quick reference: Central Europe, Southwest Europe, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Baltic countries, East Europe, South Europe Central Europe - Germany RV: Autoatlas Deutschland; 1:200.000; Very good representation with a large abundance of small side roads shown. Only very smallest tracks are missing (due to scale). recommendable. - Städte-Verlag: Freizeitkarten; 1:100.000 / 1:75.000; Outstanding representation. Most maps also with "Fernradwegen" (marked long distance bike path}. Each sheet of the series covers the german equivalent of a county. recommendable. - ADFC (biggest german cycling organization); Colored classification of roads not by "class of the road" but by alleged density of traffic. Generally not a bad idea, not that useful for us long distance cyclists though as we're used to "classic" maps. [The rest of the world simply doesn't use maps with roads classified by traffic density]. - Luxembourg Michelin: Luxembourg; 1:150.000; Highly detailed map. very recommendable - Belgium Didn't use separate maps as Belgium was covered by the maps for Luxemburg and France. - France IGN: Serie verte; 1:100.000; Almost too much details. One can loose the overview. The best map though for fans of smallest tracks. very recommendable - ADAC: Frankreich; 1:500.000; Four sheets cover France. Good only for a general overview. - Michelin: yellow series; 1:200.000; Highly detailed map. Not that overloaded than the IGN. In my opinion the best maps for France. You'll need 16 sheets to cover France. very recommendable . Southwest Europe - Andorra See France and Spain. - Spain Michelin: Espagne; 1:400.000; Seven sheets cover Spain. Same excellent quality than all the other maps of Michelin. Only folks looking into mountain tracks need something more detailed. very recommendable - RV: Autoatlas Spanien / Portugal; 1:300.000; Not as good as the Michelin. Some roads shown on the map are even non-existing. Not good. Just to be used for comparison purposes. - EuroTour: Costa del Sol; 1:300.000; Seems to be a print of RV. Similar mistakes and faults. - Firestone: Costa Brava; 1:200.000; Similar to the Michelin maps. As acurate and detailed. recommendable - RACE: Costa Blanca, Cálida, del Azahar; 1:200.000; Acurate but without any information about altitude. Therefore not useful for trips off the coast. (It's got quite high mountains as soon as you leave the coast!) - Portugal RV: Autoatlas Spanien / Portugal; 1:300.000; Same atlas than mentioned under Spain. Drove me to despair a couple of times. Go for the Michelin 437 instead. - (Morocco) Michelin: Morocco; 1:1.000.000 & 1:4.000.000; The standard for travelling Morocco. You've got to have it. very recommendable - Marruecos; 1:1.000.000; Map bought in Spain that turned out to be very in-acurate. Not useless though as it shows a lot of places with a different name. Important towns/cities even in arabic writing. - Gibraltar No map as it was covered by the maps of Spain. . Great Britain - England, Wales,    Scotland Michelin: Great Britain & Ireland; 1:1.000.000; Nice map to get an impression and overview of Great Britain. Same excellent quality as the other Michelin maps again. Distances on main roads in kilometer and miles! recommendable - Michelin: orange series; 1:400.000; Excellent map with a very good representation and lots of symbols for additional information. The sheets 401 - 404 cover Britain, 405 is for Ireland. very recommendable - Ordnance Survey (OS); 1:250.000; Very good map with details in abundance. [OS also publishes a series 1:50.000; rather meant for hikers than for cyclists.] very recommendable - EuroCart; 1:300.000; All road are shown - including smallest side streets; Unfortunately isn't the route it follows always correct. Positively it can be noted that there are special symbols for camping and youth hostels. - Shetland Tourist Information: Shetland; Not particularly well done. Gives only a rough overview of the islands. The city map of Lerwick is ok. . Scandinavia - Norway RV: Große Länderkarte; 1:300.000; Used sheet 1 and 2 only. They cover the south of Norway. Only tiniest tracks have not been included. Seven sheets to cover the whole country. recommendable - Norwegian Tourist Bureau: Norway; Map with very detailed and acurate route drawings of all roads. Lists also almost all campgrounds. Sadly without mileage. recommendable - Norwegian Tourist Bureau: Norway; 1:1.200.000; 1992-edition of the map above. With mileage and better graphical background. Not available anymore. - Sweden RV: Große Länderkarte; 1:300.000; Similar to the map of Norway. Sweden is covered by 8 sheets. (Double-sheets 6/7 and 8/10). recommendable - Statoil och McDonald: Sverigekartan; Somewhat rough but useful because it differentiates between urban areas and forests. Perfect to find beautiful and scenic routes. - Finland Kümmerly + Frey: Finnland; 1:400.000; Shows really every road. Distinction between gravel and bitumen roads. Extremely acurate and detailed! 3 sheets cover Finland. very recommendable - Karttakeskus; GT series; 1:200.000; The optimum in map publishing! Extremely acurate and highly detailed - without being overloaded! A must for everyone who wants to venture off the trunk roads. Needs 19 sheets to cover Finland. very recommendable - Friluftskarta; 1:35.000; Bigger Helsinki area. Holiday map that shows all - but really all! - bike path. With this map you can end up right in the center of Helsinki - without even having noticed that you've been cycling into a city! recommendable . Baltic countries - Estonia Jana seta: Eesti; 1:500.000; Many western map publishers could learn a lot from Jana seta! These maps are extremely detailed and very well researched. Also with lots of little extra icons for camping, hotels and petrol stations (interesting for cyclists because of snacks). Very detailed mileage, exact distinction between paved and gravel roads. You can get them at almost all petrol stations along the Via Baltica. very recommendable - Latvia Jana seta: Latvija; 1:500.000; See Estonia. very recommendable - EuroCart: Lettland; 1:300.000; Shown roads don't exist, existing roads are not shown. That's basically what it comes down to. - Lithuania Jana seta: Lietuva; 1:500.000; See Estonia. very recommendable - EuroCart: Litauen; 1:300.000; Shown roads don't exist, existing roads are not shown. That's basically what it comes down to. Just the same than the EuroCart map of Latvia. . East Europe - Poland Freytag & Berndt: Polen; 1:750.000; Used an old map of a trip planned many years ago. Therefore no info regarding the map. A new edition could be quite a good and reliable source. - European street atlas; 1:750.000; Exact and very detailed map with lots of additional information like guest houses, camping and the like. Otherwise difficult to get: contains all east-european counties! (Published for polish truck drivers). Same if not better quality than most maps that I got to see later during my trip! very recommendable - Slowak Republic VKU: Slovenská Republika; 1:500.000; The routing wasn't always 100% - didn't find any heavy mistakes though. With a nice topographic background, mileage even at small side roads, did the map become quite useful. Can be found at main petrol stations. recommendable - European street atlas; See Poland very recommendable - Hungary European street atlas; Again: see Poland. very recommendable - Croatia Cartographia: YU, BIH, MK, SLO, HR; 1:850.000; Very detailed map. Symbols for camping. Good and acurate classifications of roads. If you're worried about the scale: There aren't any other roads that could be added to the map! Only handicap (at the time of my travels): All borders were shown "open" while they were all closed. Nevertheless: recommendable - European street atlas; Same as before; see Poland very recommendable - [Bosnia    Herzegovina] Cartographia: BIH; 1:500.000; Didn't have a chance to use it. The three border crossings at which I showed up were "closed". Bridges bombed. Looks in general the same than the one mentioned under Croatia. - Slovenia Cartographia: YU, BIH, MK, SLO, HR; Even Slovenia is covered by the map mentioned under Croatia. Found some very beautiful and quite side roads which lead me around Rijeka by using this map.  very recommendable - European street atlas; Polish streetatlas; see Poland very recommendable . South Europe - Italy European street atlas; 1:750.000; Even for Italy, Korsica, Sardinia and Sicily did I use the european street atlas bought in Poland. Most detailed maps that always let me find a nice and quite route. excellent atlas. - Korsica - Sardinia - Sicily - Malta none Didn't manage to buy a map for Malta before I left the island. a final word: This are by far not all the maps I used. You got tourist informations in every bigger town / city where you often can get excellent local maps. Always worth asking for!