Hiking route E6 - Wandelroute E6

E6
Kilpisjarvic muonio Tampere Turku Finland/Sweden Baltic Sea Kapellskär Malmo Sweden/Denmark Tamby Faborg Little Belt Sonderborg Denmark/Germany Flensburg Germany/Czech Republic Czech Republic/Germany Germany/Austria Austria/Slovenia Austria/Croatia Pohorje Dubrovnik Copper Croatia/Greece Igoumenitsa Alexandroupoli

The European walking route E6 runs from the Baltic Sea to the Aegean Sea^[1].

Info

Preparation

Safety

The E6 is a very safe walking route. The greatest danger lies in an almost invisible small animal: the tick. Ticks can (to varying degrees; in some regions almost 100% of ticks are infected) be carriers of two life-threatening parasites. Lyme disease, which is spread by tick bites, occurs throughout the E6 region. It is not possible to vaccinate against this disease, but one must check every evening for the presence of ticks. Once infected, a course of antibiotics is necessary. The other tick parasite occurs from the Harz to the Balkans and causes the disease FSME, a form of meningitis. This disease cannot be controlled with drugs; therefore one should be vaccinated with three injections before the trip.

In extreme weather conditions, such as sleet, severe storms and danger of flooding, the forests in general, and the mountainous parts of the route in particular, should be avoided. Especially for the crossing of the E6 through the Austrian and SlovenianAlps is experience with mountain hiking requires. Into the mountains Finnish Lapland are not very high, but the desolation of the landscape and the harsh climate play tricks on the hiker there. To a lesser extent, this is also the case in Greece. Other dangers along the route are minor: bears, wolves, wild boars and other large game are generally shy, as are venomous snakes. Rabies (rabies) occurs among forest animals, but is rare. There are no indications of high crime along the E6.

To the start

The E6 in Finland (1000 km)

The E6 rises in the mountains in Finnish Lapland in the vicinity of the Norwegian and the Swedish border. The European Hiking Association (EWV) and Traildino give Kilpisjarvic as the starting point. According to the EWV, the route runs via Pirkanmaa to Turku; according to trail dinosaur crosses it to the east of Finland to get there from Iso-Syöte via Vuokatti to Maanselkä (a distance of 400 km) Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Trail (UKK path; Finnish: UKK-reitti). The total distance from Kilpisjärvi to Turku would be 2000 km. The Finnish Wikipedia however clearly states that the UKK path is included in the E10.

However, the EWV also refers to [1]. the E6 runs through the city Oulu through western Finland via perho and Tampere to the city Turku (Swedish: Åbo). In the past this website gave an overview of the E6, the E10 and two connecting routes, but this has all been deleted again (of course it continues to struggle with information about the E-routes in Finland). Thus, the information that the E6 crosses from Turku to the has also expired Åland islands, where he found the old postvejen, now a walking route, follows to the harbor town Eckerö. Here the route crosses by ferry to Sweden.

In Finland the route is poorly documented (also in Finnish, Swedish and Sami languages) and marked only in a few places. You may have something to do with the Finnish digital map, but the E6 is not registered on it. Finland is also a very expensive country. Take into account topographical maps of 25 euros each, overnight stays with meals for about 100 euros (single room on a farm), language problems and cultural differences and large distances in sparsely populated areas. In Lapland you will have to carry food for a few days, as well as a sleeping or bivouac bag.

The E6 in Sweden (1300 km)

The Swedish section of the E6 begins in the port town of Grisslehamn, approximately 150 km north of Stockholm. Via the Swedish capital Stockholm, the industrial city Jonkoping and the university city Malmo he walks to the bridge over the Sound that Sweden with Denmark connects. In Sweden, the E6 uses existing regional walking routes that are well documented and marked. According to the old Kompass edition "Auf Tour in Europa" by Hans-Juergen Gorges, these are successively:

• the Roslag members from Grisslehamn in Norrtälje to Danderyd (Stockholm), 107 km;
• the Sörmlandsleden from Stockholm to Norrkopping, 300 km;
• the stgötaleden from Norrköpping to the surroundings of Eksjö, 210 km;
• the Höglandsleden from here to the vicinity of Isaberg, 250 km;
• the Gislavedsleden from here to the vicinity of Kinnared, 85 km;
• the Hallandsmembers from here to the vicinity of Båstad, 110 km;
• the Coast till coast members and
• the Nord till Sydleden nasty Malmo, together 250 km.

The E6 in Denmark (344 km)

The E6 is coming Denmark inside over the huge bridge over the Sound (officially called Øresundsbron), on the understanding that the walker will have to take the bus or train here, because pedestrians are not allowed on the bridge. An alternative is to take one of the ferry connections across the Sound, but you will have to drive extra kilometers for that. In this case, it is advisable to combine the detour with a visit to the Danish capital Copenhagen.

The E6 picks up just 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 that crosses the island to Korsør, it said. trail dinosaur. One digital map of Sjælland on which the path is projected provides some clarification. The E6 passes junctions 99, 97, 96, 94, 93, 92 and 91 to reach Korsør via route 13 along Slagelse. The accompanying text is only in Danish for now. on this website a GPS track can be found under the name Sjllandsleden-del-af-nst.gpx. The route passes the fascinating old town Roskilde with a museum dedicated to the Vikings.

In Korsør, the Great Belt Bridge provides the connection with Nyborg on the island Funen (Fyn). Pedestrians are also directed to the train on this bridge. On Funen you can combine some local cycling routes to the 30 km long cycle path from Nyborg to Hesselagergård. This is where the E6 starts the final stages of the Øhavsstien to follow. It is 33 km to Svendborg; there is marking. The ferry to Ærøskøbing on the island of Ærø is waiting in Svendborg. The Øhavsstien now continues to its terminus, Søby, another 20 km of marked hiking trail. The Øhavsstien is much longer, but in Søby the E6 goes on the boat to Fynshav on the island of Als. It Øhavsstien becomes here described (optionally in Danish, German or English), but it takes a while to find the routes that belong to the E6.

If is just a small island, just big enough for an unmarked 17 km cycle path to Høruphav. There a bridge takes you to the mainland, the peninsula Jutland (Jylland). It Gendarmstien from Høruphav to Kruså, 79 km and marked, forms the last Danish link in the E6. It always follows the south coast and continues as far as Padborg, but at Kruså the E6 crosses the border into the German Flensburg. On this point, the E6 also unites with the European walking route E1 that out Aarhus comes. The Gendarmstien will be here described in Danish and made visible with indispensable detailed maps. There would also be a German version. The website is full of beautiful photos, but practical information about catering is lacking.

Germany

See Hiking route E6 in Germany for the main article on this part of the route.

The E6 is coming Germany in the north of the state Schleswig-Holstein in the city Flensburg, together with the European walking route E1. The route then runs straight south to Schleswig, where a variant of the E1 branches off to the right. The E6 then follows, with the main route of the E1, roughly along the Baltic Sea coast Eckernförde, Keel, Plon and Eutin nasty Lubecka. Incidentally, the sea rarely comes into view, mainly at Eckernförde and Kiel. Just before Lübeck, the European walking route E9 join in. Follow after Lübeck Ratzeburg and Molln, after which in Guster the E1 and E9 turn west, while the E6 continues straight south. After Buchen becomes with Lauenburg reaches the Elbe, which here is the border river between Schleswig-Holstein and the Land Lower Saxony is. The E6 crosses this border over a long, narrow bridge, once built by the military.

In Lower Saxony the E6 uses an old walking route along the former Inner-German border during the Cold War. At the time, that route provided viewpoints where one could get a good view of the barbed wire barriers and guard patrols of the East German border guards; now of course there is nothing more to see. The E6 passes Bleckede, schnega, Bad Bodenteich, gifhorn, Wolfsburg, Wolffenbuttel and Goslar. Here, at the foot of the Harz crosses the E6 with the European walking route E11). The E6 rises to almost 1000 m to cross the mountain range, but does not come close to the highest peak, the brockenbecause it was in East Germany. Then it continues with a twist to the west through Göttingen and Hannoversch Gmünd. In the Rhön becomes the border with the federal state Hesse crossed.

In much of Hesse, the E6 runs alongside the European walking route E3 which comes from Spain, France and Luxembourg and is located east of Fulda to the E6. The joint route then crosses the Bavarian border to Coburg (the city from which the Belgian royal family originates).

In the Fichtelgebirge the E3 and the E6 are separating. First they run parallel for some time to the vicinity of Wunsiedel; then both routes split in a somewhat confusing way. The German E6 comes through Marktredwitz and Kappeln at Waldsassen, where the Czech variant splits off (see below) and crosses the mountain ridge Bohemian Forest on the Bavarian side, so that also the name Bavarian Forest applies to. Through Furth im Walde, the Kleine and the Grosse Arber and Bavarian Eisenstein will be the old three-country point Dreisesselberg reached, and then the present tripoint of Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.

The E6 in the Czech Republic

The E6 in Austria

• • Lower Austria
    • Aigen-Schlaegl (meeting with European walking route E10)
    • Freistadt (split off from European walking route E10)
    • Nebelstein (crossing with European walking route E8)
    • Ottenschlag
    • Milk (crossing with European walking route E4)
  • Styria
    • Mariazell
    • Leoben (crossing with European walking route E4)
    • packsattel
    • Eibiswald

The E6 in Slovenia and Croatia

• • Pohorje (crossing with European walking route E7)
  • Copper (route variant to Croatia)

The E6 in Greece

• • Igoumenitsa
  • Edessa (crossing with European walking route E4)
  • Alexandroupoli

Footnotes and References

external links

• (the) (and) (fr) European Hiking Association
• (the) Der E6 im Outdoorwiki

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