Exploring undiscovered gravel roads in the south of Sweden

My boyfriend and I spent part of our summer holidays exploring the central part of Småland on our gravel bikes. It turned out to be the perfect way of seeing a lot of new places, while enjoying the beautiful and varied landscapes on roads that are not all easily accessible by car, with lots of thick forests, open fields and scenic lakes. The Swedish gravel roads are really really good to ride and well maintained.

The region is only scarcely populated and also quite unknown (yet) to gravel cyclists, so I had to start from scratch building my own routes. We were based in a small Swedish cabin and each day I would simply pick what looked like a beautiful spot on the map and get creative building a route around that. It felt so adventurous! This eventually turned out to be this collection of beautiful gravel rides, with Tours that will take you some absolutely stunning places.

Here's a pro tip: you will not often meet cars on these Tours and the cars are not that used to cyclists. Whenever you ride a narrow road with lots of turns and blind corners, do keep as much to the right as you can and keep single file :)

I recommend renting a Swedish guesthouse for accommodation. If you are into camping and bikepacking you can easily bring a tent and sleeping bag. In Sweden 'Allemannretten' allows you to camp wherever you like, as long as you do this respectfully and clean up after yourself of course.

Enjoy!