EV12 North Sea Cycle Route

EV12 North Sea Cycle Route
Logo of the North Sea Cycle Route
Length	5,932 km (3,686 mi)
Designation	European Cyclists' Federation
Trailheads	Bergen, Norway to Shetland Islands, UK
Use	cycling
Website	eurovelo.com/en/eurovelos/eurovelo-12
Trail map  Legend North Sea Bergen Preikestolen Skagerrak Oslo Norway Sweden Gothenburg Varberg Kattegat Sweden Denmark Grenaa Frederikshavn Esbjerg Denmark Germany Hamburg Bremerhaven Germany Netherlands Groningen Amsterdam The Hague Netherlands Belgium Ostend Belgium United Kingdom Norwich Durham Cathedral Edinburgh Aberdeen Orkney Shetland This diagram: view talk edit

EuroVelo 12 (EV12), the North Sea Cycle Route, is a 5,942 km (3,692 mi) long-distance cycling route circuit around the coastlines of the countries that border the North Sea: these countries are (going clockwise from an arbitrary starting point of Harwich in Essex) England, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

The North Sea Cycle Route was officially opened in 2001, and is an international project between the countries participating, with 68 partners in 8 countries. In 2003, the route was awarded a Guinness world record certificate confirming that the North Sea Cycle Route was the world's longest cycle route.^[1]