Denmark Baltic Coast Cycle Route

Denmark is a country of holiday homes as well as a country of cycling tourists. Cycling holidays are one of the most popular kinds of active vacation in Denmark. Book author and cycling enthusiast Hans-Jürgen Fründt from Schleswig-Holstein takes readers along Cycle Route No. 5, following the entire Baltic coast of the Danish peninsula of Jutland, from Flensburg to Cape Skagen.
The route closely follows the Jutland Baltic coast, which is deeply indented and hilly in the south, becoming flatter and straighter only north of Aarhus and the Djursland peninsula. While small bays with steep shores and cliffs predominate in the south, the north is home to the finest sandy beaches on Denmark’s Baltic coast.
Cycle Route No. 5, which is well signposted throughout, actually begins in Sønderborg on the island of Als and is 650 kilometres long. In some places, however, shortcuts can avoid having to follow every single curve of the Baltic coast. Cycle Route No. 5 runs mostly along cycle paths, but sometimes directly on roads shared with cars. It also often follows rustic tracks with gravel, crushed stone or sand surfaces. Not suitable for road bikes.
Overall, Denmark is a very cyclist-friendly country, with hardly a main road lacking an accompanying cycle path.

1. Flensburg–Haderslev (66 km); the route joins Cycle Route No. 5 in Aabenraa
2. Haderslev–Kolding (59 km)
3. Kolding–Vejle (65 km), via Fredericia and along Vejle Fjord
4. Vejle–Horsens (82 km): hilly but scenically beautiful terrain in the first section; quieter from
the seaside resort of Juelsminde onward
5. Horsens–Aarhus (72 km), following the Baltic coast directly for the final section
6. Aarhus–Grenaa (85 km), along the south coast of the Djursland peninsula, also known as “Little Denmark”
7. Grenaa–Randers Fjord (70 km), mostly through beach and holiday areas, with a ferry across the fjord.
8. Randers Fjord–Hals (71 km): isolated at first, then rustic tracks through the marsh
9. Hals–Frederikshavn (66 km), a beautiful coastal stretch leading to the ferry port of Frederikshavn
10. Frederikshavn–Skagen (49 km): initially along the road, then a quiet stretch to Denmark’s North Cape.

There are several ways to return to Flensburg. You can travel by train or by bicycle: cyclists can take the direct route (about 450 kilometres) or the “detour” along Denmark’s North Sea coast.

Information:
Hans-Jürgen Fründt
Denmark: Baltic Coast Cycle Route, Route No. 5 from Flensburg to Skagen
Outdoor Handbook, Vol. 179
Conrad Stein Verlag, 2006
€9.90 / CHF 18.10
128 pages, 15 colour and 10 black-and-white illustrations, 8 map sketches,
Format: 16.5 x 11.5 cm
ISBN 978-3-86686-179-4

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