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This [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=106496744826979790692.000455613cdb9716dfefb route] is also a pilgrim route although not used as much as the Santiago route. It is called the [[Via Francigena]] and was first recorded by Archbishop Sigeric in the 10th century AD. It has recently been awarded EU funds to reinstate hostelry organisation and for route improvement. There is a supporters' group in several countries and route maps, and Santiago-style passports for stamping at abbeys and cathedrals. The route goes from London to Brindisi through Rome and via the St Bernard's pass in Switzerland. |
This [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=106496744826979790692.000455613cdb9716dfefb route] is also a pilgrim route although not used as much as the Santiago route. It is called the [[Via Francigena]] and was first recorded by Archbishop Sigeric in the 10th century AD. It has recently been awarded EU funds to reinstate hostelry organisation and for route improvement. There is a supporters' group in several countries and route maps, and Santiago-style passports for stamping at abbeys and cathedrals. The route goes from London to Brindisi through Rome and via the St Bernard's pass in Switzerland. |
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[http://www.puglia2010.com Cycling from Berkshire, UK to Brindisi in July & August 2010] |
[http://www.puglia2010.wordpress.com Cycling from Berkshire, UK to Brindisi in July & August 2010] |
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[http://eurovelo5.georgejemmott.com, An attempt to GPS log EuroVelo 5 from Milano, Italy to Calais, France between March 20 and April 20, 2010] |
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===EuroVelo 6=== |
===EuroVelo 6=== |
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Revision as of 11:59, 23 March 2010
EuroVelo, the European cycle route network, is a project of the European Cyclists' Federation to develop 12 long-distance cycle routes crossing Europe. The total length is 60,000 km (37,282 mi), of which more than 44,000 km (27,340 mi) are in place.
The EuroVelo routes are similar, in length and conception, to Greenway projects such as the East Coast Greenway in the United States and the Trans-Canada Trail.
EuroVelo routes are intended for bicycle touring across the continent, though they are also used locally. The routes are made of both existing bike paths and roads together with proposed and planned cycle routes to connect them. All the routes are unfinished.
In September 2008 the European Union Committee for Transport and Tourism earmarked €300,000 to support EuroVelo.[1]
For a route to be part of EuroVelo it must:
- have no gradient above 6%
- be wide enough for two cyclists
- have an average of no more than 1,000 motorised vehicles a day
- be sealed for 80% of its length
- be open 365 days a year, have provision points every 30 km (19 mi), accommodation every 50 km (31 mi), and public transport every 150 km (93 mi).[2]
EuroVelo routes
North-South
- EV 1 - Atlantic Coast Route: North Cape - Sagres (8,186 km (5,087 mi)*)
- EV 3 - Pilgrims Route: Trondheim - Santiago de Compostela (5,122 km (3,183 mi)*)
- EV 5 - Via Romea Francigena: London - Rome and Brindisi (3,900 km (2,423 mi)*)
- EV 7 - Middle Europe Route: North Cape - Malta (6,000 km (3,728 mi)*)
- EV 9 - Baltic Sea to Adriatic Sea (Amber Route): Gdańsk - Pula (1,930 km (1,199 mi)*)
- EV 11 - East Europe Route: North Cape - Athens (5,964 km (3,706 mi)*)
West-East
- EV 2 - Capitals Route: Galway - Moscow (5,500 km (3,418 mi)*)
- EV 4 - Roscoff - Kiev (4,000 km (2,485 mi)*)
- EV 6 - Atlantic Ocean to Black Sea (Rivers Route): Nantes - Constanţa (3,653 km (2,270 mi)*) - [1]
- EV 8 - Mediterranean Route: Cádiz - Athens (5,388 km (3,348 mi)*)
Circuits
- EV 10 - Baltic Sea Cycle Route (Hansa circuit): (7,930 km (4,927 mi)*)
- EV 12 - North Sea Cycle Route: (5,932 km (3,686 mi)*)
Total network: 63,505 km (39,460 mi)*
EuroVelo's aims and administration
The aim of EuroVelo is to encourage people to try cycling instead of driving. Although some will cycle across the continent, most journeys will be local.
Development is by national, regional and local governments and NGOs in all European countries. The international status helps in funds and political support for construction. Only routes approved by the EuroVelo route coordinator can call themselves EuroVelo.
Main points on the EuroVelo routes
| Route number | Route name | passes through these Cities | through these Countries | Length (km) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8186 |
| 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 | 5500 |
| 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) - Viburg - Frederikshavn (EV12) - Gothenburg (EV12) - Oslo - Røros - Trondheim (EV1) | Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway | 5122 |
| 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 | 4000 |
| EV5 | Via Romea Francigena | London (EV2) - Canterbury - Calais (EV4) - Brussels - Namur (EV3) - Luxembourg - Strasbourg - Basel (EV6) - Lucerne - Milan - Piacenza (EV8) - Parma - Florence (EV7) - Siena - Rome (EV7) - Brindisi | United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy | 3900 |
| EV6 | Atlantic Ocean to Black Sea (Rivers Route) | Nantes (EV1) - Tours (EV3) - Orleans (EV3) - Nevers - Chalon-sur-Saône - Basel (EV5) - Passau - Ybbs (EV7) - Linz - Vienna (EV9) - Bratislava - Budapest - Belgrade (EV11) - Bucharest - Constanţa | France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania | 3653 |
| 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 | 6000 |
| 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 | 5388 |
| EV9 | 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 | 1930 |
| 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 | 7930 |
| EV11 | East European Route | North Cape (EV1, EV7) - the Finnish Lakes - Helsinki (EV10) - Tallinn (EV10) - Tartu - Vilnius - Warsaw (EV2) - Kraków (EV4) - Košice - Belgrade (EV6) - Skopje - Thessaloniki - Athens (EV8) | Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece | 5964 |
| EV12 | North Sea Cycle Route | Bergen (EV1) - Stavanger - Kristiansand - Gothenburg (EV3) - Varberg - Grenaa - Frederikshaven (EV3) - Hirtshals - Esbjerg - Hamburg (EV3) - The Hague (EV2) - Rotterdam - Harwich (EV2) - Kingston upon Hull - Newcastle - Edinburgh - Aberdeen (EV1) - Inverness (EV1) - Thurso - the Orkneys - the Shetlands - Bergen (EV1) | Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom | 5932 |
Route commentaries, information and links
EuroVelo 1
EuroVelo 2
Between The Hague and the German-Polish border EV2 follows Euro-Route R1, an international cycle path connecting Boulogne-sur-Mer with St Petersburg.
EuroVelo 3
EuroVelo 3 is The Pilgrim's Route. It 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 net of bicycle routes used as part of EV3.
EuroVelo 4
EuroVelo 5
This route is also a pilgrim route although not used as much as the Santiago route. It is called the Via Francigena and was first recorded by Archbishop Sigeric in the 10th century AD. It has recently been awarded EU funds to reinstate hostelry organisation and for route improvement. There is a supporters' group in several countries and route maps, and Santiago-style passports for stamping at abbeys and cathedrals. The route goes from London to Brindisi through Rome and via the St Bernard's pass in Switzerland. Cycling from Berkshire, UK to Brindisi in July & August 2010 An attempt to GPS log EuroVelo 5 from Milano, Italy to Calais, France between March 20 and April 20, 2010
EuroVelo 6
EuroVelo 6 is the Rivers Route. It runs from Nantes on the mouth of the Loire, along the river eastward through France. It continues on to Lake Constance in Switzerland and then down the Danube through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania to the UNESCO Heritage site of the Danube Delta, and ends in Constanţa, on the Black Sea. EV6 includes the Donauradweg, the bicycle path along the Danube; this stretches from Passau in Germany through Austria to Vienna and continues on to Bratislava in Slovakia. On Eurovelo 6 web site, you will find a useful forum and some news about Eurovelo 6.
EuroVelo 7
The current state of Eurovelo 7
EuroVelo 8
Mediterranean Route from the Pyrenees to Athens, mostly along the coast. Route report - note this is old - the document itself is undated but probably at least 5 years old due to mention of "closed" borders that have actually been open since 2005.
EuroVelo 9
EuroVelo 9, the Amber Route, runs from Gdańsk on the Baltic Sea in Poland through the Czech Republic to Austria and on to Slovenia and finishes at Pula on the Adriatic Sea in Croatia.
EuroVelo 10
EuroVelo 10 runs around Baltic Sea. Some of its parts are mapped on OpenStreetMap project [2]. On the state of the route there is an OpenStreetMap wiki page [3]
route pass in Estonia Vihterpalu village where is great hiking inn and camping place. They arrange also hiking trips with kayak and to bogs. you can find their contacts from www.lootuur.ee
EuroVelo 11
EuroVelo 11 is called 11 the East Europe Route and connect (theoretically) the North Cape with Athens. On the state of the route there is an OpenStreetMap wiki page [4]
EuroVelo 12
EuroVelo 12, the North Sea Cycle Route, was the first European route, opened in June 2001, 6,000km 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. The second phase of European Union funding through the Interreg initiative came to a close in December 2006.
See also
External links
Broken link
References
- ^ Richard Peace (2008-09-17). "Euros for EuroVelo". bikeradar.com. Future Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ Orbea — EuroVelo: Cycling Around Europe