Hey hey,
My girlfriend and me are planning a 3 Weeks bikepacking trip in September. We already did a few smaller bikepacking trips. The trip should be around 1.000km’s and around 70km’s a day with a few rest days. Our first thought is from northern Germany (where we live) to Oslo over Denmark and the western coast of Sweden and back by ferry. We aren’t sure if the weather is still good enough in September in Scandinavia. Other thoughts are tour through or around Netherlands from Münster or going south to Italy and maybe over the alps via Claudia Augusta or alpe Adria. We both ride a gravelbike and like to be in nature and want to sleep mainly in our tent. We prefer good cycling roads or Gucci gravel, not so much busy roads with a lot of cars. Do you have any experience with either route or can recommend something else?
Thanks in advance.
by EnvironmentalShow584
4 Comments
I have almost the exact same setup. Great bike!
The climate in that area is ok in September, the weather who knows…
Just be prepared for the colder temperatures at night.
The Netherlands has excellent infrastructure, but cycling there tends to get boring really fast. There’s virtually no nature (left), and camping will not give you the rest you need.
I am currently bikepacking through the UK and Ireland, and so far it’s been pretty great! Wales is stunning and wonderful to cycle through, and the Isle of Man is no less than paradise, so maybe you can do something with that? There’s ferry’s!
Second the comment about the Netherlands. Everything looks more or less the same.
Same for northern Germany. Every time I bike to Hamburg (where a good friend lives) the last few hundred kilometers I like the least.
If I were you I’d take the train to Konstanz make my way to the Vosges or Black Forrest and ride through Pfälzer Wald and Eifel as far north as possible before I hop on the train back home north.
Both Black Forrest and the Vosges are just beautiful for biking and the Alpes are the Alpes.