dh7dn

The previous night was rainy/windy. Luckily, as I woke up, the rain stopped and it was just windy. I packed my stuff and was en route a bit late at 9:30 am.

The rest of the day I was confronted with heavy headwinds. My average speed dropped from 16 km/h down to 13 km/h. Sounds not much but it’s significant. It usually means “double punishment”: cycle harder with less speed. I’ve visited Halmstad with quite some delay and cycled on towards Falkenberg. It was very exhausting but the weather got much better towards afternoon. The winds calmed down by evening hours around 6-7pm.

I couldn’t reach my daily goal Varberg, however, I camped in Björkäng, about 15 km away from Varberg. By luck, I met a wonderful traveller couple from Germany at the campsite in Björkäng who invited me for a coffee and travel-talk. They have been travelling in Sweden and Norway for the past 6 weeks by camping van and told me a lot about the special places they visited and I surely want to visit in the next couple of years. That was worth it… great experience!

Tomorrow I’ll continue my route to Varberg and head to Grimeton before finishing the Kattegatleden in Göteborg. Will try to keep 100 km/day as long as possible…

99.3 km, 7h30m, 13.3 km/h

Very nice cycling day. The weather was perfect for cycling. First 30 km were very easy to master, however I started slacking and lost some time with shopping and breaks. The landscapes were beautiful and very pleasing.

My daily goal was to reach Halmstad, however, the weather report showed some incoming rain. I decided to camp in Laxvik just before the rain set in. That seemed to be the right decision because shortly after setting up the tent, it started raining.

There was lot of rain with changing duration and intensity, followed by strong winds. I was very tired and just slept without caring much about the noise…

108 km, 6h52m, 15.7 km/h

My bike tour started today on Wednesday, 2025-06-25. I woke up early in the morning at 5:30, packed my stuff and  had some great breakfast. The Copenhagen Central Station was some 300 meters away. The ticket price from Copenhagen to Malmö was a bit cheaper (99 DKK for ticket and 50 DKK for bike ticket, ca. 20 EUR total) than the other way around.

The weather was mixed and windy at 18 °C. The first half of the day was windy and raining. Later during the afternoon, the weather got much better – lots of sunshine and no clouds. It was windy along the coastline, less windy towards main land.

From Malmö C, I followed the route No. 3 – Sydkustleden to Helsingborg. I have visited cities of Landskrona and Helsingborg. In Helsingborg, the route was continued on Kattegatleden Cycle Route No. 1 to Göteborg.

I kept cycling until late in the evening until tiredness set in and I had to find a place to rest. After looking for a camp spot, I found a shelter few kilometers behind Brunnby where I slept over night. Great place, it was quiet and I really enjoyed it.

Total distance: 123.7 km, Ride time: 8h40m, average: 14.3 km/h

Staying today at Copenhagen to visit some places and to recharge batteries, resupply missing stuff etc.

I visited the Danish National Museum and spent there few hours and participated in a guided tour. It was very interesting learning about Viking and Danish culture, ranging from the 10th century till modern times. I liked the museum very much, well spent money.

It’s funny how Vikings and – much later – the King of Denmark were “victims” 😅 of Metrology when it comes down to trade and economy. Typical trade goods back in those days were precious metals such as gold and silver or expensive spices (pepper, salt etc.). I couldn’t resist making some pictures of scales and their “weight standards”.

After diving into history for 4.5 hours, I was finally looking for a fish restaurant but couldn’t find one which isn’t too expensive. I found one but prices for a menu were in the order of 40 EUR without drinks. Instead I decided to go to a grillhouse. The dish was very tasty but also pricy – almost 30 RUR for a grill menu. Usually it’s 20-ish EUR but eating in a shopping street proved to be very pricy.

The weather didn’t recover much, temperatures were around 18 °C today with short periods of rain. I decided to return to the hostel and start preparations for the bike tour, which starts tomorrow. Unfortunatelly one of my roommates didn’t sound very healthy – he was coughing and stayed in the room presumeably the whole day. I hope he doesn’t give me a flu…

This time I’m trying something new. I’m currently on vacation and I’m about on my way to ride my bike from Copenhagen, Denmark through Sweden to Bergen, Norway. I will try to write a travel blog on a daily basis via my smartphone through the next couple of weeks.

Basically, during past couple of days, I’ve been busy packing my stuff to travel via bike and tent. It took me three days to prepare everything (clean clothes and bike, repair equipment etc.). Packed the bags by sunday morning and hurried to the central train station.

Catched the train on time and also arrived in Uelzen on time. However, the connection to Hamburg had a delay of approx. 40 min. Further delays forced me to change trains in Lüneburg in order to get to the city of Lübeck-Travemünde. I arrived about 1 hour late due to train delays but still had 3 hours left.

I killed the time at the beach before moving to the harbor. The beach of Travemünde was crowded very well, temperature was around 27 °C.

At around 18:30h I moved to the port towards Skandinavienkiel. The check-in at the port was very easy and I met some nice cyclists along the way. We went together on board and had an exclusive place for our bikes in front of the ship (bow side).

Departure was on time at 22h and the sights from the Observation/Sun Deck were amazing – the promenade, the beach and some lightning on the horizon!

The Finnlines personnel were friendly and very supportive, thanks alot to the crew!After having a dinner, I went to the cabin and passed out quickly due to a dense packed travel day. Awesome!