The best walks or hikes in your area
25 July 2025, 22:00Looking for hiking trails or walks near you ? The link below activates your GPS and searches for walks with the highest score on RouteYou in your area.
Navigate to the starting point of a route
25 July 2025, 02:00On the detail page of a route, below the route description, you will find a useful 'Navigate to starting point' button. This button allows you to use an application of your choice (Google Maps, Waze or Apple Maps) to calculate the quickest way to the start of your chosen route.
Go to the RouteFinder and test it out right away:
What does Nick Cave have to do with Christina the Astonishing
23 July 2025, 22:00Did you know that the story of the Belgian Saint Christina the Miraculous or Christina Mirabilis is used by Nick Cave in his song 'Christina the Astonishing'? July 24th is her name day. Reason enough to explore the beautiful area around Sint-Truiden and Borgloon in Belgium and to put the remarkable stories around Christina Mirabilis in the spotlight.
Favourite cycling route of the week
21 July 2025, 00:00The recreational cycle route Grand Union Canal Cycling Route: Leicester - London is the favourite of Ting X. The route was selected as favourite of the week.
Favourite hike of the week
21 July 2025, 00:00The walking route London City Walking Tour is the favourite of iefbo. The route was selected as favourite of the week.
Experiment with the RouteYou plugins
19 July 2025, 22:00Are you already using the different plugins that we offer?
Using the plugins, you can add some of the great functionality of RouteYou and your great routes available to visitors of your site. You can e.g. show a route, let a user search for routes or even let them navigate a route!
Depending on your account type, different levels of customization are possible, all of that well described in the respective help pages:
- the free version can easily be added to your own website in a matter of minutes,
- in the basic version you can do more customization and
- in the advanced version, you can adapt the plugin to fit your site's design and this in terms of layout, placement of the components, color, fonts, mobile friendliness, ...
We realised there are a lot of parameters and options that can be used, so we introduced in the help page an interactive coding environment. You can experiment with the settings, the results are immediately visualized.
Have fun creating the best route-based websites using our plugins!Looking over the horizon: Machu Picchu
19 July 2025, 22:00We regularly receive questions about whether RouteYou also works abroad. That's why we frequently highlight a remarkable trip or place a little further from home.
Machu Picchu (Peru)
Machu Picchu was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983. It is a popular tourist attraction, which is of great significance for the tourism of the whole region. The site attracts around 400,000 visitors a year, much to the concern of UNESCO, who fear this large number of visitors will further damage the city.
When don't you get Turn by Turn instructions?
18 July 2025, 01:00In some cases it is impossible for us to offer you Turn by Turn instructions. Find out why that is, how you can see it and what you can do about it by clicking the button below.
Find out why sometimes no TBT is possible
Follow the Meuse Cycle Route via RouteYou
15 July 2025, 12:57Over 443 km in 15 sections, follow this signposted EuroVelo 19 in France. Now available on RouteYou!
The Meuse Cycle Route, or La Meuse à Velo in France, takes you from its source to the Belgian border. Explore the areas traversed by this distinctive European river. Sometimes wild and impetuous, sometimes calm and rural, the Meuse invites you to a captivating adventure.
The signposted route passes through valleys, forests and plains as far as the eye can see, and these privileged moments with nature are a real breath of fresh air.
The Meuse Cycle Route is also an opportunity to discover heritage with a fascinating history, such as the birthplace of Joan of Arc, the city of Verdun or Europe's largest fortified castle in Sedan.
Discover here the stages of the Meuse Cycle Route in France
Good to know: for each stage you will find all practical information about stopping points and places to stay overnight.
The route follows safe, quiet roads and car-free cycle paths. Suitable for cyclists of all levels, both families with children and the experienced cyclist.
Not to be missed along the way:
- The source of the Meuse at Langres
- Varied and surprising landscapes, to the rhythm of the river and its meanders
- The story of Joan of Arc
- The battlefields of Verdun
- The green corridor of the Trans-Ardennes between Mouzon and the Belgian border
Now keep track of your best trail runs on RouteYou
15 July 2025, 03:00Do you like running in nature on unpaved paths? Then you are a trail runner! Did you know that you can keep track of your best routes under the right label on RouteYou? Trail running routes are one of the many possible options in our extensive list of route types.
Want to try it out right away?
Discovering interesting stories about islands
14 July 2025, 22:00We collected places with fun facts about islands . The facts will certainly surprise you. And at every island you will find the most beautiful walks and bike rides that take you past that story.
New: Author Shift – Change the author of a route!
14 July 2025, 10:00Working together on routes just got way easier! With our brand-new change author feature, you can quickly pass a route to another co-author. No hassle — just pick who the final owner should be. That way, your route always shows up under the right account, like your club’s.
Curious how it works? Check out our guide:
Heads up: at least 1 co-author must have a RouteYou Premium account.
Favourite cycling route of the week
14 July 2025, 00:00The recreational cycle route Avenue Verte London-Paris - UK part is the favourite of Pascal Brackman. The route was selected as favourite of the week.
Favourite hike of the week
14 July 2025, 00:00The walking route Canterbury City walk: a first exploration is the favourite of 'O-O'. The route was selected as favourite of the week.
Birthday of an iconic sign
12 July 2025, 22:0013th July, 1923 : the 50-foot-tall Hollywood Sign was constructed in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. The sign originally read ‘Hollywoodland’, but the last four letters were dropped after it was renovated in 1949. The famous Hollywood sign has appeared in many films and producers seem to enjoy destroying it – for example, in Earthquake (1974), Superman (1978), Escape from L.A (1996), and The Day After Tomorrow (2004).
How to use routes offline
11 July 2025, 22:00With RouteYou, you can also use your routes offline on your smartphone. This is very useful when there is no internet connection in remote areas.
Follow your favorite accounts
11 July 2025, 02:12You can follow your favorite accounts on RouteYou! This way you'll stay up to date with their main activities at all times:
- when they create new routes
- when they like new routes
- when they create a new event
- when they share their position
Find out how to follow an account here
The RouteYou route planner got even smarter
9 July 2025, 22:35What are stubbles?
These are unintended stretches of route that enter a road or path for a short distance before the route returns to the actual path to be followed. Most annoyingly, they result in unclear and confusing instructions in the roadbook or turn-by-turn navigation.
Our smart route planner now solves this problem by filtering out and eliminating such unconscious and unintentional turns, up to a maximum of 100 metres.
Or go and test it right away in the route planner.Take a moment to reflect on Hadrian's Wall on July 10
9 July 2025, 22:00Today is a good day to walk down Hadrian's Wall . On July 10, 138 AD , the Roman Emperor Hadrian died, known for ordering the construction of Hadrian's Wall across the north of England. Hadrian's Wall was built to protect northern England from barbaric Scottish tribes and to strengthen the English border.
The link between the Bay of La Spezia and Frankenstein
7 July 2025, 22:00In the Bay of La Spezia, poet Percy Shelley , husband of Mary Shelley, drowned on 8 July 1822. His sailboat sank during a storm. His body washed up on the shore near Viareggio. Mary Shelley is best known for her novel Frankenstein .
The button below will take you to the Bay of Spezia and you can discover the most beautiful nearby routes .