BaltiCCycle.eu Routes
Collection of international, national, regional and local bicycle routes in Baltic States Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and their neighborhood (Poland, Russia, Finland). The www.BaltiCCycle.eu routes are orientated to "cycleability now": They avoid most crowded roads as well as bad quality surface roads. Thus both - gravel roads and small parts of cycling along heavy traffic routes - stay inevitable and just can be minimalised. Opposite to the National routes the long-distance BaltiCCycle.eu routes connect main points of interest and do not stop at the national border. The routes are a temporary network until the national and international signing of all routes will be implemented (at the moment only Lithuanian coast and Estonia).
Tagging
| Vidzeme | Latgale | Kuzeme | Zemgale | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ref=* | |||||
| International routes
(EuroVelo, Euroroute R1) |
network=icn | EV{ID}, R1 | |||
| National routes | network=ncn | 1-9 | |||
| Regional routes
(at least 150km long) |
network=rcn | 10-32 | 33-54 | 55-76 | 77-99 |
| Local routes | network=lcn | 100-324 | 325-550 | 551-775 | 776-999 |
a) long-distance www.BaltiCCycle.eu routes are build by relations. There are cross-country or international.
| Tag | Comment |
|---|---|
| type=route | |
| route=bicycle | |
| network=ncn | for the long distance routes, see below |
| ref=number | see below |
| operator=www.BaltiCCycle.eu |
Long-distance routes
| Route (ref) | Title | from ... to ... (region) | Remarks | Relation | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warsaw-Vilnius | ||||||
| LT1 | Warsaw-Vilnius | Kapčiamiestis-Vilnius (Dzūkija region) | planned EuroVelo No. 11 EV11 | 232048 232048 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | |
| in Lithuania | ||||||
| LT5 | Seaside cycle route | Nida-Klaipėda-Butingė (3 routes at the Lithuanian Sea Coast), | Signed as (EuroVelo) Nr. 10 EV10 plus one extra route | 269905 269905 Eurovelo 10 63584 63584 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | |
| LT2 | Nieman Cycle Trail / Memelradweg plus Vilnius-Kaunas | Vilnius-Kaunas-Šilutė-Klaipėda | some variations | 232049 232049 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | |
| LT4 | Suvalkija Cycle Circuit | 2 circuits: one in Poland, one in Lithuania (Suvalkija region) | 305420 305420 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | ||
| Riga-Vilnius | ||||||
| LT3 | The Baltic lakeland route | Riga-Latvian border (Aukštaitija region) | 232057 232057 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | ||
| LV3 | The Baltic lakeland-route | Lithuanian border-Riga (Latgale region) | Latvian part, two variations in Latvia | 269985 269985 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | |
| Klaipeda-Riga | ||||||
| LV1 | The Castles' route | Riga-Klaipėda (Kurzeme region) | to the main route (proposed EuroVelo 10) there are some extra routes added, not signed | 270194 270194 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | |
| Riga-Tallinn | ||||||
| LV2 | The National Park Route | Riga-Tallinn (Vidzeme region) | two versions: close to the Baltic sea coast or to the East (Gauja National Park) | 270230 270230 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | |
| EE1 (ncn ref "1") | The coast and islands' route | Riga-Tallinn National Route Nr. 1 | EuroVelo No. 10 EV10, Iron Curtain Trail | 122848 122848 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | |
| EE3 (ncn ref "3") | Routes of the Forests and Lakes | Riga-Tallinn National Route Nr. 3 | EuroVelo No. 11 EV11 | 270428 270428 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | |
| EE4 (ncn ref "3") | National Route Nr. 4 | Euro-Cycle route R1 | 270860 270860 | Info / Route description on www.balticcycle.eu | ||
Regional and local routes
| Tag | Comment |
|---|---|
| type=route | |
| route=bicycle | |
| network=rcn | Regional routes: In Latvia usually by Regional tourism associations, in Lithuania: by the districts (Apskirtis) |
| OR | |
| network=lcn | local routes: operated by municipalities, forestries or nature protected areas (National park et al.) |
| ref=number | according to local numeration |
| operator=usually regional tourism agencies or local municipalities |
List of local and regional routes
details will follow
| Nr | Region | from ... to ... (region) | Remarks | Relation | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT1 | Dzūkija region | South of Vilnius | Relation not defined yet | |||
| LT3 | Aukštaitija region | North of Vilnius | Relation not defined yet | |||
| LT4 | Suvalkija region | Southwest Lithuania | Relation not defined yet | |||
| LT5 | Western Lithuania / Žemaitija | Coast and East of Klaipėda | Relation not defined yet | |||
| LV1 | Kurzeme region | West of Riga | Relation not defined yet | |||
| LV1b | Zemgale region | South of Riga | Relation not defined yet | |||
| LV2 | Vidzeme region | North East of Riga | Relation not defined yet | |||
| LV3 | Latgale region | South East of Riga | Relation not defined yet | |||
| EE1 | Western Estonia | West of Tallinn | Relation not defined yet | |||
| EE3 | Eastern Estonia | South East of Tallinn | Relation not defined yet | |||
to do list
inserting the main BaltiCCycle.eu routes - untill August 2009 - ok!
inserting the "Suvalkija Cycle Circuit" as LT4 - 2009-10-29 - ok!
-- correction of errors - November 2009
Route LT3 Vilnius- Latvian Border corrected 2009-10-31
Route LT2 Vilnius-Kaunas Nordroute corrected 2009-10-31
inserting some local & regional routes - ?
The Estonian National Bicycle Route No. 4 from Valka to Tartu is completely available on OSM 2009-11-04
Links
web page of the www.BaltiCCycle.eu project
wiki on cycling in the Baltic States (in English, German and Lithuanian