The Route

”If you want to make God laugh; just tell him about your plans.” – Mooji

The way to Istanbul was long. I estimated it to be around 4000 km before I left. I covered 3933.2km. With the extras I walked on my days off, I did cover the 4k easily.

I intended to walk the E8 till Vienna and from there the Sultans Trail to Istanbul. I did both partly, but mainly found the way through Europe on my own, day by day.

The exact route I took. Click it to make it interactive.

The Progress

The day by day progress was as follows:

Day	Start	End	Distance	Total
Day 1	Nijmegen	Goch	31.8	31.8
Day 2	Goch	Kevelaer	33.2	65.0
Day 3	Kevelaer	Straelen	24.2	89.2
Day 4	Straelen	Beesel	28.6	117.8
Day 5	Beesel	Vlodrop station	22.2	140.0
Day 6	Herkenbosch	Susteren	32.6	172.6
Day 7	Susteren	Bingelrade	16.0	188.6
Day 8	Bingelrade	Aachen	35.8	224.4
Day 9	Aachen	Simonskall	34.5	258.9
Day 10	Rest		0.0	258.9
Day 11	Heimbach	Dreimühlen	27.9	286.8
Day 12	Dreimühlen	Rheinbach	32.2	319.0
Day 13	Rheinbach	Bonn	31.0	350.0
Day 14	Bonn	Remagen	28.7	378.7
Day 15	Remagen	Hammerstein	25.9	404.6
Day 16	Hammerstein	Rübenach	27.8	432.4
Day 17	Rübenach	Brey	26.5	458.9
Day 18	Brey	Boppard	10.5	496.4
Day 19	Boppard	Oberwesel	31.6	528.8
Day 20	Oberwesel	Bingen am Rhein	34.7	562.7
Day 21	Bingen	Budenheim	27.7	590.4
Day 22	Budenheim	Nackenheim	29.1	619.5
Day 23	Nackenheim	Guntersblum	20	639.5
Day 24	Guntersblum	Hermsheim	26.1	645.6
Day 25	Hermsheim	Langwaden	32.7	678.3
Day 26	Langwaden	Lindenfels	28.8	707.1
Day 27	Lindenfels	Michelstadt	21.7	728.8
Day 28	Rest		0.0	728.8
Day 29	Michelstadt	Miltenberg	30.5	759.3
Day 30	Miltenberg	Wertheim	31.0	790.3
Day 31	Wertheim	Steinbach	31.3	821.6
Day 32	Steinbach	Bad Mergentheim	28.4	850.0
Day 33	Bad Mergentheim	Tauberzell	34.8	884.8
Day 34	Tauberzell	Ziegelhutte	31.3	916.1
Day 35	Ziegelhutte	Halsbach	33.6	949.7
Day 36	Halsbach	Fremdingen	19.7	969.4
Day 37	Frendingen	Hurnheim	25.6	995.0
Day 38	Hurnheim	Donauwörth	33.7	1028.7
Day 39	Rest		0.0	1028.7
Day 40	Rest		0.0	1028.7
Day 41	Donauwörth	Stepperg	30.0	1058.7
Day 42	Stepperg	Ingolstadt	35.4	1094.1
Day 43	Ingolstadt	Pforring	24.9	1119.0
Day 44	Pforring	Kelheim	29.1	1148.1
Day 45	Kelheim	Regensburg	25.9	1174.0
Day 46	Rest		0.0	1174.0
Day 47	Rest		0.0	1174.0
Day 48	Regensburg	Wörth an der Donau	34.5	1208.5
Day 49	Wörth an der Donau	Denkzell	37.5	1246.0
Day 50	Denkzell	Sankt Englmar	21.1	1267.1
Day 51	Sankt Englmar	Bergwacht hütte	29.8	1304.1
Day 52	Hütte	Daxstein	23.8	1327.9
Day 53	Daxstein	Schrottenbaummühle	28.1	1356.0
Day 54	Schrottenbaummühle	Passau	24.7	1380.7
Day 55	Passau	Engelhartszell	28.5	1409.2
Day 56	Engelhartszell	Odin Bergen	29.7	1438.9
Day 57	Odin Bergen	Alkoven	26.4	1465.3
Day 58	Alkoven	Linz	20.3	1485.6
Day 59	Linz	Linz	7.6	1493.2
Day 60	Linz	Au an der Donau	25.0	1518.2
Day 61	Au an der Donau	Grein	34.6	1552.8
Day 62	Grein	Sarling	27.9	1589.7
Day 63	Sarling	Melk	29.3	1610.0
Day 64	Melk	Rossatz	27.8	1637.8
Day 65	Rossatz	Neusiedl	25.6	1663.4
Day 66	Neusiedl	Pischelsdorf	30.5	1693.9
Day 67	Pischelsdorf	Höflein an der Donau	27.2	1721.1
Day 68	Höflein	Wien	22.8	1743.9
Day 69	Rest		0.0	1743.9
Day 70	Rest		0.0	1743.9
Day 71	Rest		0.0	1743.9
Day 72	Wien	Rauchenwarth	22.9	1766.8
Day 73	Rauchenwarth	Bruck and der Donau	31.4	1798.2
Day 74	Bruck an der donau	Bad Deutsch-Altenburg	24.7	1822.9
Day 75	Bad D-A	Bratislava	30.9	1853.8
Day 76	Rest		0.0	1853.8
Day 77	Bratislava	Donau bank	30.9	1884.7
Day 78	Donau bank	Gabcikovo	31.0	1915.7
Day 79	Gabcikovo	Györ	28.3	1944.0
Day 80	Györ	Pannohalma	24.5	1968.5
Day 81	Pannohalma	Romand	18.2	1986.7
Day 82	Romand	Zirc	31.7	2018.4
Day 83	Zirc	Veszprém	28.5	2046.9
Day 84	Rest
Day 85	Veszprém	Balatonfüret	26.3	2073.2
Day 86	Rest
Day 87	Rest
Day 88	Rest
Day 89	Rest
Day 90	Rest
Day 91	Rest
Day 92	Rest
Day 93	Rest
Day 94	Rest
Day 95	Rest
Day 96	Rest
Day 97	Siofok	Babonymegyer	24.4	2097.6
Day 98	Babonymegyer	Szacks	35.0	2132.6
Day 99	Szacks	Dombovar	32.0	2164.6
Day 100	Dombovar	Pécs	64.1	2228.7
Day 101	Pécs	Draz	70.2	2298.9
Day 102	Draz	Vukovar	98.6	2397.5
Day 103	Vukovar	Novi Sad	95.0	2492.5
Day 104	Novi Sad	Belgrado	98.3	2590.8
Day 105	Rest			2590.8
Day 106	Rest			2590.8
Day 107	Belgrade	Bela Crkva	89.9	2680.7
Day 108	Bela Crkva	Drencova	112.7	2793.4
Day 109	Drencova	Dorbeta-Turnu Severin	100.8	2894.2
Day 110	Dorbeta	Salcia	92.0	2986.2
Day 111	Salcia	Bechet	119.8	3106.0
Day 112	Bechet	Viisora	108.1	3214.1
Day 113	Viisora	Giurgiu	84.7	3298.8
Day 114	Rest			3298.8
Day 115	Rest			3298.8
Day 116	Rest			3298.8
Day 117	Rest due to illness			3298.8
Day 118	Rest due to illness			3298.8
Day 119	Rest due to illness			3298.8
Day 120	Giurgiu	Cherven	48.6	3347.4
Day 121	Cherven	Kochovo	111.1	3458.5
Day 122	Kochovo	Aytos	118.9	3577.4
Day 123	Aytos	Burgas	40.9	3618.3
Day 124	Burgas	Turkish Border	86.0	3704.3
Day 125	Turkish Border	Vıze	82.0	3786.3
Day 126	Vize	Arnavutkoy	114.8	3901.1
Day 127	Arnavutkoy	Istanbul	32.1	3933.2