EuroVelo
EuroVelo is the European cycle route network. It is an initiative of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) to develop 17 long-distance cycle routes crossing Europe. The planned total length is over 90 000 km.
Tagging
A way (road/path) that is part of a EuroVelo route should be a member of a route relation. That relation should be tagged, as a minimum:
- type=route
- route=bicycle
- network=icn
- cycle_network=EuroVelo
- ref=EV5 (...or whatever the route number is)
Most EuroVelo routes are also national/regional cycle routes, so a way will often be part of two route relations.
The standard practice is to create one route relation for the extent of a EuroVelo route within a country: for example, EuroVelo 3 in France, EuroVelo 12 in the UK, and so on. These relations are then grouped together in a 'super-relation', as listed below. Do not add ways directly to the super-relation.
Using EuroVelo open GPX tracks
Since 2024 the GPX routes published on https://en.eurovelo.com/ are available to use in OpenStreetMap because of the Open Database License.
Remember that attribution to EuroVelo is required to use the data (Data license).
OSM maps showing EuroVelo routes
- cycle.travel — https://cycle.travel/map
- Waymarked Trails — https://waymarkedtrails.org/
- CyclOSM — https://www.cyclosm.org/
EuroVelo state in OpenStreetMap
| Route | Name | Complete | Relation | Online map | Website | Sanity check (Knooppuntnet) | Incomplete parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV1 | Atlantic Coast Route | yes | 2763798 2763798 |
link | EuroVelo 1 | EV1 | - |
| EV2 | Capitals Route | no | 2003423 2003423 |
link | EuroVelo 2 | EV 2 | Ireland |
| EV3 | Pilgrim's Route | yes | 299546 299546 |
link | EuroVelo 3 | EV3 | - |
| EV4 | Central Europe Route | no | 2521076 2521076 |
link | EuroVelo 4 | EV4, multi-gpx | Poland, Ukraine |
| EV5 | Via Romea Francigena | no | 2764534 2764534 |
link | EuroVelo 5 | EV5 | Italy |
| EV6 | Atlantic - Black Sea | yes | 2938 2938 |
link | EuroVelo 6 | EV6 | - |
| EV7 | Sun Route | no | 9549493 9549493 |
link | EuroVelo 7 | EV7 | Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Italy |
| EV8 | Mediterranean Route | no | 9191828 9191828 |
link | EuroVelo 8 | EV8 | Spain, Italy, Albania, Greece, Cyprus |
| EV9 | Baltic - Adriatic | no | 1168027 1168027 |
link | EuroVelo 9 | EV9 | Poland |
| EV10 | Baltic Sea Cycle Route | yes | 2689634 2689634 |
link | EuroVelo 10 | EV10 | Poland, Sweden, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) |
| EV11 | East Europe Route | no | 2766981 2766981 |
link | EuroVelo 11 | EV11 | Norway, Finland, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Republic of North Macedonia |
| EV12 | North Sea Cycle Route | no | 1207220 1207220 |
link | EuroVelo 12 | EV12 | France, United Kingdom |
| EV13 | Iron Curtain Trail | no | 1664664 1664664 |
link | EuroVelo 13 | EV13 | Norway, Finland, Russia (mainland and Kaliningrad Oblast), Poland |
| EV14 | Waters of Central Europe | no | 10997256 10997256 |
link | EuroVelo 14 | EV14 | Route not completely signposted yet |
| EV15 | Rhine Route | yes | 2171555 2171555 |
link | EuroVelo 15 | EV15 | - |
| EV17 | Rhone Cycle Route | yes | 6032459 6032459 |
link | EuroVelo 17 | EV17 | - |
| EV19 | Meuse Cycle Route | yes | 7298586 7298586 |
link | EuroVelo 19 | EV19 | - |
Note: remember that most of EV routes are not fully marked in terrain yet
Euroroute R1
Not an EuroVelo route but also a long is distance European cycle route is the Europaradweg R1 or Euroroute-R1, see [1].
| Route | Name | Complete | Relation | Online map | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV1 | Euroroute R1 | yes | 1626371 1626371 |
link | European Bicycle Route R1 |
Online map
You can check all of EuroVelo routes on Waymarked Trails ,which is online bicycle routes map based on OSM data
Map
Links
- EuroVelo website
- European Cyclists' Federation
- Wikipedia
- Open Data GPX tracks: Community Forum discussion, EuroVelo news publication and data license