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    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.

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    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

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    Map of EuroVelo bicycle routes

    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

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    • 9. Amber Route (Baltic Sea to Adriatic Sea - 1,930 km): Gdańsk - Pula
    • 13. Iron Curtain Trail (10,400 km) Barents Sea – Black Sea

    West-East routes

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    Circuits

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    • 10. Baltic Sea Cycle Route: (Hansa circuit - 7,980 km)
    • 12. North Sea Cycle Route: (5,932 km)

    Main points on the EuroVelo routes

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    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
    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 - Debrecen 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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