European Commission

๐Ÿšด ๐Ÿšด Discover Europe on your bike!

We have 92,000 kms of bike routes for you to explore.

If you are looking to travel sustainably while enjoying the sights and sounds along the way, choose from one of the many EuroVelo bike routes! For example:
๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Atlantic โ€“ Black Sea passing through ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ.
๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Mediterranean Route passing through ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ.

You can follow along the whole route or enjoy a part of it.

The choice and the fun are all yours!

https://medium.com/@europeancommission/discover-eurovelo-routes-awaiting-you-this-summer-638d145a2703

Discover six EuroVelo routes awaiting you this summer!

More than 92,000 kms with 17 bike routes across Europe. This is what the EuroVelo map looks like in 2024. Looking to travel sustainably this year while enjoying the sights and sounds along the wayโ€ฆ

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Jul 13, 2024 at 7:56amWeb
Show threadWilliam BellJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission Love this ๐Ÿ’•
Show threadGilles DePemigJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission Iceland clearly doesnt have bike routes. That's why it's so fat. #countryshapeshaming
Show threadguna_lvJul 13, 2024

@EUCommission

What information sources were used to plot the routes?

Show threadguna_lvJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission to clarify the question: were there good and reliable datasets used :)
Show threadDerek BlackJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission Ooh. I can see EuroVelo 12 from my window.
Show threadBart Veldhuizen ๐Ÿš€Jul 13, 2024
@EUCommission Why is the European Commission hosting a blog on Medium - an American platform that can now collect our data? Setting up a self-hosted, privacy friendly blog is literally the easiest thing to do..
Show threadAntonJul 13, 2024

@EUCommission

These are indeed great! And if you happen to live close to one of them, you can use them to plan a short day trip, or to find a practical route to a big city near you (as opposed to a grand project like "discovering Europe")

The authoritative site behind these routes is https://en.eurovelo.com/ and all the routes are on @openstreetmap !

#bike

EuroVelo

EuroVelo is a network of long distance cycle routes connecting and uniting the whole European continent.

Show threadEgon Willighโ˜ฎgen ๐ŸŸฅJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission cool, with free GPX downloads :)
Show threadPeter ๐Ÿ”ปJul 16, 2024
@egonw @EUCommission Which are not always accurate I might add. To plan a route they are however more than helpful.
Show threadUlrich Popp Jul 13, 2024
@EUCommission I explored the route a few kilometers along the baltic sea, in the north of Riga: Mainly unusable, because the route is out of loose sand. I drove along normal streets, which worked quite well. The car drivers are not as aggressive as expected.
A few kilometers after it is well - for a few kilometers.
I was there in 2022, maybe it is better now...?
Show threadRihards OlupsJul 13, 2024

@HoSnoopy @EUCommission
Unlikely to have changed - although I'd consider the section in the first image pretty good still, it's not pure sand :)

There are some local routes I'd recommend to avoid, unless one likes plowing sand, for example, https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#route?id=10981099&type=relation .

Waymarked Trails - Cycling

Show thread*sigh*Ber nardJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission great stuff!!! Not sure if the details have a comment on the Gottard pass descent: looks like it uses the old, and much quiter, Tremola route. That's not going to be fun if you're not prepared, it's absolutely beautiful but made up of pointy hexagonal rocks as road surface.
I've cycled it multiple times from Airolo (opposite direction) on a road-racing bicycle and wouldn't even think of doing that on 25mm tyres and no shocks downhill.
The 24 hairpin bends are stunning, you should absolutely ride it if you can, but come prepared!
Show threadAkshayJul 13, 2024

@EUCommission

Are these bicycle paths or are you cycling next to cars? (Outside of the Netherlands and Flanders)

Show threadAntonJul 13, 2024
@Akshay @EUCommission These look like the paths that a reasonable person would take in those parts. Around me, there is one part that goes along a side of the road; one part that is a specially built bike/foot path surrounded by fields; and there is a short piece where information is completely outdated: the suggested path is closed-off by a construction and I had to find a completely different route.
Show threadStuart Jul 13, 2024
@Akshay @EUCommission From having cycled bits of EV6 through Germany-Serbia (2015) and much of EV1 from Norway to Spain (2017) I'd say it is dependent on what local cycling bodies in each country do. It is mostly on-road (usually quieter roads) but with bits of dedicated cycle paths where they exist. If only all of Europe and the UK had the quality of infrastructure of the Netherlands.
Show threadcrit Jul 14, 2024
@Akshay @EUCommission on Eurovelo 10 in Skรฅne where I'm from, it's mostly road sharing with cars going 70 km/h. Sharing road with cars would be fine if it was upwards of 30 maybe 40 km/h, but 70 just gets really scary.
Show threadPeter ๐Ÿ”ปJul 16, 2024
@Akshay @EUCommission In Scandinavia you often are on the only road that leads north, which is not nearly as busy as you might think. Tourists in campers are however the worst drivers I've seen in a long time driving to close to one another. thus not paying the right amount of attention.
Show threadMฤrtiล†ลก Bruล†enieksJul 16, 2024
@Akshay @EUCommission most of them are low traffic roads
Show threadBeep BoopJul 13, 2024

Thanks for sharing, @EUCommission!

While routes 10 & 13 are definitely scenic, unfortunately they go through an aggressor state and it's exclave. There are options to either circle round or take a ferry but that will lengthen or shorten the trip respectively.

Show threadEarthworm ๐ŸŒJul 14, 2024

@salakala

I had to look whether you referred to Turkey or Russia...

Show threadanirudhJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission real question: why does the European Commission use Medium?
Show threadgunstickJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission just don't try to go through bike-hating cities like Luxembourg.
Show threadAndreas, DJ3EI, he/himJul 13, 2024

For info on the Eurovelo European long-distance bicycle paths network, I recommend its home page https://en.eurovelo.com/ rather than the link offered by the original toot of @EUCommission ๐Ÿงต .

@piko
@fedibikes_berlin

EuroVelo

EuroVelo is a network of long distance cycle routes connecting and uniting the whole European continent.

Show threadEmanuel Zรกvodnรฝ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission Seems like our "national" MEPs are already doing some work - two Slovak flags while every other country has just one. Thanks Smer and Republika, finally you have done something!
Show threadJan Hutaล™Jul 13, 2024
@EUCommission Hello! Any plants for better support for trains taking bikes?
Show threadTobias MiggeJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission ๐Ÿ‘† @guacamole @Ramonsta72
Show threadRamonstaJul 13, 2024

@ral_mey du hattest doch gefragt, was/wo wir als nรคchstes radeln?!๐Ÿ˜

@eggimt @guacamole

Show threadRamonstaJul 13, 2024

Wenn es zusรคtzlich mehr Nachtzug-Verbindungen* quer durch Europa gรคbe, sodass man nur eine Richtung radeln und zum Start oder zurรผck EINFACH mit dem Zug kรคme... Das wรคre ECHT super!
Weil normaler Urlaub 2-3 Wochen ist eine komplette Rundreise eher schwierig
@EUCommission @guacamole @eggimt @ral_mey

*Oder รผberhaupt Fernzรผge mit Fahrradmitnahme!!

Show threadGuacamOlรฉ ๐Ÿฅ‘Jul 13, 2024

@Ramonsta72 @EUCommission @eggimt @ral_mey ja. Das zurรผckkommen ist derzeit auch bei mir das mit den grรถssten Fragezeichen. Ich weiรŸ nur Dรคnemark will ich nicht weil das da mit Rad im Zug noch mal deutlich schlechter ist als bei uns. Deswegen vermutlich fรคhre nach kiel

(Ja. Schlechter als bei uns geht)

Show threadRamonstaJul 13, 2024
@guacamole ich habe gerade mal geschaut wegen der 2 nach Warschau ab Berlin... Lt Auskunft fรคhrt der EC zwar alle 2h - nimmt aber keine Rรคder mit๐Ÿ˜
@EUCommission @eggimt @ral_mey
Show threadClaireVJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission eurovelo 3 Pilgerroute, here we come!
Show threadElisaJul 13, 2024

@EUCommission

J'ai choisi l'eurovelo12 pour la semaine prochaine et je sais dรฉjร  qu'on ne souffrira pas de la chaleur
#eurovelo12

@emeline

Show threadseniorfroskJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission Note that if you want to continue route 1 from Bergen to Scotland, you need to bring your own boat...
Show threadochicialJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission How does it work with Kaliningrad? Is it possible to pass by bicycle?
Show threadLumiukkoJul 13, 2024
@ochicial @EUCommission I would also wonder the same for the routes from Estonia to Finland via Russia. I think nobody cared enough to update the map.
Show threadTwotiredJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission
Excuse me, I have to quit my job, sell most of my worldly possessions, and buy a plane ticket to Europe nowโ€ฆ
Show threadAitor Jul 13, 2024
@anabasa eta markatu gabeko hamaika eginak ๐Ÿคญ
Show threadCorgi DadJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission Iceland has nothing??
Show threadKachina KachinaJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission What is Ursula's car?
Show threadBen BrockertJul 13, 2024
Gibraltar to Athens by bicycle in the cooler seasons would be a spectacular ride.
Show threadFrankJul 13, 2024
@EUCommission Sounds great! Hope that our pseudo-elected officials will more often ride the bike,
than using a business class flight!
Looking forward to see more European parliamentarians on their bike.
Show threadEnkiusz๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆJul 14, 2024
@the_alsatian @EUCommission what is pseudo-elected?
Show threadFrankJul 14, 2024
@enkiusz @EUCommission https://googlethatforyou.com?q=pseudo-election%20meaning
Here, Let Me Google That For You

Passive-aggressively teach your friends how to Google. For all those people who find it more convenient to ask you rather than search it themselves. Not associated with Google.

GoogleThatForYou.com
Show threadEnkiusz๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆJul 14, 2024

@the_alsatian @EUCommission A sham election; an election organized without any significant political choice or real impact on the results, often held in dictatorial regimes to feign the appearance of public legitimacy.

Which part of the eu elections meets this criteria in your opiniom?

Show threadOzwald IJul 13, 2024

@EUCommission those routes via Russia?

Specially ones those between Finland-Russia while board is closed?

Show threadcrit Jul 14, 2024
@EUCommission Are there any guidelines on how the eurovelo paths have to be made? Because the path here where I live is just some fancy signs on a 70 km/h car road with no what so ever infrastructure for bikes, and it is neither safe or feels right.
Also, I tried to use the link, but that website threw 3 pop-ups at me the moment I open it, including trying to sell me stuff, so I'm not dealing with it. Why not use your own website?
Show threadRobin HooverJul 14, 2024
@EUCommission Did parts of 4-1-6-3-1 through France 40 years ago. Fond memories!