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Bicycle touring on the Baltic Sea Cycle Path

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Bicycle touring on the Baltic Sea Cycle Path

Bike Touring Collection by Ostseeküsten-Radweg

23

Tours

140:16 h

1,361 mi

25,175 ft

A bicycle tour on the Baltic Sea Coast Cycle Route is more than just being on your bike. The 1,242-miles-long (2,000 kilometers) Baltic Sea Coast Cycle Route is like a string of pearls. You can draw on the full range of attractions to suit your taste: historical towns, museums, nature reserves, water sports, dream beaches, recreational oases, playgrounds, architecture and many other treasures of our culture and nature can be found along the Baltic coast.

The Baltic Coast Cycle Route runs from Copenhagen in Denmark via Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany to Gdansk in Poland. In many places you cycle directly along the sea, which makes a regular rest at picturesque bays and flat sandy beaches possible. Numerous towns, villages and holiday resorts are located directly on the coast and invite you to stay longer or take a short break. Many of the islands along the Baltic Sea Coast Cycle Route offer an insight into the maritime culture of the Baltic Sea coast. Rügen in particular, with its world-famous limestone cliffs, is unrivaled in its beauty.

In this collection, we have divided the cycle path along the Baltic Sea coast into 21 daily stages. There are also two additional tours at the beginning and end. These show you the route through Denmark and Poland. The 21 daily stages, on the other hand, take you along the German Baltic coast from Flensburg on the Danish border to Swinemünde on the border with Poland. The short stages and the mostly flat route make the bike tour from Flensburg to Swinemünde very attractive and pleasant for families. At the beginning and end of each stage there are possibilities for resting, staying overnight and stopping. There is also plenty of entertainment for the whole family on the Baltic Coast Cycle Route, so that the cycle tour will definitely be an unforgettable experience. Enjoy the tour.

The project "Biking South Baltic!" is supported by the Federal Government, the Federal States and the European Union with the program Interreg South Baltic (LE 14-20): southbaltic.eu.

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682 mi

13,475 ft

13,500 ft

Last updated: December 13, 2021

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    Etappe 1: Von Flensburg nach Kappeln – Ostseeküstenradweg

    Intermediate
    03:41
    36.5 mi
    9.9 mph
    1,250 ft
    1,300 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

    The drive from Flensburg becomes one of the steepest of the otherwise quite flat and easy cycle route along the Baltic coast. Flensburg and its historic harbor provide an authentic atmosphere in the "feeling" of the Baltic Sea and the stages along the Baltic Sea Cycle Route.

    

    The attraction of this stage

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  • Intermediate
    04:42
    41.8 mi
    8.9 mph
    900 ft
    875 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

    Between the seaside resorts and recreation destinations Kappeln, Damp and Eckernförde there is plenty of nature to find. For example, you will pass several lakes and the nature reserve Schwansener See.

    

    On the way to Schilksee there are plenty of sandy beaches as well as a special delicacy for animal lovers

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  • Intermediate
    03:51
    32.5 mi
    8.5 mph
    650 ft
    725 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

    The tour goes completely around the Kiel Fjord. It makes sense to stroll in Kiel or eat out. The tour is characterized by the Kiel cityscape and the U-Boat Museum in Laboe rather by the history and culture of human machinations.

    

    Continue along great sandy beaches through places like California and Brazil

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  • Intermediate
    02:31
    23.7 mi
    9.4 mph
    450 ft
    525 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

    The first lighthouse along the Baltic Sea Cycle Route from Flensburg is always worth a visit and a photo.

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  • Expert
    05:14
    47.9 mi
    9.1 mph
    500 ft
    500 ft
    Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may require you to push your bike.

    Fehmarn is the first island on the tour along the Baltic Sea Cycle Route. You reach the sun island over an impressive, nearly one kilometer long bridge.

    

    Discover two very different stories: The Tomb of Jimi Hendrix, near the site of his last festival appearance, and the Mill Museum, which explains the

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  • Intermediate
    03:10
    31.3 mi
    9.9 mph
    375 ft
    375 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

    At this stage you will cycle the second half of the sunny island of Fehmarn along the Baltic Sea Cycle Route.

    

    Especially here, the Baltic Sea Cycle Route on this stage of his family friendliness. An easily manageable and flat stage, at the end of which the children's harbor in Dahme awaits little adventurers

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  • Intermediate
    03:47
    35.7 mi
    9.4 mph
    625 ft
    625 ft
    Ferry
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The Tour includes a crossing by ferry.

    A charming stage with two places, which are particularly worthwhile for active and athletes: The numerous sports and water sports in Neustadt and Kellenhusen invite you to a stay of several days.

    

    Children, young adults and beach lovers will enjoy the second half of the stage. The Hansa Park, an adventure

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  • Intermediate
    03:42
    35.3 mi
    9.6 mph
    775 ft
    775 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

    The first half of the stage is almost exclusively along beautiful natural beaches.

    

    If you want to make a detour to the interior on the way, you will find about halfway between Lübeck and the Baltic Sea Boltenhagen a bed + bike accommodation in Hohen Schönberg, the Baltic Hotel Klützer angle.

    

    With Wismar

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  • Expert
    04:18
    44.5 mi
    10.4 mph
    750 ft
    775 ft
    Expert bike ride. Good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may require you to push your bike.

    Poel, the second large island along the Baltic Sea Cycle Route, attracts with one of the oldest lighthouses still in operation in the Baltic Sea and beautiful sunsets on the northwest coast of the island.

    

    If the stage is too long for you, you can just share it and, for example, stay overnight in the bed

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  • Intermediate
    02:59
    27.4 mi
    9.2 mph
    525 ft
    575 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

    With the ghost forest on this stage an absolute nature experience waits. In addition, there is another educational monument for those interested in insight into German history. The border tower Kühlungsborn of the GDR tells the story of the often inhuman border surveillance in the GDR.

    

    If you want to

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  • Intermediate
    02:22
    20.7 mi
    8.7 mph
    275 ft
    275 ft
    Ferry
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The Tour includes a crossing by ferry.

    Passing Rostock, we are heading towards the Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft National Park. This stage takes you along various moorland landscapes.

    

    Beautiful bed + bike accommodations near the finish are the Ostseehotel Dierhagen, the OstseeCamp Dierhagen or the KULTurscheune Dändorf. Away from the Baltic

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  • Intermediate
    02:22
    21.5 mi
    9.1 mph
    200 ft
    200 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

    The peculiarity of the Bodden landscape is also a primeval forest on this stage. The insight into the Darßer jungle is an insight into the past of nature, as forests thrived without human influence. These days rarely seen and therefore a worthwhile destination.

    

    If you want to spend the night in a bed

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  • Intermediate
    03:22
    35.3 mi
    10.5 mph
    475 ft
    425 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Along several bays and the archipelago of the Boddenlandschaft it goes steadily along calm waters.

    

    In the stage destination Stralsund you can visit The OZEANEUM. It brings its visitors closer to the world of the oceans in thematically subdivided areas, while the historic harbor in Stralsund tells of German

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  • Intermediate
    03:10
    33.3 mi
    10.5 mph
    400 ft
    425 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

    The stage begins with the drive to one of the most popular and beautiful islands in Germany: Rügen.

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  • Intermediate
    03:45
    36.9 mi
    9.8 mph
    450 ft
    350 ft
    Ferry
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The Tour includes a crossing by ferry.

    At one of the northernmost points of Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, Cape Arkona tells the story of the Slavic indigenous people, the entry of Christianity into the German North, military, seafaring, fishing and much more.

    

    If you want to make a detour to the Great Jasmund Bodden on the way, you will find

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  • Intermediate
    03:01
    30.2 mi
    10.0 mph
    975 ft
    875 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

    The Jasmund National Park along this stage is one of the special natural treasures of Rügen. It houses the iconic and most famous of the Rügen chalk cliffs; the king's chair. In addition, parts of the beech forest are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. An interesting stage for nature lovers.

    

    A beautifully

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  • Intermediate
    02:04
    20.5 mi
    10.0 mph
    575 ft
    675 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

    The resort architecture on this stage is hard to miss. A sumptuous style inspired by different epochs of architectural history, yet unique.

    

    Possible Bett + Bike accommodations, where you can stay overnight on this stage, are the Strandhotel Baabe shortly before the final destination or the Hotel Hanseatic

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  • Intermediate
    02:54
    29.2 mi
    10.1 mph
    575 ft
    700 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

    This stage in the south of Rügen offers another delicacy for nature lovers: The nature reserve Mönchgut could preserve its original nature and thus provides an insight into untouched nature.

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  • Intermediate
    03:18
    28.1 mi
    8.5 mph
    625 ft
    625 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

    While the previous stages of the island Rügen led along the coast and through nature reserves, this stage will bring you closer to the land and people of the island of Rügen. The residential city of Putbus and the interior of the island of Rügen are no less attractive than the coastal region.

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  • Intermediate
    04:06
    40.6 mi
    9.9 mph
    625 ft
    600 ft
    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

    Down from the island of Rügen, it's back to the mainland in the direction of Greifswald, another Hanseatic city. From here you cycle along typical, beautiful Bodden landscapes, coasts and bays.

    

    If you want to halve the stage, you can stay overnight, for example, in the Greifswald Youth Hostel, which is

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Collection Stats

  • Tours
    23
  • Distance
    1,361 mi
  • Duration
    140:16 h
  • Elevation
    25,175 ft

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