I’m planning to do a small tour from Stockholm to Copenhagen between April 30 and May 16.
Some quick things about me and my plans:
* Focus on nature but small villages and towns would also be great.
* Wild camp as much as possible.
* In previous similar trips, I’ve done an average of 80km and 500m of climbing per day, although this was not evenly distributed during my trip, as I had tougher or lighter days.
* I would mostly do asphalt but can also do some gravel or offroad.
So far, I have created 5 tentative routes that you can see in the screenshot.
The high level idea is this:
* Route 1: more or less the official EuroVelo (EV) 10 route. Focused on the Baltic. 1300km distance, 8km ascend.
* Route 2: EV10, lake Vättern, North Sea. 750km distance, 5km ascend.
* Route 3: Ride to Gotenburg then spend time in Denmark. Could be a variation for any route whose first part ends in Gotenburg. 1300km distance, 7km ascend.
* Route 4: Inland, no sea, no EVs. 700km distance, 600m ascend.
* Route 5: more or less the official EV7. 960km distance, 5.8km ascend.
* **Edit:** Route 6: Lakes and Baltic. 1500km distance, 8.7km ascend.
Now, I’ve never been to Sweden and I’m not familiar at all with the landscapes. Apart from the distance and ascend differences, could somebody give me some feedback about these routes? In particular, some questions that come in mind:
* What will be the temperature, precipitation, humidity like?
* How many small towns or villages are there going to be on the route?
* Will it be difficult to find provisions along any part of the route?
* Will it be bike friendlly when it comes to the route, drivers, etc?
* Any route I should definitely choose or drop?
* Any wind patterns I should know of? Chatgpt says that most winds at this time are from Southwest so I guess that was bad planning from my side? (bought the tickets already).
* Or, if you have any other feedback, I’d be grateful.
Thank you very much in advance!
PS. Added a Route 6. The idea is to combine the lakes and the Baltic.
Hey, I did route 1 from Karlshamn to Copenhagen, and then a bit from Route 3 to Kolding (Went to Germany from there). It’s pretty much bicycle path all the ways, so it’s really nice to avoid being on car roads. I did enjoy the scenery a lot, the forest and the coastline, even the farmfields (in ~July). However it get’s a bit monotonic later on in the south as there are almost no forests there, just farmfields.
One annoying bit was going around army-training zones (I took a dumb shortcut though). About camping I was worried initially more than I should’ve, in Sweden you can camp pretty much freely and there a lots of opportunities along the coastline. There was some bad wind and rain even in late June, so be prepared for May 🙂
Denmark was a bit boring scenery wise, but I liked seeing their towns and cities.
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I would advise against the Jönköping-to/towards-Gothenburg road of routes 2 and 3. RV40/National Highway 40 is a heavily trafficked road mainly without bike lanes (as far as I know, please correct me if I’m wrong) and with limited scenery to make up for it all. The general direction is fine though, but look for the small roads instead. Good luck, sounds like a ton of fun!
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Dear all,
I’m planning to do a small tour from Stockholm to Copenhagen between April 30 and May 16.
Some quick things about me and my plans:
* Focus on nature but small villages and towns would also be great.
* Wild camp as much as possible.
* In previous similar trips, I’ve done an average of 80km and 500m of climbing per day, although this was not evenly distributed during my trip, as I had tougher or lighter days.
* I would mostly do asphalt but can also do some gravel or offroad.
So far, I have created 5 tentative routes that you can see in the screenshot.
The high level idea is this:
* Route 1: more or less the official EuroVelo (EV) 10 route. Focused on the Baltic. 1300km distance, 8km ascend.
* Route 2: EV10, lake Vättern, North Sea. 750km distance, 5km ascend.
* Route 3: Ride to Gotenburg then spend time in Denmark. Could be a variation for any route whose first part ends in Gotenburg. 1300km distance, 7km ascend.
* Route 4: Inland, no sea, no EVs. 700km distance, 600m ascend.
* Route 5: more or less the official EV7. 960km distance, 5.8km ascend.
* **Edit:** Route 6: Lakes and Baltic. 1500km distance, 8.7km ascend.
Now, I’ve never been to Sweden and I’m not familiar at all with the landscapes. Apart from the distance and ascend differences, could somebody give me some feedback about these routes? In particular, some questions that come in mind:
* What will be the temperature, precipitation, humidity like?
* How many small towns or villages are there going to be on the route?
* Will it be difficult to find provisions along any part of the route?
* Will it be bike friendlly when it comes to the route, drivers, etc?
* Any route I should definitely choose or drop?
* Any wind patterns I should know of? Chatgpt says that most winds at this time are from Southwest so I guess that was bad planning from my side? (bought the tickets already).
* Or, if you have any other feedback, I’d be grateful.
Thank you very much in advance!
PS. Added a Route 6. The idea is to combine the lakes and the Baltic.
https://preview.redd.it/emq0klx16vre1.png?width=721&format=png&auto=webp&s=f1a91faa312c300590e4781bb93d41042ad117ba
Hey, I did route 1 from Karlshamn to Copenhagen, and then a bit from Route 3 to Kolding (Went to Germany from there). It’s pretty much bicycle path all the ways, so it’s really nice to avoid being on car roads. I did enjoy the scenery a lot, the forest and the coastline, even the farmfields (in ~July). However it get’s a bit monotonic later on in the south as there are almost no forests there, just farmfields.
One annoying bit was going around army-training zones (I took a dumb shortcut though). About camping I was worried initially more than I should’ve, in Sweden you can camp pretty much freely and there a lots of opportunities along the coastline. There was some bad wind and rain even in late June, so be prepared for May 🙂
Denmark was a bit boring scenery wise, but I liked seeing their towns and cities.
Great topic, I am also interested in topic
I would advise against the Jönköping-to/towards-Gothenburg road of routes 2 and 3. RV40/National Highway 40 is a heavily trafficked road mainly without bike lanes (as far as I know, please correct me if I’m wrong) and with limited scenery to make up for it all. The general direction is fine though, but look for the small roads instead. Good luck, sounds like a ton of fun!