E6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway (and the west coast of Sweden), running from the southern tip of Sweden (Trelleborg), into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia. Trelleborg is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ... Finnmark (Sami Finnmárku) is a county in the extreme north of Norway, bordering Troms, Finland (Lapland), and Russia (Murmansk Oblast). ...
In some areas, European route E6 is the pre 1992 designation of E47. E6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway (and the west coast of Sweden), running from the southern tip of Sweden (Trelleborg), into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. ...
E6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden (Trelleborg), into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark.
The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia.
This road was called E6 in the old "E" road system before 1985, and it was given the number E47 (but not signposted) in the new system on most of the scandinavian part, and E6 only for the northernmost 700 km.
This route was a huge success; number of walkers have been rising steadily since its inauguration, and in the last Holy Year (in 1999), 155,000 people were awarded a certificate for completing the route.
In spite of now having designated over 20 different 'Cultural Routes', the Council of Europe has not found a theme with as much promise as that of the Camino de Santiago; the only one which shows a little promise is the Via Francegina, the pilgrim route from Canterbury in England to Rome.
In a normal year, 70,000 pilgrims receive an award for completing the route (there is a system of stamping a card at the refuges); in a holy year (and 2004 is one) that number doubles.
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