EV6 The Rivers Route

EV6 The Rivers Route
Length	3,653 km (2,270 mi)
Designation	European Cyclists' Federation
Trailheads	Nantes, France to Constanța, Romania
Use	cycling
Website	en.eurovelo.com/ev6
Trail map Legend Loire estuary into Bay of Biscay Loire Nantes Tours Château de Chambord Orléans Nevers Besançon France Switzerland Rhine Basel Rhine Falls Schaffhausen Lake Constance Switzerland Germany Danube Ulm Regensburg Passau Germany Austria Linz Ybbs Vienna Austria Slovakia Bratislava Slovakia Hungary Szigetköz Slovakia Hungary Budapest Hungary Croatia Hungary Serbia Osijek Croatia Serbia Novi Sad Belgrade Iron Gates Serbia Bulgaria Serbia Romania Vidin Bulgaria Romania Ruse Danube Delta Constanța Black Sea This diagram: view talk edit

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.^[1] 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.^[2]