route number	Route name	Passes through these cities	Through these countries	Length
Route number	Route name	Passes through these cities	Through these countries	km	mi
EV1	Atlantic Coast Route	North Cape (EV7, EV11) - Norwegian Coast - Trondheim (EV3) - Bergen (EV12) - Aberdeen (EV12) - Inverness (EV12 ) - Glasgow - Stranraer - Belfast - Galway (EV2) - Cork - Rosslare - Fishguard - Bristol (EV2) - Plymouth - Roscoff (EV4) - Nantes (EV6) - La Rochelle - Burgos (EV3) - Salamanca - Sagres	Norway, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal	8,186	5,087
EV2	Capitals Route	Galway (EV1) - Dublin - Holyhead - Bristol (EV1) - London (EV5) - Harwich - Rotterdam - The Hague - Münster (EV3) - Berlin (EV7) - Poznań (EV9) - Warsaw (EV11) - Minsk - Moscow	Ireland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia	5,500	3,400
EV3	Pilgrim's Route	Santiago de Compostela - León - Burgos (EV1) - Bordeaux - Tours (EV6) - Orléans (EV6) - Paris - Namur (EV5) - Aachen (EV4) - Münster (EV2) - Hamburg (EV12) - Odense (EV10) - Viborg - Frederikshavn (EV12) - Gothenburg (EV12) - Oslo - Røros - Trondheim (EV1)	Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway	5,122	3,183
EV4	Roscoff-Kiev	Roscoff (EV1) - the French Atlantic coast - Le Havre - Calais (EV5) - Middelburg - Aachen (EV3) - Bonn - Frankfurt - Prague (EV7) - Brno (EV9) - Kraków (EV11) - L'viv - Kiev	France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine	4,000	2,500
EV5	Via Romea Francigena	London (EV2) - Canterbury - Calais (EV4) - Brussels - Namur (EV3) - Luxembourg - Saarbrücken - Sarreguemines - Strasbourg (EV15) - Basel (EV6) - Lucerne - Milan - Piacenza (EV8) - Parma - Florence(EV7) - Siena - Rome(EV7) - Brindisi	United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy	3,900	2,400
EV6	Atlantic Ocean to Black Sea (Rivers Route)	Nantes (EV1) - Tours (EV3) - Orleans (EV3) - Nevers - Chalon-sur-Saône - Basel (EV5) - Passau - Linz - Ybbs (EV7) - Vienna (EV9) - Bratislava - Budapest - Belgrade (EV11) - Bucharest - Constanţa	France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania	3,653	2,270
EV7	Middle Europe Route	North Cape (EV1, EV11) - Haparanda (EV10) - Sundsvall (EV10) - central Sweden - Copenhagen (EV10) - Gedser - Rostock (EV10) - Berlin (EV2) - Prague (EV4) - Ybbs (EV6) - Salzburg - Mantua (EV8) - Bologna - Florence (EV5) - Rome (EV5) - Naples - Syracuse - Malta	Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Malta	6,000	3,700
eurovelo8.com EuroVelo 8 EV8	Mediterranean Route	Cadiz - Málaga - Almeria - Valencia - Barcelona - Monaco - Piacenza (EV5) - Mantua (EV7) - Ferrara - Venice - Trieste (EV9) - Rijeka - Split - Dubrovnik - Tirana - Patras - Athens (EV11)	Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece	5,388	3,348
Eurovelo 9 at CyclingEurope.org EV9 Radrouten Niederösterreich - EuroVelo 9 see also	Baltic Sea to Adriatic Sea (Amber Route)	Gdańsk (EV10) - Poznań (EV2) - Olomouc - Brno (EV4) - Reinthal - Vienna (EV6) - Maribor - Ljubljana - Trieste (EV8) - Pula	Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia	1,930	1,200
EV10	Baltic Sea Cycle Route (Hansa circuit)	St Petersburg - Helsinki (EV11) - Vaasa - Oulu - Haparanda (EV7) - Sundsvall (EV7) - Stockholm - Ystad - Malmö - Copenhagen (EV7) - Odense (EV3) - Rostock (EV7) - Gdańsk (EV9) - Kaliningrad - Klaipėda - Riga - Tallinn (EV11) - St Petersburg	Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia	7,930	4,930
EV11	East European Route	North Cape (EV1, EV7) - the Finnish Lakes - Helsinki (EV10) - Tallinn (EV10) - Tartu - Vilnius - Warsaw (EV2) - Kraków (EV4) - Košice - Szeged - Belgrade (EV6) - Skopje - Thessaloniki - Athens (EV8)	Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, North Macedonia, Greece	5,964	3,706
EV12	North Sea Cycle Route	Bergen (EV1) - Stavanger - Kristiansand - Gothenburg (EV3) - Varberg - Grenaa - Frederikshavn (EV3) - Hirtshals - Esbjerg - Hamburg (EV3) - The Hague (EV2) - Rotterdam - Harwich (EV2) - Kingston upon Hull - Newcastle - Edinburgh - Aberdeen (EV1) - Inverness (EV1) - Thurso - Orkney - Shetland - Bergen (EV1)	Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom	5,932	3,686
EV13	Iron Curtain Trail	- - - - - - - - - - Szeged - Jimbolia - Vrsac - Orsova - Kladovo - Zaječar - Knjaževac - Pirot - Dragoman - Kyustendil - Strumitsa - Petrich - Gotse Delchev - Smolyan - Kyprinos - Svilengrad - Edirne - Malko Tarnovo - Rezovo	Finland - Russia - Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania - Poland - Germany - Czech Republic - Austria - Slovakia - Hungary - Romania - Serbia - Bulgaria - North Macedonia - Bulgaria - Greece - Bulgaria - Turkey - Bulgaria	6,800	4,200
EV15	Rhine Cycle Route	Andermatt - Chur - Schaffhausen - Basel (EV5-EV6) - Huningue - Neuf-Brisach - Strasbourg (EV5) - Lauterbourg - Karlsruhe - Ludwigshafen - Mannheim - Mainz - Wiesbaden - Bingen - Koblenz - Bonn - Köln - Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Xanten - Arnhem - Utrecht - Rotterdam	Switzerland, France, Germany, Netherlands	1,320	820

Legend - Green: North-South / Blue: West-East / Red: Circuits

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