A planned cycle for 2022 but which didn’t take place. Perhaps one day…
“The coastline of the Baltic Sea takes in beaches, cliffs, woodland, ports and marinas as well as thousands of islands large and small. It passes through the different cultures that have grown up along the shores . It is an attractive destination and EuroVelo 10 will give you the perfect opportunity to get better acquainted with this corner of Europe. Five beguiling capital cities; glamorous Saint Petersburg and Hanseatic towns like Gdansk and Lübeck provide lots of cultural highlights. In between, you will have a unique opportunity to get back to nature exploring the seashore.”
ECF EuroVelo
Travel Notes:
Blog Posts at CyclingEurope.org:
- Baltic Sea Cycle: Travelling To The Baltic (9.1.22)
- On Your Marks… EuroVelo 10: The Baltic Sea Cycle Route (30.10.21)
- Something To Write Home About: EuroVelo 10? (24.10.21)
Official Websites:
- European Cyclists’ Federation: EuroVelo 10
- The ‘Biking South Baltic Project (Poland / Germany / Denmark)
Other Baltic Sea Cyclists:
- Bernd Schadowski / www.radreiseglueck.de (also articles at EuroVelo.com: part one and part two)
- ‘Sonny Xue’ / Around Baltic Sea 2017 (Crazy Guy on a Bike)
Ferries & Trains:
Ferries
- P&O (Hull – Rotterdam)
- Finnlines (Various, mainly Sweden / Finland)
- Moby Lines (Helsinki – St. Petersburg)
- St. Peter Line (Helsinki – St. Petersburg – Tallinn)
- DFDS (Klaipeda, Lithuania – Kiel, Germany / Karlshamn, Sweden)
- TT Line (Klaipeda, Lithuania – Trelleborg, Sweden / Trelleborg, Sweden – Swinoujscie, Poland)
Trains
- Deutsche Bahn (Germany)
Night Trains
- SJ Night Trains (Sweden)
- VR Night Trains (Finland)
Maps:
Podcasts:
Episode 041 of The Cycling Europe Podcast was dedicated to the Baltic Sea Cycle Route and Bernd Schadowski, a cyclist from German, told his story of cycling around Europe’s other sea…
Sweden
Where to Go: Sweden (September 2020)
How to Invent a Country – Scandinavia: The Viking Inheritance (BBC, November 2020)
Murder in Stockholm: Who Killed Olof Palme? (The Times, May 2020)
Stockholm Syndrome (BBC, November 2016)
Weird About Sweden Podcast (8 episodes, 2017-19)
Beyond Today: Why Are Bombs Going Off In Sweden? (BBC, November 2019)
Finland
Lost & Found: Helsinki (ABC, February 2019)
Witness History: Finland Wins Independence from Russia (BBC, December 2017)
Witness History: Finland’s Winter War (BBC, February 2015)
Crossing Continents: Finland’s Race to Go Carbon Neutral (BBC, December, 2019)
Russia
In Our Time: The Building of St. Petersburg (BBC, April 2009)
Edgelands: Kaliningrad (The Telegraph, July 2018)
A to Tsar of Russia with Adrian Chiles: Kaliningrad (BBC, June 2018)
From Our Own Correspondent: Kaliningrad Attempts to Forge a Future (BBC, March 2005)
The Trip: Drinking St. Petersburg (October, 2018)
Witness History: From Leningrad to St. Petersburg (BBC, April 2021)
The Netherlands
EuroVelo 13 (Shares route of EuroVelo 10 along the southern side of the Baltic)
TV / Film / Video:
Michael Palin’s New Europe, Episode 5 – The Baltic States & Kaliningrad (BBC, 2007)
The Young Sea (Mattias Klum, 2018)
Cycling the Baltic Sea Cycle Route in Denmark (Travel Dudes, 2019)
Hello Andrew! Do not miss the brand new bicycle route on the Vistula Spit in the Northern Poland. It’s a part of the route along the Baltic Coast, east of Gdańsk. It could be a really nice part of the journey if combined with a ferry to Frombork. Would you like to have a look for more detailed info?
https://www.znajkraj.pl/szlak-rowerowy-r10-na-mierzei-wislanej-pomorskie-trasy-rowerowe
Ride safe! 🙂