The European Cyclists Federation [http://www.ecf.com/] is developing a network of bicycling routes connecting all parts of the continent of Europe. Approximately 20,000km of the planned 60,000km are in place.

Routes

There are 12 routes:

North South routes

  • '''Atlantic Coast Route''' (8,186 km): North Cape - Sagres ''[http://www.ecf.com/misc/filePush.php?mimeType=application/pdf&fullPath=http://www.ecf.com/files/2/8/060712_Route__Report_1.pdf/ PDF plan]''
  • '''Pilgrims Route''' (5,122 km): Trondheim - Santiago de Compostela
  • '''Via Romea Francigena''' (3,900 km): London - Rome and Brindisi
  • '''Middle Europe Route''' (7,305 km): North Cape - Malta ''[http://www.ecf.com/misc/filePush.php?mimeType=application/pdf&fullPath=http://www.ecf.com/files/2/8/route_report_7_middle_europe.pdf/ PDF plan]''
  • '''Baltic Sea to Adriatic Sea''' (Amber Route - 1,930 km): Gdansk - Pula
  • '''East Europe Route''' (5,984 km): North Cape - Athens
  • West-East routes

  • '''Capitals Route''' (5,500 km): Galway - Moscow
  • '''Roscoff - Kiev''' (4,000 km)
  • '''Atlantic Ocean to Black Sea''' (4,448 km): Nantes - Constanta ''[http://www.eurovelo6.org/ more information - opens in French]''
  • '''Mediterranean Route''' (5,888 km): Cadiz - Athens and Cyprus ''[http://www.ecf.com/misc/filePush.php?mimeType=application/pdf&fullPath=http://www.ecf.com/files/2/8/route_report_8_mediterranean.pdf/ opens in PDF]''
  • Circuits

  • '''Baltic Sea Cycle Route''' (Hansa circuit - 7,980 km)
  • '''North Sea Cycle Route''' (5,932 km)