Hello everybody I am back from bikepacking from Berlin to Copenhagen here are most of the photos I took and my over all experience:
Day one: Berlin – Fürstenberg/Havel: It was a bit depressing because I passed three concentrationcamps I did not enter them because I had to ride 130 kilometers that day but over all beautiful nature and once I was out of Berlin and the suburbs it became really peacefull and quiet.
Day two: Fürstenberg/Havel – Waren (Müritz): I rode thru the "Müritz" national park 50 kilometers of just forests and fields with almost no cars and some offroad/gravel sections in between.
Day three: Waren (Müritz)-Schwaan: Again just nature fields, forests and rivers, canals, but you can also still see some of the old architecture especially big aparment blocks in really small townes in german called "Plattenbau".
Day four: Schwaan to Koster (Denmark): I woke up at the crack of dawn to take the train from Schwaan to Rostock to catch the ferry from Rostock to Gedser because it was supposed to be very rainy that day and which indeed it was. Then I cycled from Gedser to Koster and took an second ferry which you can see in the pictures and camped on the campingground near the big bridge I had an amazing back wind which helped a lot but never try to cycle against it it is almost impossible.
Day 5: Koster to Copenhagen: It was supposed to get really rainy the next day so I cut the route from 150 kilometers to just over 100 kilometers and did visit the coast around Rodvig but instead cycled straight thru the island up to Copenhagen. What amazed me that I was able to cycle almost 60 kilometers only on cyclepaths that was really amazing and ended my trip right in the heard of Copenhagen near Rosenborg castle.
I stayed at the Generator hostle they don't have a shared kitchen and you were not allowed to eat inside of your room which was weird but the supermarket was right over the street. I left my bike in their bikeyard which is only accessible thru the bar or reception but not from outside.
I live in western germany so I took the train at 2:50 am in the morning back home and arrived about 12 hours later at my home town. If I would do it again I would take the train first to Copenhagen and then cycle to Berlin simply because Berlin has more connections over all to other european countries so its not such an pain the ass to transport your bike.
Looking back I would problably do the route again maybe with more time for photos and to enjoy the nature. The people were very friendly the danes speak very good english and the "east" germans were not so grumpy as they are always portrayed but I would switch the start and the beginning of the route so I would not have to wake up 1 am. If you have any questions don't be shy 😉

by UwU_I_like_myself

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  1. butternutflies on

    Nice thanks for sharing

    Your bags are quite minimal. What’s your sleeping system setup? Are you using ultralight gear? Brand names and models of sleeping bag, tent, sleeping pad, please?

    I’m going on my first bikepacking trip in a month, I’m looking into a minimalistic setup like yours.

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