6 days bikepacking across Denmark with our dog: Denmarks wild side
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 มิ.ย. 2022
- Follow along as we cycle coast to coast on a bikepacking journey across Denmark in search of Denmarks wild side with our Jack Russell terrier, Banjo the adventure puppy.
Now, you might wonder, why leave the forests and mountains of Norway behind to ride bikes in Denmark? A whopping sixty percent of Denmark is made up of farmland. Only a minuscule 13 percent of Denmark is covered by forest. In other words: You don’t travel to Denmark to experience vast wilderness.
But there is something else about the Denmark. A different sort of wild. Consisting of Jutland and a whole bunch of islands, Denmark have a remarkably high coastline to mainland ratio. In other words: Denmark is a coastal land. Denmarks wild side is the coast.
The question, though, is where do you camp close to the coast in Denmark? Camping on the beach with a tent isn’t allowed. The solution? The few small designated areas where camping is allowed, often with wooden lean-to’s big enough to swallow a small tent. It might not be epic wilderness, but it sure has a charm of its own.
Filmed with Fujifilm XT3 and the Fujifilm XC 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS PZ. Edited in Lumafusion.
Music provided by Epidemic Sounds:
Go on Blues - Bo the Drifter
Dreamin' - Hara Noda
Cornelia (instrumental version) - The Eastern Plain
Långholmen - Gustav Lundgren
Hankering - Headlund
Brittle Bones - Sunfish Grove
I Will Be Right Here With You - Wendy Marcini
Ship - Hara Noda
Lush Dreams - The New Fools
#bikepacking #bicycletouring #cycling #denmark
Very few things manage to instill a feeling of peace and tranquility as much as this video has.
Thanks, happy to hear you enjoyed the vibe in the movie! 😊🙏
Beautifully done; both the actual tour and the video. I am a mountain junkie when it comes to bike packing/touring but at 72 years old I can see the potential pleasure of Denmark and may head up that way after the summer tourist season is done. Many thanks for sharing this.
Glad you liked it! 😊 I have a soft spot for mountains myself, but have to admit that it’s usually a bit more relaxing riding in Denmark than the mountains of Norway. I do miss having the possibility of putting up my tent anywhere I want like we can in Norway. Happy riding!
How delightful to stumble upon this video. It’s really not my kind of thing… Sadly. But I love Denmark and I’m always looking for news and history items. The idea of biking across the country sounds appealing. But i’m too old for that. I love the images and your wonderful narrative added extra life. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this video together and post it. And the dog looks delightful. Greetings from Los Angeles!
Thanks for your lovely comment, very much appreciated! Greetings from Norway! 😊🙏
Thank you
There’s so many shitty things going on in the world at present. Watching your films makes me happy again.
Thanks, happy to hear you enjoy them 😊🙏
Remarcable.. human happiness looks this good, the most exciting adventure of life riding the bicycle out there in the wild
Glad you liked it! 😊
such a beautiful story and calm experience!
great job!
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed the vibe! 😊🙏
Amazing bikepacking film. Thank for sharing.
Glad you liked it, thanks for commenting! 😊🙏
i love your words ... so wonderfully chosen ... watching your videos gave me a wonderful sense of freedom ... and yet connection to nature
Thank you for the kind words, glad you liked the vibe of the movie! 😊🙏
Thank you for a wonderfully calm and peaceful video. It looked like you had a great time on the bikes, just like it should be! The old railway paths look fantastic for cycling, wish we had more of them here in the UK.
Happy to hear that you liked the vibe of the movie. Rail trails are wonderful to ride on, wish we had more of them here in Norway too 😊
nice pictures and composition with music together...thx for it!
What a lovely film, thank you for taking us along for the ride.
Happy to hear you enjoyed the movie, thanks for the kind words!
Lovely video thanks for posting very chilled vibe thanks again 😄
Thanks for commenting, happy to hear you enjoyed the video! 🙏😊
Awesome video, really well done. I appreciate the work you put into this!
Thanks for commenting, glad you liked it! 😊🙏
Excellent video style and content .
Thanks very much 👍
Thanks a lot, happy to hear you liked it! 😊
Pleasure to see your videos. They are so full of calm gratitude and simple joy. As a father of two daughters and a bicycle enthusiast, I hope one day to have a trip like that, being able to ride with a graceful young woman and remembering all the trips we made when this young woman was just a little kid. Thanks for your channel. Glede til deg og din familie. :)
Thank you so much for the kind words 😊🙏 Hope you get to ride that ride!
What a nice and tranquil video. Well done
Thanks, happy to hear you liked the vibe 😊🙏🏻
Hi from Cape Town, South Africa. I loved your video. Thanks for making and sharing it.
Happy to hear you enjoyed it, thanks for the feedback! 😊🙏
Real pleasure to watch. Love the setup of the film with you narrating the trip as the clips are rolling along. Also I live in Denmark and it's really inspiring to se it through the eyes of a foreigner .
Thanks a lot, glad to hear you enjoyed the movie. I’m actually half Danish and love riding in Denmark 😄
What a nice video! Great storytelling! 🙂
Thanks, glad you liked it! 😊🙏
I’ve been watching and sharing your videos with friends and family. The editing, your choice of music and narrative are all wonderful. As others have noted, calming and peaceful. I’d also add inspiring. I also tour with my bicycle, but so far only overnight trips lasting two days. Your videos have me thinking about longer trips.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for the kind words, really appreciated! 😊🙏 There’s a certain joy to longer trips, but I also love the short trips you can squeeze in between all the obligations of modern life 😊
Another top video 👍👍👍👍 your dog is great and such a good companion
Thanks a lot, glad to hear you enjoyed this one too! 😊🙏
And your right, Banjo is a great companion on trips (and it sure was way easier cycling through Denmark with him than in the Norwegian mountains last summer 😄).
Beautiful video and wonderful narration!
Thanks, glad you liked it! 😊🙏
Tak for en dejlig film
Tusind tak, det var hyggeligt at høre! 😊🙏
amazing video
Thanks, glad you liked it!
denne video er så poetisk og smuk. jeg er glad for, at jeg så den, og håber i kommer igen en anden gang :-) tak for at i delte jeres oplevelse, jeg blev også beroliget af jeres rejse :-)
Det var hyggeligt at høre du kunne lide filmen, tak for det! 😊 Jeg har allerede været et par gange på cykeltur i DK siden efteråret og har en film der venter på at blive redigeret. God sommer!
@@BackwoodsBikepacking Tak det samme til jer, jeg skynder mig at abbonnere, så jeg ikke går glip af dem ;-)
Tak for det, så må jeg hellere komme i omdrejninger med filmen! 😄 Jeg har dog lige et par andre der skal laves først 😊
Hello! thank you for your videos, they motivated me to make my first video and create a TH-cam channel!
Wow, thanks, that’s great to hear! 😄👍
4:27 - welcome to Vestbjerg, my childhood village, fellow bikepacker :-)
Cool you recognized the place from that shot, mate 😄👍
Amazing video! Reminds me of cycling in Denmark with my parents and brothers in 2019. Also, I’d like to ask whether a bike setup video would be something possible?
Glad you liked it, thanks! 😊 I might do a bike setup movie at one point. Trouble is, I kinda have a new setup each time I head out the door 😆 I guess I might have to make a couple of them 😄
That "thin sliver of grass between the bike path and road" is a WHOLE lot more than you'll get in the USA. And it will be massive Ford F250s pick up trucks passing you at 50 mph. Norway really looks fabulous in comparison to Denmark, but maybe gets old if it's your home? The eastern side of the USA does have lots of removed rail trail too, similar to what you're showing in Denmark. Thanks for sharing.
I’m half danish so have been riding across Denmark quite a few times to visit family. Riding in Norway is a different beast compared to Denmark. In many places the roads are narrow, twisting and steep and often with a minuscule road shoulder or none, so I’m all too familiar with riding on nerve racking roads. I guess Denmark is great for its bike friendliness and long beaches while Norway has its vast forests and mountains. I’ll have them both if I can 😄
@@BackwoodsBikepacking You know, my name is Eric (not sailing). Like most Americans, I have no idea where I come from. I know one grandfather was French at least by sir name and my teeth have cusps unique to native Americans (Indians), but other than that...? I've always felt this strange connection to Norway and sailing. Something about the Vikings just seems right, especially a longboat. Anyhow in my opinion Norway is a landscape of fantastic beauty, rugged and cold so harsh as to be lethal, a unique place and gem.
@@sailingaeolus Maybe there’s some Viking blood there 😄 Norway has absolutely a fantastic landscape. Paradoxically, I’m reading Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire at the moment 😄
Nice to see someone else using Carradice bags
I love my Carradice bags 😍
@@BackwoodsBikepacking me to 👍👍👍
I really like your videos and the way you make your bike trips a story one likes to listen to. I would still have a question, if I may: The saffdlebag look really nice. Which one do you use? Best, Bernd
Happy to hear you enjoy the movies! 😊🙏🏻 The saddlebags we use are the Carradice Long Flap Campers. They work very well as a handlebar bag with a front rack too.
Does the puppy have a social media? 😂❤️I AM OBSESSED!!
I discovered your trip through the "Carradice" bag that caught my attention. I travel, but with more sun, I live in Spain. I wanted to ask for information, the straight handlebar of one of the bikes, (N) is it Nitto? If it is Nitto or another model, please tell me the size and setback in degrees. Another request, I have tried to carry the Carradice bag and some small panniers in front like you do, and I just don't feel comfortable with the handlebar heavily loaded with weight, how do you feel "riding" with so much weight in front? I appreciate your response.
The handlebars are the 750mm version of the Nitto for Shred bars. You can read more about them here: global.bluelug.com/nitto-for-shred-bar-silver.html 😊 Before I mounted them on the bike I used to have Nitto dirt drop bars on the bike, but they didn’t provide enough leverage to muscle big panniers and the Carradice bag in the front and Banjo in the rear. The wide Nitto for Shred bars solved that. Absolutely recommend them in the wide version if you want to carry a lot in the front. You might know this, but it’s crucial that the front panniers are placed in a way (fore or aft) that minimizes the effect on the steering. Too far in front of the fork (or behind) will have a big impact on how the panniers affects the steering. The narrower the handlebar, the more pronounced the effect is.
Bramming til Grindsted bliver lavet til banesti. Det vil gøre det muligt at køre på banesti 95% af tiden fra Ålborg til Bramming over ca 200km
Wow, det er fantastisk, godt at høre! 😊👍
Hey! Pretty inspired by this story! Did you record the route anywhere? Would you mind sharing it? Also, do you have other routes I Denmark? Much thanks from fellow Norwegian
Cool, glad you liked it! 😊🙏 I rarely share my routes on a one to one basis for a number of reasons, one being time constraints 😊 That being said, if you haven’t already, I’d encourage you to check out ridewithgps.com and udinaturen.dk. These are really great resources to create a bunch of different route alternatives from. I can spend hours researching these resources while dreaming up new trips and routes 😄
Hi @Backwoods Bikepacking at which season did you went there ? Thx
October. Autumn, in other words 😊
Wonderful video! Do you have any tips on how to find tent sites in Denmark?
Thanks, glad you liked it! I recommend using the danish official homepage udinaturen.dk. Click on "FIND FACILITETER PÅ KORT" in the upper right corner, then navigate down to the menu item "UDVALGTE" and scroll to "sov under stjernerne" (it translates into "sleep under the stars"). The different types of sites are marked on the map. Some sites need to be booked in advance. Forest areas marked with blue are areas where you are free to pitch your tent more or less wherever you like for a maximum of, if I remember correctly, two nights.
@@BackwoodsBikepacking Even if the shelter itself is booked you're still free to set up your tent and use the rest of the facilities.
Good point, thanks. It’s not always clear from the description of the sites.
@@BackwoodsBikepacking If it's a public shelter the booking only covers the shelter and the description will say if you're not allowed to pitch a tent there. There are also privately owned shelters that you can book and they operate on their own rules
Thanks!
I really don't get it. The predominant wind here in DK is West to North West. Wind from the East is rare, if it is in the winter it will get very cold, in summer very hot.
You should have had tailwind towards Aarhus. I live right out towards an eastern coast, I can't remember such a period with eastern wind last year.
Anyway, very good video.
Edit: Try the West coast of Denmark. If you have the time, you can extend your tour to the German coast too. In the cycling season, you will meet many other cyclists in the shelter camps. A good place to exchange tips and tricks.
This was back in 2021, not 2023, and I agree, we felt a bit out of luck with the wind compared to what we usually encounter (I think we have cycled across Denmark six or seven times). I believe I mention that it was in 2021 in the very beginning of the movie, but I can understand your confusion if you thought it was 2023 😊 We haven’t been further west than Løgstør yet as these trips also function as a transport to Copenhagen to visit family and we are often a bit limited on time in spring or autumn. The west coast sure is tempting, though. I have been winter bikepacking a few times along the west coast between Slettestrand, Løkken and Skagen. Good times.
@@BackwoodsBikepacking That explains why.
I saw that you use Lumafusion to edit. May I ask which unit you use to edit it on? an ipad? How does that work for you? I have been thinking about doing the same while I start traveling later this year.
Best regards
Simon
Hi Simon. All the movies on the channel has been edited in Lumafusion on an iPad Pro 13.2 inch 2020 model. Just to give some background: I started playing round with video editing around 2010, learning basic skills in Sony Vegas. In 2013, I transitioned to Mac and FCPX, but I think I can count on one hand the number of movies I’ve edited in FCPX. The editing itself was fine, but as I only occasionally edited movies, I disliked how the data had to be organized in libraries, events and projects. That’s obviously great for pro use, but made things cumbersome for me. Lumafusion seemed to have the features I needed the most, and I really, really like the recent version. I guess the only feature I miss is the ability to play with colour curves to create my own funky LUTs and presets in the app. At the same time I switched to Lumafusion, I also began using the iPad as my main work tool. It’s not for everyone, but for me, the positives outweigh the downsides. As a newb, I tended to go for pro solutions, but nowadays, I enjoy keeping things simple and focus on what I find fun. For me, that’s storytelling, not technical perfection. Best regards, Mikkel
@@BackwoodsBikepacking Thank you for taking the time to reply. I think I will give it a try as I am not a pro and it might be useable for my needs. Have a good day
*The one's a diffrent for hiking and mount tracking outdoor in europe and asia,in asia the adventure start from a teenages and averages they's while to 30years old has retired,but in europe the adventure start average at up to 30 years old until 70 years old,even until to died 😁😂🤣👍*
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Can you share your route? I want to bike with my 13th yr old son :)
I recommend checking ridewithgps.com to search for bicycle routes in Denmark. The page udinaturen.dk is great for finding places to camp. The possibilities to make your own routes are almost endless 😊
I wonder where you get all off the 'fact's' from,as a dane🕵️
I’m not sure about what facts you are thinking about, I can’t honestly remember much except something about otters around Aalborg, but I’m half Danish and tend do grab the occasional fact or stuff I find interesting on the interwebs or from other sources as I roll along through life 😄