ClimateWalk

We did it! The last day of the Biodiversity Ride in the "East" region is officially over! We arrived in Osijek after a pleasant tour through a little more urban environment, than we have seen in the last few days. Here you even meet a lot of people on the cycle paths! But there are also a lot of green

The last long leg of this region. What can I say, the days of cycling about 60km on average, without a break and with temperatures over 30°C are showing its effects on our strength and our mental state. Today our cycle path just disappeared into a meadow all of a sudden. While standing and trying to

Finally, the heat is over here in Croatia and we could cycle today's tour with a nice temperature of about 23°C. Our motivation to explore went up again! We drove by a lot of forests alongside the Drava today and a lot of deer jumped over our paths only meters away from us and we saw a few Pheasants

The heat is starting to get to us. Draining our strength. But we were lucky today because of the high humidity the sky is getting a little bit cloudy, so the sun didn't burn us as much today. Shades of trees were rare today. Mostly we cycled through monoculture fields. There is supposed to be a thunderstorm

The weather continues to be hot, so we cycle from shadow to shadow. Exploring is hard under these conditions. But still, we try to take in and document our surroundings as best as possible. We cycled by seemingly natural old forests along the river "Drava", but we also noticed a few invasive plant species

In the morning the temperature was still quite pleasant, but after 12pm it quickly rose over 30°C and made cycling almost unbearable. We thought about taking a longer break at noon, but in the shades of the trees mosquitos and horse-flies immediately tried to eat us alive, despite insect repellent. And

Today we started the tour in the "East" region. Other than originally planned, we started two days early from Bad Radkersburg in Austria. After arriving by train around noon we started our trip at 31°C and continues sunshine. So it was a bit of a rough start. We're cycling alongside the river "Mura

Already the last leg of the Biodiversity Ride in the "West" Region! With about 30°C, no shade in sight and headwind, this tour has been the most exhausting so far. I can't remember being ever this glad of being in the woods again, as much as I was, when I arrived in Grenspark Kalmthouse Heide. Here I

Wind was my constant companion on today's tour. Luckily it was mostly tailwind that blew me swiftly over the islands. I learned that there can be steep hills, even in the Netherlands! The whole day I mostly cycled through a beautiful sandy dune landscape near the shore. Especially the protected and rewilded

Today I left Rotterdam behind me and headed over the islands towards the Northern Sea. On my way I visited different rewilding projects and encountered wild cows and beautiful wild orchids. Even though I was fairly close to the sea, the landscape didn't change until I finally reached the coastline.

After I was really impressed with Rotterdam I decided to stay in the area another day, exploring the city. Turns out they have a view interesting projects to improve biodiversity and integrate it into the city design. Cycling in this city is just amazing. Even though the city is very busy and hectic

First day in the Netherlands and I'm already charmed. By the landscape and especially by the bike infrastructure! I started my tour at the Biesbosch National Park and drove to the City Centre of Rotterdam. As I drove I watched the landscape change from wild willow swamps to intensive agriculture to a