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Picturesque Biking in Sweden Text Tor Kjølberg
Sweden is a great country for cycle tours. Enchanting landscapes and heavenly tranquility combined with endless landscapes and friendly people make your biking tour in Sweden an unforgettable experience. Here, we have picked 4 picturesque biking tours in Sweden for you. 1. Biking Along the «Blue Ribbon» Göta Canal, also called the “Blue Ribbon” of Sweden is a family friendly car-free biking route, which once was trafficked by horses pulling sailboats along the canal. Today, you can enjoy canal life from the seat of your bicycle. A stop at one of the many cafes and lunch restaurants serving freshly baked cinnamon buns is unavoidable. Related: The Best Hiking Trails in Sweden Brunneby Musteri in Borensberg offers both a farm shop and a restaurant. You’ll pass many locks on the way where you can watch boats slowly pass by. At some places you can even go for a refreshing swim. Along the 87-km gravel path you can experience art in nature, crafts exhibitions and museums.
Bike ride. Photo: Simon Paulin
2. Mountain Biking in Dalarna Rörbäcksnäs in Dalarne is filled with wellmarked trails for terrain cycling, perfect for beginners as well for experienced cyclists. Volunteers Biking in Gotland. Photo: Tina Axelson have signposted The 30 km biking route from Hagfors nine trails totaling 115 km starting to Sysslebäck takes you through from the school in the middle of thick forests with gravel roads and Rörbäcksnäs village, except for wilderness. two starting at Hundfjället towards Rörbäcksnäs. Related: Cycling in Sweden The trails attract both mountain bike 4. Biking along the coast and cities in and cyclocross enthusiasts from all over Scandinavia and offer challenging Skåne With long and winding country roads in climbs interspersed with simpler the south of Sweden, the Sydkustleden gravel roads. (South Coast Route) stretches 260 km through cities and canola fields. Tip: Stop for a lunch at Gustav Grill & Bar in Lindvallen. Families looking for leisurely rides as well as enthusiasts setting out to 3. Car-free Biking in Värmland break personal speed records find With deep forests, beautiful lakes, Skåne the perfect place for life on two mountains and valleys the 120 km path wheels. Biking from Simrishamn to along a disused asphalted railway Helsingborg gives you the opportunity embarkment and the mighty Klar River to sunbathe on some of Sweden’s is a heaven for bikers. There are 90 km of towns, beautifully located mansions, most beautiful beaches as well as experience historical and scenic forests and Lake Vänern. environments. Tip: Stop at Gamla Kraftstationen in Related: One Of The Most Visited Areas Deje for a cup of coffee or immense Of Sweden yourself in artist Monica Zetterlund’s life at the museum in Hagfors.
