EV6 The Rivers Route

EV6 The Rivers Route
Length3,653 km (2,270 mi)
DesignationEuropean Cyclists' Federation
TrailheadsNantes, France to Constanța, Romania
Usecycling
Websiteen.eurovelo.com/ev6
Trail map

Loire estuary into
Bay of Biscay
Nantes
Tours
Château de
Chambord
Orléans
Nevers
Besançon
France
Switzerland
Basel
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Germany
Ulm
Regensburg
Passau
Germany
Austria
Linz
Ybbs
Vienna
Austria
Slovakia
Bratislava
Slovakia
Hungary
Slovakia
Hungary
Budapest
Hungary
Croatia
Hungary
Serbia
Osijek
Croatia
Serbia
Novi Sad
Belgrade
Serbia
Bulgaria
Serbia
Romania
Vidin
Bulgaria
Romania
Ruse
Constanța

EuroVelo 6 (EV6), named the "Rivers Route", is a EuroVelo long-distance cycling route that runs along 3,653 km (2,270 mi) some of Europe's major rivers, including much of the Loire, some of the Saône, a short section of the upper Rhine and almost the entire length of Europe’s second longest river, the Danube from the Atlantic coast of France to the city of Constanța on the Black Sea.

The EV6 traverses ten countries, from the mouth of the Loire eastward along that river to the Saône, across the border to Switzerland, along the Rhine to Lake Constance, north into Germany, down the Danube and through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Romania to the Danube Delta, before terminating at Constanța on the Black Sea.

The EV6 includes the Danube Cycleway (de:Donauradweg), the most popular holiday cycle route in Europe. This section stretches from Donaueschingen to Passau in Germany, through Austria to Vienna, and continues on to Bratislava in Slovakia, to Novi Sad and Belgrade in Serbia, before continuing on towards the Danube Delta.