EuroVelo
Routes in Poland
Five EuroVelo routes run across Poland. They
include:
- EuroVelo 2: Galway (Ireland) -
London - The Hague -
Munster -
Berlin - Poznań - Warszawa - Minsk (Belarus) - Moscow (Russia)
- EuroVelo 4: Roscoff (Bretagne,
France) - Aachen
(Germany) -
Frankfurt am Main - Prague (Czech Republic) - Brno - Kraków - Lvov
(Ukraine) - Kiev
- EuroVelo 9: Gdańsk - Poznań -
Wrocław - Brno (Czech
Republic) - Triest (Italy)
- EuroVelo 10: Kopenhagen
(Denmark) - Szczecin - Gdańsk -
Klaipeda (Lithuania) -
Riga (Latvia) - Tallin (Estonia) - Petersburg (Russia) - Helsinki
(Finland) - Haparanda - Stockholm (Sweden) -
Kopenhagen
- EuroVelo 11: Nordkapp (Norway) -
Helsinki - Tallin - Wilnus (Lithuania) - Warszawa - Kraków - Kosice
(Slovakia) - Belgrad (Yugoslavia) -
Skopje
- Ateny (Greece)
As
of January
2004, no EuroVelo routes have yet been signposted in Poland. Plans for
some detailed EuroVelo itineraries are still in dispute and general
implementation strategy does not exist. There is no single body
overseeing the long-range or even regional cycle routes and there is no
government partner for the project. Moreover, there are several
problems with the quality of existing bicycle trails that adress mostly
mountain bike riders and not long range touring cyclists. However,
there are some rideable bicycle trails that ocassionally follow the
EuroVelo route itinerary in a few places.
The cities that are the key EuroVelo hubs in Poland are:
EuroVelo
routes can lead you either directly, or to the vicinity of
several National Parks in Poland. These are: