EuroVelo 1 – Atlantic Coast Route 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.
EuroVelo 2 – Capitals Route 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, an international
long-distance cycling route connecting Boulogne-sur-Mer in France with St Petersburg in Russia.
EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route 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 The EV4 goes from
Roscoff, France to
Kyiv, Ukraine, going through France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Ukraine.
EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea Francigena 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 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. File:EuroVelo 6 St Louis.jpg|Signage for EuroVelo 6 in France near the
tripoint of France, Switzerland and Germany
EuroVelo 7 – Sun Route EV7 runs from the
North Cape to
Malta. It goes through Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, and Malta.
EuroVelo 8 – Mediterranean Route 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.
EuroVelo 9 – Amber Route 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. File:EuroVelo 9.JPG|Sign R9 at the south-western border of
Wrocław, near
Wrocław Airport File:Neustaedter Kanal EuroVelo.jpg|Signage for EuroVelo 9,
Wiener Neustadt, Austria
EuroVelo 10 – Baltic Route 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
EuroVelo 11 – East Europe Route , Lithuania EV11 connects (theoretically)
Norway's
North Cape with
Athens.
EuroVelo 12 – North Sea Route EV12 was the first European route, opened in June 2001, 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 EV13 follows the old
Iron Curtain, the divided borders of Europe during the
Cold War. 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. It finishes at Rezovo in Bulgaria on the Black Sea after following the border with Greece and Turkey.
EuroVelo 15 – The Rhine Cycle Route EV15, with an overall length of about 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 and Germany.
EuroVelo 17 – Rhone Cycle Route EV17 has an overall length of about . 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 , is the newest and the shortest EuroVelo route. 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
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