Kattegattleden: A mini-adventure in Sweden
We have only been home for about three weeks, and we are off again. Rather than a macro-adventure, we went on a mini-adventure. After having restored and cleaned the bikes after our world tour, we dec...
Bikepackingstories
Around the world on two wheels
Welcome to the bike blog...
...a blog about long distance cycling and adventuring. We are currently biking the world and will be taking pictures, writing posts, sharing experiences and saving waypoints along the way.
You can see our latest waypoints here, or read posts from our journey. You can also check out a map that tracks our journey. The aim of this site is to serve both as a journal for our trip and to keep friends and family posted, as well as a guide and inspiration for others to do the same – even if it can be quite the step to take.
Day 248 - Home again
Last day on the road. Today, we finalized our trip around the world. We cycled the last bit from Præstø to Copenhagen via a lot of back road...
Day 247 - More Island Hopping
Another day of having to catch a ferry. With the wind in our backs, we headed to Spodsbjerg to get the ferry to Tårs. Riding across the isla...
Day 245 - Back to Denmark
We're back! We left our shelter in Dannevirke and headed for the Danish border. We re-traced our route from when we cycled here about 8 mont...
Day 246 - The Southern Danish archipelago
After waving goodbye to Finn, we headed to our next stop: Langeland. First, we needed to go to Fynshav to catch the ferry to Bøjden on Funen...
Day 244 - The Kiel Canal
Rode down a decent dual-track trail by the Kiel canal. It carried us directly northeast toward Rendsburg. The route carried somewhat severe ...
Day 243 - Back north of the river Elbe
Today we reached 20.000 kilometres! We also came back north of the river Elbe, placing us solidly in the final stretch toward Denmark. The d...
Day 242 - Oldenburg
Fairly decent ride when we left the larger roads. The larger roads carry significant traffic and are best avoided. We rode through Oldenburg...
Day 241 - Back in Germany!
Getting very close to home now. In typical Northern European fashion temperatures have gone down, and the terrain is wet. We spent our lunch...
Day 240 - In the middle of The Netherlands
Another day on the expertly constructed bike path network of the Netherlands. We ride on the dyke along the artificial island of Flevopolder...
Get inspired!
In the blog posts you can find information about out planning process, route considerations, bikes and setup, and of course plenty of posts about our experiences on the road – the places we see and the people we meet.
Hopefully, this may inspire you to start dreaming of your own bikepacking trip or even to start planning it. Bikepacking is a simple, cheap and flexible way of travelling and seeing the world in a different pace.
Hopefully, this may inspire you to start dreaming of your own bikepacking trip or even to start planning it. Bikepacking is a simple, cheap and flexible way of travelling and seeing the world in a different pace.
Transitioning from Bicycle Touring to Bikepacking
On the course of our 8.5 months trip around the world, we have changed our setup a lot. We made the switch to a much lighter bikepacking setup about 4 months in when we arrived in the US. We also made...
Bikepacking in Winter
When we set off on this adventure, we knew the first month was probably be a tough one. We started cycling on February 1st, 2022, in the middle of winter. We set off from Denmark, which has relatively...