Estonia by bicycle
“Estonia is a paradise for cyclists” claims Rein Lepik, the president of Vänta Aga cycling club in the city of Tartu.
Cycling Map Estonia
Main Cycling Routes on a Google Map
The good news:
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In Estonia there is a completely signed bicycle network: overview map (chlick here)
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For the main routes there is a route description in Englishshop.balticcycle.eu
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The route descriptions and the cycle map from Estonia you may purchase via our web shop balticcycle.eu/shop
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The main cycling targets in Estonia
The Baltic Sea coast (National Cycling Route No. 1) in the west over the beautiful islands of Hiumaa and Saaremaa
and the East – a meeting with lakes, forests and hills (No. 3 and No.4).
The bad news:
Even if the Estonians are doing very well, still some things are far from perfection:
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In Estonia we may find a network of signed cycle routes not bicycle pathes:
These routes are mainly on existing (car) roads. Heavier transport parts are not completely avoidable
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in some regions there is still a lack in infrastructure – few places of accommodation, few food shops and of cause no restaurants
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some roads – specially in central Estonia – are just boring, in the way „30 km straight, forest left and right, pass three cabins and next 30 km of forest“…
Available Cycle descriptions
Estonia:
(In English)
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National Cycle Map (Scale 1:500.000)
All routes in Estonia are postsigned
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National Cycle Route No. 1 (EuroVelo No. 10): Narva-Tallinn-Hiumaa-Saaremaa-Pärnu-Latvian border
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National Cycle Routes No. 3 and 4 (EuroVelo No. 11). Tallinn-Pärnu-Otepää-Valka
Publications on cycling in Estonia in our web shop
https://www.balticcycle.eu/shop3/en/4-estonia-by-bicycle
Estonia By Bicycle
for FREE background information (Texts, GPS tracks, pictures) on Cycling in Estonia pls. take a look on www.balticcycle.eu/routes/est
More Information on Cycling in Estonia
[EE4] – National Route No. 4 (R1)
[EE4] – National Route No. 4 / Nationale Estnische Fahrradroute Nr. 4 http://www.openstreetmap.org/?relation=270860 http://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/en/relation/270860 Those heading for Tartu ...
All Estonian cycle routes (2014)
A General Presentation: Cycling in Estonia
EE1: Estonia Baltic Sea coast route (National Route No. 1, EuroVelo 10 and 13)
EE3: National Route No. 3 (EuroVelo 11)
Cycle Map Estonia and more – in our webshop
Route Description Tallinn-Riga (from the BaltiCCycle 2001 route description)
Estonian Tourist Board recommends: 10 fascinating locations in Estonian nature that you cannot miss
Distances of Estonian routes
Estonia. Old information and links (not updated)
Cycling Map Estonia
Main bicycle routes on the OpenCycleMap – available for download for planning and navigation
https://cycling.waymarkedtrails.org/#routelist?map=8!58.8448!25.8925