Tag: Cycling Denmark

  • Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 5

    Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 5

    I stayed in Stockholm for two weeks working remotely, I had fixed schedule where I got up at 6:00 cycled 20 km to Eriksdalsbadet, where I swam for 40 minutes and cycled back then I had my breakfast and started working. On the only weekend I had in town, I visit the graves of family…

  • Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 3 Kirkenes to Junosuando

    Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 3 Kirkenes to Junosuando

    Stage 3 Stage 3 was the stage from Kirkenes Norway through Finnish Lapland to Junosuando Sweden. A relatively short stage of 646 km, my initial plan was to do it with 3 overnight stops, that was before my sister joined the trip. I extended it to 5 overnight stays on the route and took another…

  • Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 2

    Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 2

    Stage 2 Stage 2 of my cycletrippin to North Cape was with a ferry from Bergen to Kirkenes, with a stop at North Cape. For this part of my journey, I took the Hurtigruten coastal ferry services, here is a map of the ports the ship stopped at on the way to Kirkenes. Stage 2…

  • Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 1

    Cycletrippin – The Lonely Cyclists Tour Scandinavia – Stage 1

    This journey that I call going on a cycletrippin, started at my home in Amsterdam the Netherlands, the route took me all the way to Nordkap and back to Amsterdam. During the trip, I cycled through the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Sweden. For the most part of the trip I cycled, I also…

  • Cycletrippin – From Tønder Denmark to Wewelsfleth Germany

    Cycletrippin – From Tønder Denmark to Wewelsfleth Germany

    I had stopped for the night at the Abild Hotel Tønder, Denmark, the room at Abild Hotel was large, comfortable double bed, the shower/toilet was shared, clean enough to have a shower, it was a little difficult for me to stand up in the shower as the ceiling was slanted were the shower had been…

  • Cycletrippin – Long ride from Aalestrup to Tonder

    Cycletrippin – Long ride from Aalestrup to Tonder

    Today’s ride was a long one over 230 km, I started in the morning in Aalestrup where I had stayed at the Hotel Simested Kro. I had a great sleep, woke up early had my breakfast – that is what I like staying in small hotels or B&B – you always have a breakfast option.…

  • Cycletrippin – Entering Denmark

    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…

  • 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…

  • Cycletrippin – Amsterdam to Stockholm to Amsterdam

    Cycletrippin – Amsterdam to Stockholm to Amsterdam

    I did not tell you all how I would travel to Stockholm for the Vattenfall World Triathlon Stockholms on August 24th. My travel plans are simple I will take my bike to bike from Amsterdam to Stockholm and back to Amsterdam. This will be my longest trip this year, a round trip of 3,000 km…