Experts from across Europe met in Budapest on March 11-12 at an international workshop on cycling friendly services organised by the Hungarian Centre for Development of Active and Eco Tourism (the country’s National EuroVelo Coordination Centre).
12 good practices have been selected in the frame of the ECO-CICLE project, which aims to improve natural and cultural heritage policies by creating a European network for the promotion of cycle tourism in natural areas. The 4 good practices presented in this article focus on developing cycle netwo…
COVID-19 is probably the most serious challenge that our society has faced in decades. At ECF we believe that cycling contributes to the measures put in place by many governments across the globe. We are also aware of the serious impact that the crisis is having, not only on everyone’s daily life, …
Earlier this month, the Slovenian Ministry of Infrastructure and ECF signed a partnership agreement on establishing a National EuroVelo Coordination Centre for Slovenia. A consortium of public and private bodies will now work together in coordinating the EuroVelo network in Slovenia.
One of the ECF’s longstanding lobbying goals has been for EuroVelo to be included in the EU’s Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). This received a significant boost recently when the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) argued, in a report about the safety of walking and cycling in Europe,…
The Fiets en Wandelbeurs (Bicycle and Walking Fair) is an annual tourism fair specifically for cyclists and walkers held at the start of every year in the Utrecht in the Netherlands.
The partners of the new cross-border BICIMUGI project met on 7 February in Saint-Palais, a pretty Basque village situated at the crossroads of 3 historical pilgrimage routes, for the launch of the project. This Interreg POCTEFA project aims at developing cycling mobility for all in rural areas situ…
On Wednesday 19th February 2020, in collaboration with the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the ECF organised a workshop with decision makers in Brussels on cycling tourism in the Mediterranean Area in the frame of MEDCYCLETOUR project.
The MEDCYCLETOUR Final Capitalisation Conference will take place in Cádiz (Andalusia, Spain) on April 22nd – 23rd 2020 where experts and stakeholders will gather to exchange best practices and share knowledge on cycling tourism across the Mediterranean Region.
The latest EuroVelo web statistics continue to improve on previous years’ record-breaking numbers of visitors to our websites. This improvement reflects and supports the growth of EuroVelo and cycle tourism generally.
ITB Berlin 2020 has been cancelled due to the unpredictable risks of the Corona virus. Whilst it is sad news, considering the effort that was put into preparing EuroVelo's presence at ITB and the Cycling Tourism Day, the organisers obviously have to take into consideration everyone’s health and saf…
At the end of 2019, we announced that Adam Bodor, the ECF’s Advocacy and EuroVelo Director, would be leaving the organisation after nearly nine years of service. Adam was the first ever full-time member of staff working on the EuroVelo network when he was appointed EuroVelo Manager back in 2011, so…
What awaits you over the coming eleven months? Our 2020 calendar is already filled with major events: the EuroVelo team will be present at the ITB Berlin in March and the Velo-city conference in Ljubljana in June. Furthermore, two final project conferences will be held during the year for the Eur…
On Wednesday 19th February 2020, ECF organises, in collaboration with the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, a workshop with decision makers in Brussels on cycling tourism in the Mediterranean area.
ITB Berlin 2020 has been cancelled due to the unpredictable risks of the Corona virus. Whilst it is sad news, considering the effort that was put into preparing EuroVelo's presence at ITB and the Cycling Tourism Day, the organisers obviously have to take into consideration everyone’s health and saf…
The end of the year is fast approaching, which provides a good opportunity to look back over what has been a successful year for EuroVelo. The launch of the new websites, the extension of the EuroVelo network and, for the first time, the inclusion of an entire EuroVelo route in the Council of Europ…
In the early days of November, the partners of the EuroVelo 1 – Atlantic Coast Route project “AtlanticOnBike” gathered in cold and sunny Scotland, on the shores of the famous Loch Lomond, for their fifth project meeting. The little town of Balloch, home to the tourist centre of the Loch Lomond and …
For the past three years, the Biking South Baltic! project has brought together partners from Poland, Germany and Denmark to develop the southern section of EuroVelo 10 – Baltic Sea Cycle Route. With the successful project drawing to a close at the end of the year, the lead partner organised a fin…
The third ECO-CICLE project meeting took place on 5-6 November 2019 at the University of Basilicata (UNIBAS) in Italy, an ideal venue to bring decision-makers, citizens and researchers together in order to initiate innovation and improvements of EU programme actions on cycling. Project partners had…
Partners along the Mediterranean gathered in Cyprus for the 6th Steering Committee meeting of the MEDCYCLETOUR project on 17-18 October. The different stakeholders reported on their activities accomplished over the preceding six months, with the completion of the Transnational Action Plan and the n…
If you are a regular visitor of the EuroVelo websites, you may have noticed a change on Friday 1st November: EuroVelo.org put on a new face and also changed its domain name to pro.EuroVelo.com!
In the framework of the EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route project, the University of Central Lancashire has created a guide on how to encourage visitors to cycle to UNESCO cultural and heritage sites.
The 18-month COSME project aiming to develop EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route came to an end last month and concluded with an instructive Final Conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, around the theme “Cycling and Cultural Tourism: the perfect match”. Santiago de Compostela marks the southern end …
Seven European countries, 5,400 km of cycle routes and 20 UNESCO sites. These are some of the things awaiting you along EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route. For 18 months, 9 organisations from 6 of the countries worked hand in hand to further develop the route and to promote it. All of this was part of a…
From 4 -7 September 2019, the annual EUROBIKE trade show will take place in Friedrichshafen, Germany. In this year’s edition of the event, EuroVelo will join the discussions.
The latest user monitoring data from Austria shows that the popularity of EuroVelo 6 continues to rise. The figures are the latest confirmation that this section of the route – along the Austrian Danube Cycle Path – is one of the most popular cycle routes in Europe.
The EuroVelo Conference is the premier event of its class in Europe. Aiming to gather professionals from the tourism and cycling tourism sectors from around the world.
The EuroVelo 3 – Pilgrims Route Final Conference, ‘Cycling and Cultural Tourism: the perfect Match’, took place on 25th – 26th September 2019 in Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
New data from France shows that more cyclists are using the eight EuroVelo routes that cross the country than ever before.
On Monday 24 June representatives of the National EuroVelo Coordination Centres and Coordinators’ (NECC/Cs) met in Dublin, Ireland to present best practices, exchange experiences and agree on some significant steps to continue the successful development of EuroVelo across the continent.