Europe is very suitable for cycling trips. There are many regional, national and international bike routes. More and more tourism agencies are discovering cycling tours as a marketing tool for their region. Cycling holidays are particularly popular in Europe because of the good infrastructure. No other continent has so many signposted cycle paths.
Country list
- Germany by bike
- Veloland Switzerland
- Cycle routes in Austria
- Cycling in France
- Cycling in Poland
- Cycling in Scotland
- Cycle routes in the Netherlands
- Cycle routes in Wallonia
- Cycling in Hungary
- Cycling in Denmark
Flanders (Belgium)
- Flanders Route - approx. 800 km across Flanders
Denmark[1]
- Berlin-Copenhagen: 630 km
- North Sea Cycle Route (Denmark)
- Ochsenweg: 504 km
Luxembourg
Italy
- Ciclopista del Sole: more than 2000 km
- with the rest Bicitalia-Network
Portugal
- Ecovia do Litoral - approx. 220 km
Czech Republic
- Elbe cycle path (Czech part)
- Elster cycle path: 250 km
- Euregio Egrensis
- Iron Curtain Trail
Spain
- Ruta del Carrilet - 110 km across northern Catalonia
- Via Verde de Ojos Negros - 170 km
Other countries
- Sweden
- Norway
- Great Britain
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Cross-country routes
There are some cross-border bike routes
- 3-country route - 245 km through the Eifel - Aachen, Eupen(Belgium), Hellenthal, Prüm, Echternach(Luxembourg) and trier
- Avenue Verte London - Paris [2] 370 km in F 170 km in GB
- Alpe-Adria cycle path - 410 km from Salzburg above Villach to Grado[3]
- Lake Constance cycle path - Around the popular lake in the border triangle of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- Danube cycle path - Donaueschingen - Ulm - Passau - Linz - Vienna - Bratislava - Budapest - Belgrade
- Inn cycle path − St. Moritz - innsbruck - Passau 517 km
- Vltava cycle path - along the Vltava and Danube from Prague to Passau - 410 km
- Maas cycle route - Damremont - Liege - Maastricht - Estuary delta, approx. 1000 km
- Pan-European cycle route[4] - 1600 km from Paris via southern Germany to Prague
- LF1 Route de la mer du Nord - 470 km The hero - Rotterdam - Bruges - Calais/Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Véloroute du Téméraire - named after Charles the Bold - of Cluny above Luxembourg to Bruges
- Vennbahn - approx. 120 km in the border triangle B, D and LUX
- Via Claudia Augusta (bike route) − Donauwörth - Feet - Landeck (A) - Reschenpass - Meran - Venice
- Via Romana[5] - 250 km
- Via Rhôna - along the Rhone of Geneva above Lyon to Arles - 350 km
- SaarLorLux bike route - 473 km
The Rhine Cycle Route
additional Information
Weblinks:
- European cycle route network, 103,000km, with an authentic travel blog
- European Association of Cyclists(ECF)
- Europe information from the ADFC - The country information for cyclists can be downloaded as PDF documents.
- Eurovelo - Information on the European long-distance cycle routes
- Bike & Bus Europe - Possibility of cycling longer distances in Europe by bus.
- azur.de - Reports of bike tours and bike paths, partly with GPS data
Cycle route planner
- Fietsvakantie cycle route planner (Dutch) - makes a good impression and often even 2 suggested routes
Maps and GPX tracks
- Waymarked trails - Far from perfect, but this OSM-based overview map still offers the best information about European routes. The tracks can be reached via "ROUTES".
The Eurovelo network
The European network of cycle routes EuroVelo currently consists of 14 routes. The routes are signposted differently. Some stages have not yet been determined by the carrier, the ECF, while others are in the premium class.