Travel to EuroVelo cycling routes

The EuroVelo cycling routes are a network of 17 long-distance cycling routes connecting most parts of the continent of Europe. As of 2023, approximately 45,000 km of the planned 90,000 km are in place. The routes are managed by the European Cyclists' Federation, who work with the countries the routes pass through to develop the routes.

Used by both cycle tourists and commuters, the routes are well used, and can be busy in the summer months.

Understand edit

See also: Cycling in Europe, Tour cycling

The logo, used in some contexts

While Europe has few border controls, bicycle infrastructure varies a lot between countries. The European Cyclists' Federation aims to implement a series of high quality cycle routes in all European nations.

The official website of the network has downloadable GPS tracks, but you can see them also on OpenCycleMap along with many other cycle routes in Europe.

Routes edit

There are 17 routes. The numbers indicate the general direction: odd-numbered routes run north-south, even-numbered routes run east-west. That's why the numbers reach 19, but there are only 17 routes.

North-South routes edit

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
17. Rhone Cycle Route (1,250 km) - Andermatt - Lausanne - Geneva - Lyon - Avignon - Montpellier - Marseille
19. Meuse Cycle Route (1,050 km) - Langres - Verdun - Charleville-Mezieres - Ardennes - Namur - Maas Country - Roermond - Den Bosch - Rhine-Meuse Delta - North Sea

West-East routes edit

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

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

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, plus Izmir Province and Cyprus

Circuits edit

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

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

Main points on the EuroVelo routes edit

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

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 [1]	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 [2]	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 [3]	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-Kyiv [4]	Roscoff (EV1) - the French Atlantic coast - Le Havre - Calais (EV5) - Middelburg - Aachen (EV3) - Bonn - Frankfurt - Prague (EV7) - Brno (EV9) - Kraków (EV11) - Lviv - Kyiv	France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine	4,000	2,500
EV5	Via Romea Francigena [5]	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) [6]	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 [7]	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
EV8	Mediterranean Route [8]	Cadiz - Málaga - Almeria - Valencia - Barcelona - Monaco - Piacenza (EV5) - Mantua (EV7) - Ferrara - Venice - Trieste (EV9) - Rijeka - Split - Dubrovnik - Tirana - Patras - Athens (EV11) - Izmir - Nicosia	Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus	5,388	3,348
EV9	Baltic Sea to Adriatic Sea (Amber Route) [9]	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 Route (Hansa circuit) [10]	St Petersburg - Helsinki (EV11) - Turku - 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 [11]	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 Route [12]	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 [13]	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) - 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	9,950	6,180
EV14	Waters of Central Europe [14]	Zell Am See - Bischofshofen (EV7) - Liezen - Graz - Zalaegerszeg - Veszprem - Szekesfehervar - Budapest	Austria - Hungary	750	470
EV15	Rhine Cycle Route [15]	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
EV17	Rhone Cycle Route [16]	Andermatt - Lausanne - Geneva - Lyon - Avignon - Montpellier - Marseille	Switzerland - France	1,250	780
EV19	Meuse Cycle Route [17]	Langres - Verdun - Charleville-Mezieres - Ardennes - Namur - Maas Country - Roermond - Den Bosch - Rhine-Meuse Delta - North Sea	France - Belgium - Netherlands	1,050	650

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