The European long-distance hiking trail 6 leads from Kilpisjärvi in the north-westernmost tip of Finland by Sweden about the Oresund Bridge to Denmark and from there to Germanywhich is crossed once from north to south. It continues through Austria, Slovenia, Greece and the Turkeywhere one day the way to the Dardanelles should end. The route should - when completed - be around 5200 km long.
background
The E6 described here is part of an international network of hiking trails that runs through all of Europe. At the beginning of 2014 there were twelve long-distance hiking trails that are numbered uniformly from E1 to E12. They are maintained by the member associations of the European Hiking Association. Like the sister trails, however, the official signage is rarely used, but mainly those of the local hiking trails over which the E6 runs.
preparation
Residents of Schengen countries only need an identity card for the entire route.
getting there
Please check the regions, cities or airports.
Here we go
The Finnish section
The Finnish section of the 1 Kilpisjärvi in the border triangle Sweden, Norway and Finland begins, should, when it is finished, be about 2000 km long. In the far north you usually hike through unpopulated regions and should bring hiking experience, good equipment and sufficient provisions with you. The marking of the E6 is still extremely sketchy, and GPS tracks are only found in sections.
It goes on over 2 Muonio and 3 Rovaniemi to the south where the path continues over Tampere to Turku leads.
The Swedish section
The Swedish section begins in the port city Grisslehamn about 150 km north of Stockholm. It runs via Stockholm and the industrial city Jonkoping to the bridge over the Oresund, which connects Sweden with Denmark.
In Sweden, the E6 is on regional hiking trails that are well documented and marked. According to the old Kompass edition "On Tour in Europe" by Hans-Jürgen Gorges, these are the following:
- the Roslagsleden from Grisslehamn in Norrtälje to Danderyd (Stockholm), 188 km.
- the Sörmlandsleden van Stockholm to Norrköpping, 300 km.
- the Östgötaleden van Norrköpping in the vicinity of Eksjö, 210 km.
- the Höglandsleden, which leads to the Isaberg area, 250 km.
- the Gislavedsleden, which leads to the Kinnared area, 85 km.
- the Hallandsleden, which leads to the surroundings of Båstad, 110 km.
- der Kust till kustleden and
- the north till Sydleden after Malmo, a total of 250 km.
The Danish section
Hikers have to cross the huge bridge over the Øresund by bus or train, as walking is not allowed. Alternatively, the hiker can take a ferry, but this would involve a detour. You could combine this detour with a visit to the capital Copenhagen.
The E6 follows south of Copenhagen, at the airport on the island of Amager in the suburb of Kastrup, the 163 km long marked part of the Sjællandsleden (according to Traildino).
Help might also offer the digital map of Sjælland. The E6 passes junctions 99, 97, 96, 94, 93, 92 and 91 around on route 13 Slagelse and Korsør to reach.
On Waymarked trails there is a gps track: Sjllandsleden-del-af-nst.gpx.
The route leads to the interesting city Roskildewhere to find a Viking Museum.
The German section
Both the E6 and its sibling, the E1 and the E10 run through Germany in a north-south direction. While the E10 covers a shorter distance in eastern Germany, the E1 and E6 run largely parallel at a distance of about 100 km.
Schleswig-Holstein
From the Danish-German border to the Elbe Lauenburg the long-distance hiking trail runs through Schleswig-Holstein., He happens among other things Kiel and Lübeck.
Good topographical maps are important because the marking leaves a lot to be desired, especially in the south-north direction. According to the Dutch Wikivoyage, certain pilgrimage markings should be able to help on sections of the route. From the "Kupfermühle" border crossing to the village of "Lottorf" past Schleswig, the so-called Ochsenweg or "Via Jutlandica" is easy to follow.
There is a guide for this section
- Karl-Josef Schäfer: The Way of St. James from Flensburg to Glückstadt / Elbe. ISBN 978-3-8334-9129-0. This can be very useful for the first 60 km of the E6.
This guide is helpful for the route that the E6 runs together with the E1 (approx. 400 km):
- Arthur Krause: European long-distance hiking trail E1. Kompass-Kt.-GmbH, Rum / Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-85491-707-6
From 4 Bream the E1 and the E6 go their separate ways.
Of Flensburg to Lübeck you can use the compass card 724 (1: 50,000).
Lower Saxony
At Lauenburg in Lower Saxony crosses you take the Elbe on the E6 and then follow it on the south bank through the villages 5 Radegast, Bleckede and Old Garge. At Walmsburg the road turns south and crosses it Wendland until after Schnegawhere he temporarily turns west until Bad Bodenteich.
Through the Lueneburg Heath it now goes through further south Hankensbüttel and Gifhorn, shortly thereafter, first the Allerkanal, the Elbe Lateral Canal and finally west of Fallersleben the Mittelland Canal crosses. Then it goes further east of Braunschweig along after Wolfenbüttelwhich is crossed by the long-distance hiking trail.
At Goslar leads the E6 into the resin into where it's over Altenau up, on the ridge On the field a bit along and then back into Siebertal Sieber going down. From Sieber it goes straight up again steeply over the Big tubers, then down again to Barbis, a small place right between Scharzfeld and Bad Lauterberg. Here the western edge of the Harz is reached.
The path now leads through the hilly Harz foreland Jump around and Breitenberg in the half-timbered town Duderstadt. Behind Nettles if another hill is crossed, then the small village is Sattenhausen and Great Lengden, which is only touched on the edge, the next stopovers before you climb up to the Göttingen Forest and over the Kerstlingeröder field, a former military training area, for Bismarck Tower above of Goettingen got.
After the hike through the large city in southern Lower Saxony, it goes over Rosdorf uphill again to Hohen Hagen in the Münden Nature Park. From the summit it goes downhill Scheden and further down to the Three Rivers City Hann. Münden.
Hesse
Route description between Hann. Münden and Nentershausen see
Bavaria
The Austrian section
Upper Austria/Lower Austria
- Aigen-Schlägl (Meeting with the E10)
- Free City (the E10 takes a different route)
- 1 Nebelstein (crossing with the E8)
- Ottenschlag
- Melk (Crossing with the E4 )
Styria
- Mariazell
- Leoben (Junction with the E4)
- Pack saddle
- Eibiswald
The Slovenian section
The Albanian-North Macedonian-Greek section
After a longer gap, the hiking trail runs through the Adriatic Sea, we continue on foot Albania above North Macedonia to Greece along the old Roman road Via Egnatia.
The Turkish section
He also goes along the old one Via Egnatia
