- 21. AEK announced this Wednesday the route of the Korrika along its route. In this edition, the popular career in favor of the Basque Country will be released on April 4 and, after ten days of travel throughout Euskal Herria, will end in Vitoria-Gasteiz, on day 14
This year it will start in the same country where the previous Korrika ended: Navarra. The people chosen by AEK to give way to the race. From there, the witness carrying the secret message will leave on 4 April at 17:00 in the afternoon. During the next three days, the race will travel to the south of Navarre and will reach the first capital of the route on Saturday, April 6: Pamplona.
On 7 April it will pass through three other capitals (by Donitango-Garazi, Maule and Baiona, by this order) and on 8, at 10:00 hours, it will enter Gipuzkoa and re-enter Lapurdi and Navarra.
On Tuesday, April 9, after winding between Navarre and Álava, the race will head north, entering Bizkaia and reaching the Ibaizabal through midnight on the 10th. On Thursday, 11, you will arrive in Bilbao at 12:00 a.m. and, after walking slightly Bizkaia, you will continue along the coast.
On 12 and 13 the race will mainly take place in Gipuzkoa (will pass through Donostia-San Sebastián in the afternoon of 12) and will re-enter southern Bizkaia to finish its ninth day in Otxandio.
All the territories of Euskal Herria will already be affected by the Korrika, but the final line will still be missing: it will head first to the east, re-enter Gipuzkoa by Arrasate and pass the hand-in-hand witness until it reaches the goal at noon on April 14: Vitoria-Gasteiz. The reading of the message and the beginning of the great final party is scheduled for 12:30 hours in the Plaza de la Virgen Blanca. The full tour can be seen by localities and counties on the web www.korrika.eus.
How to book kilometer
This year the 21st edition of the Korrika will be held under the slogan “Klika” (“click to take an option, choose the Basque, choose”). According to AEK, the reservation of kilometres will be opened on 14 January. Interested persons only need to contact the Korrika offices to book a specific kilometre and make an economic contribution to the Euskaltegis of AEK. Contact channels are as follows:
- ARABA 946 464 000 araba@korrika.eus
- BIZKAIA 946 464 000 bizkaia@korrika.eus
- Gipuzkoa: 946 464 000 gipuzkoa@korrika.eus
IPAR EUSKAL HERRIA: 05 59 25 76 09 iparraldea@korrika.eus
- NAVARRA: 946 464 000 nafarroa@korrika.eus