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Category: Cycling
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Cycletrippin – Entering Denmark
I have left Sweden behind, I took the Stena Line ferry to Frederikshavn – today I been cycling through parts of Jutland. Jutland (Danish: Jylland), historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. You can find…
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A evening in Gothenburg
I’m in Gothenburg, Sweden – tomorrow I will take the ferry towards Frederikshavn in Denmark, I’m staying the night at Linnéplatsens Hotell & Vandrarhem. Linnéplatsens Hotell & Vandrarhem is located very central in Gothenburg, it offers both hostel and hotel room, I have opted for the hostel where I will share a room with bunk…
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Heading home to Amsterdam today
I’m heading home to Amsterdam today. The weather is not the greatest – heavy fog, my actually cycle journey back home will start from the Swedish city of Gothenburg – how I got to Gothenburg is a mystery in itself, that even I do not know. There was some alcohol involved, a send-off party so…
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My 1st ????
I was out cycling around the old neighbourhoods where I grew up, the first part of my life I lived in Enskede from the age 0 to 9, we moved when I was 9 years old to Vendelsö which is further south from Stockholm. While biking around I came up with the idea to take…
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A walk around Stockholm borough of Sodermalm and Old Town
a walk around Stockholm Old Town and the Södermalm borough in Stockholm
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My race at the Stockholm Triathlon
I got up early on the day of the race, got all my gear for swimming, biking and running together,for the bike section I used the same bike I had cycled on from Amsterdam, the only modification I did to the bike was to change the tires, put on a pair of race slicks. I…
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Tomorrow is race day in Stockholm
Tomorrow is race day in Stockholm, I will be starting in the Triathlon Stockholm – it will be an early night for today as I start at 8:00, I have to be at the event about 90 minutes before the race, getting there from my current location I will have to ride my bike 20…
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Cycletrippin Day 7– Norrköping to Stockholm
Yeah, it did not rain the whole day, yeah I have arrived in Stockholm. Getting in to Stockholm was a mix of emotions of happiness, sadness, yeah I got to Stockholm in 7 days from Amsterdam, it was hard sometimes, the last 20 km to Stockholm from Skansholmen was the hardest, it was an up…
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Cycletrippin Day 6 – Jönköping to Norrköping
Today started out great the sun peaked out behind friendly clouds and warmed me up when it was out, I stayed the night on my niece’s sofa, had a great sleep. I overslept and did not get going before 10:30 – with a bit of Blueberry soup in my tummy I started my ride.
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Cycletrippin Day 5 – Pensionat Björkelund Stenbrohult to Eksjö oops Jönkoping
Today was a tough weather day windy, with sudden wind gusts that I had to compensate so I would not be pushed into the path of cars or the ditch, heavy rain showers that completely drenched me in minutes. The whole day was like that, the riding terrain was rolling hills which I like –…