EV10
EuroVelo 10 is called the Baltic Sea Cycle Route / "Ostseeküstenradweg" in German (or Hansa circuit)
length overall: 7,980 km
It sticks a well togther with the "Iron Curtain Trail" (between Gdansk and Tallinn) and the Euro-Cycle Route R1 (between Gdansk and Riga)
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EV10 in different countries
Lithuania
Sea side cycle route separate bicycle path (Asphalt), signed as "Nr. 10" Route description "Seacoast cycle route" at shop.balticcycle.eu
Latvia
No signature, only "real" bicycle path is Riga-Jūrmala, plus bicycle pathes in Jūrmala and local cycle route in Kuldiga town. The rest is marked as "proposed route".
Gaps in the planning are marked as www.BaltiCCycle.eu route No. LV1 (between Klaipėda and Riga) and LV2 (between Riga and the Estonian border) These are at present cycleable routes, not long-term planning (as it exists in official papers) First official route proposal (with substainance of the Eurovelo organisation) in the booklet "Latvia by bicycle" on shop.balticcycle.eu
Estonia
The route is sign posted as National route No. 1 with an EuroVelo sticker. Mainly on existing low traffic roads, a few parts on seperate cycle paths. National Cycle Network "EstoVelo"
Finland
EuroVelo 10 in Finland is not yet signposted as EuroVelo route. The proposed route (1674 km) follows national cycling routes in following order: National route 7 From Vaalimaa (Russian border) to Helsinki. Route 1 Helsinki - Turku. Route 8 Turku-Vaasa-Oulu. Route 4 Oulu-Tornio (Swedish border). National cycling routes are signposted with signs bearing a white bicycle symbol and route number on a brown background. The routes are marked on the GT Cycling Maps. More information about natonal routes and maps: www.cyclinginfinland.fi
The plan is also to have "EuroVelo 10 shortcut" from Turku to Stockholm via Ahvenanmaa (Åland) using cycling routes and ferrys in archipelago area. (Information by Matti Hirvonen and Antero Naskila / The Network of Finnish Cycling Municipalities)
Sweden
The Swedish section of EuroVelo 10 is called Cykelspåret in Swedish. This is a good word to know as the largest portion of EuroVelo 10 in any single country is in Sweden. And the Swedish route varies in quality, but the dark blue signs with a white bike and "cykelspåret" are relatively abundant along this 2500 km section of EuroVelo 10. The signs are strategically positioned a crossroads and corners so that with the Swedish guidebook and these signs it is possible to find your way from Ystad in the south to Haparanda in the North.
There is an English translation of the Swedish guidebook "Cykelspåret längs ostkusten" which details the EuroVelo 10 from Ystad in Scania (Skåne) to Haparanda in the very North coast of the Gulf of Bothinia and the Finnish border. The translation must be used together with the 48-page colour guide where you have the about twenty 1:250 000 scale colour maps with a translucent blue line marking the track. To order the guidebook and translation in English or German, surf to http://www.cykelframjandet.org/shop/
Denmark
Not signed as EuroVelo yet. The proposed route follows the following signed Danish routes: Then N6 to Brøndby Strand and N 9 to Stege (Møn), then N8 around Møns Klint and further to Faaborg, then R 60 and R70 to Middelfart, then N5 to Sønderborg and finally N8 to Kruså/Flensburg. (Information by Jens Erik Larsen, Foreningen Frie Fugle)
Germany
Not signed as EuroVelo. Follows the national route D2 "Ostseeküstenradweg". "Ostseeküstenradweg" description, profile and GPS (.gpx) track at Germany-tourism.de (in English)
Poland
Thus, the route appears on the OSM, it is not clear who is responsible on choosing and maintaining the route ...
Russia (Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg
Kaliningrad
No signage (not planned) Route proposal for EuroVelo 10, 13 and R1 of local cycling experts for Kaliningrad region: Kaliningrad transit routes
St. Peterburg
No signage (not planned) Route proposal for EuroVelo 10, 13 of St. Petersburg cycling club "VeloPitr" a) from the border to Estonia to Petergof (English translation incl. GPS (.gdb) files for download) Ivangorod-Peterhof
General links
- The official EuroVelo homepage. No more detailed information
- EuroVelo on wikipedia.
- EuroVelo Russian segment Ivangorod - St. Petersburg
