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🌍 Balkan Classic · Five-country tour — variety over depth
A taste of every Balkan flavor in one trip. Best for a first-time Balkan rider, balanced and well-rounded.

21 days · 6 June → 26 June 2026 · Click any day for segments, sleep stops, GPX downloads. The TET tags below show which official tracks the Balkan Classic route uses each day.

1 SAT
6 Jun

DK → Hamburg (transit south)

🇩🇰 🇩🇪 Charlottenlund, DK → Hamburg, DE · 330 km · ~4.5 h · Motorway

2 SUN
7 Jun

Hamburg → Eindhoven / Antwerp

🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Hamburg, DE → Eindhoven / Antwerp · 540 km · ~7.0 h · Motorway

3 MON
8 Jun

Antwerp → Calais → Folkestone tunnel → Wales (training day 1)

🇧🇪 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 Antwerp, BE → Wales ADV course · 580 km · ~8.0 h · Motorway / A-roads + Tunnel crossing

4 TUE
9 Jun

Wales — ADV training day 2

🇬🇧 Wales ADV course → Wales ADV course · 0 km · ~0.0 h · Course / training facility

5 WED
10 Jun

Wales — coach ride-out + ride east to Tony's place

🇬🇧 Wales ADV course → Hirst Courtney (Tony's), UK · 470 km · ~9.0 h · Mixed local + motorway

6 THU
11 Jun

Tony's place → Dover (joint ride)

🇬🇧 Hirst Courtney, UK → Dover, UK · 440 km · ~6.0 h · Motorway (M1/M25/M2)

C T

7 FRI
12 Jun

Dover → Calais (ferry) → Ardennes mini-TET → Charleville/Reims

🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 Dover, UK → Charleville-Mézières / Reims, FR · 370 km · ~9.0 h · Crossing + Forest/Gravel + N-roads

F-14 (94.4 km) B-03

C T
TET

8 SAT
13 Jun

Reims → Vosges mini-TET → Black Forest

🇫🇷 🇩🇪 Reims, FR → Freiburg / Titisee, DE · 420 km · ~9.5 h · Forest/Gravel + B-roads

F-13 (324.9 km)

C T
TET

9 SUN
14 Jun

Black Forest â†’ Salzburg

🇩🇪 🇦🇹 Freiburg → Salzburg, AT · 520 km · ~9.5 h · Backroads + Motorway

C T

10 MON
15 Jun

Salzburg â†’ VrÅ¡iÄ â†’ SLO-01 SoÄa valley â†’ Kranjska Gora

🇦🇹 🇸🇮 Salzburg, AT → Kranjska Gora, SI · 310 km · ~9.0 h · Asphalt + SLO-01 TET (Soča valley, 150 km)

SLO-01 (149.9 km)

C T
TET

11 TUE
16 Jun

Kranjska Gora → Gorski Kotar TET (Croatia)

🇸🇮 🇭🇷 Kranjska Gora, SI → Delnice, HR · 200 km · ~7.5 h · Gravel/Forest TET

HR-02 HR-01 (179.7 km)

C T
TET

12 WED
17 Jun

Gorski Kotar → Lika TET

🇭🇷 Delnice, HR → Gračac, HR · 220 km · ~8.0 h · Gravel/Forest/Rocky

HR-01 (146.1 km) HR-03 (108.2 km)

C T
TET

13 THU
18 Jun

Lika → Bosnia → Sarajevo area

🇭🇷 🇧🇦 Gračac, HR → Sarajevo area, BA · 240 km · ~8.5 h · Gravel/Forest/Fords

🇧🇦 Sarajevo, BA → Foča, BA · 160 km · ~7.0 h · Forest/Mud/Rocky

BiH-04 (203.2 km) BiH-03 (150.2 km)

C T
TET

15 SAT
20 Jun

FoÄa â†’ Durmitor

🇧🇦 🇲🇪 Foča, BA → Å½abljak, ME · 170 km · ~6.0 h · Mountain TET

MNE-01 (89.5 km) MNE-01 (50.1 km)

C T
TET

16 SUN
21 Jun

Durmitor â†’ Zlatibor

🇲🇪 🇷🇸 Å½abljak, ME → Zlatibor, RS · 200 km · ~7.0 h · Gravel TET

SRB-01 (220.1 km)

C T
TET

17 MON
22 Jun

Zlatibor → SRB-04 Drina valley TET → Užice (C+T)

🇷🇸 Zlatibor, RS → Užice, RS · 230 km · ~8.5 h · TET gravel + asphalt connectors

SRB-04 (280.2 km)

C T
TET

18 TUE
23 Jun

Užice → Sarajevo → Salzburg (long road return)

🇷🇸 🇧🇦 🇭🇷 🇸🇮 🇦🇹 Užice, RS → Salzburg, AT · 750 km · ~11.0 h · Motorway / Road

C T

19 WED
24 Jun

Salzburg → Reims (long motorway push)

🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 Salzburg, AT → Reims, FR · 900 km · ~11.0 h · Motorway

C T

20 THU
25 Jun

Reims → Calais → Tunnel → York (Tony HOME) • Reims → Hamburg (Christian)

🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 Reims, FR → York (Tony) / Hamburg (Christian) · 750 km · ~10.0 h · Motorway + Tunnel

C T

21 FRI
26 Jun

Hamburg → Copenhagen (Christian HOME)

🇩🇪 🇩🇰 Hamburg, DE → Charlottenlund, DK · 330 km · ~4.5 h · Motorway

About the routes: the polylines on the map are planning approximations drawn between key towns. They are not the actual TET tracks. For real TET navigation in the field, drop the official GPX files from transeurotrail.org into gpx/tet/. TET section labels above are best-guess approximations — verify against the official GPX before relying on them.

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