A bike tour Vienna-Berlin-Kranj (Slovenia)-Vienna

in July and August 2008. Click on the pictures to get an 8 times larger version (average size 327KB). Below the km numbers indicate the distance traveled and the Hm indicate the vertical meters climbed during that day. Overall I travelled 2195km and climbed 21944Hm.
2008-07-18
143km 1208Hm Reichsbrücke, Donau-Nordufer, Stockerau, Sierndorf, Hollabrunn, Oberfellabrunn, Sitzendorf, Roseldorf, Röschitz, Pulkau, Weitersfeld, Langau, Drosendorf-Altstadt, Vratìnín, Ranèíèov (410) Jemnice

Jemnice

2008-07-19
131km 1738Hm (408) Daèice, Dol. Nemèice, Øeèice, Studená, Doma¹in, Poèátky, Ctiboø, Èastrov, Vlásenice Drbohlavy, Libkova Voda, Ustra¹in, Proseè-Oboøi¹tì, N. Cerekov, Èi¾kov, Hoøepnik, Arne¹tovice, Ko¹etice (112) Bene¹ov
Daèice

Bene¹ov

2008-07-20
177km 1436Hm Bedrè, Chocerady, Ondøejov, Kostelni Støemlice, Hradec, Jevany, Vy¾lovka, ©tihlice, ©kvorec, Úvaly, Brandys n. L. - St. Boleslav, Kostelec n. Labem, Neratovice (9) Mìlnik (9) Libìchov (9) Jestøebí (38) Èeska Lípa (262) Dìèin
Look back at Bene¹ov

Bus stations are quite frequent and often well-built

Look down into the Labe (Elbe) Valley

The Labe near Neratovice

and after Mìlnik

Èeska Lípa

The Plouènice valley near Dìèín

2008-07-21
160km 949Hm (62) Høensko .de (172) Bad Schandau, Hohnstein, Heeselicht, Stürza, Dürrröhrsdorf-Ditterbach, Wilschdorf, Fischbach, Seeligstadt, Grossröhrsdorf, Lichtenberg, Pulsnitz, Oberlichtenau, Reichenau, Neukirch, Schwepnitz, Grüngräbchen, Grünewald, Hosena, Peickwitz, Senftenberg (169) (96) Großräschen, Altöbern, Calau

The Labe Valley between Dìèín and Høensko

Høensko

Now the good cycling country ends. Better turn around and get on the train in Høensko and pass through Germany without stopping, because the Germans have many cycle paths and are extremely unpleasant about it. Just one km or so into Germany the first one tried to honk me onto a cycle path. If you wonder why I don't like cycle paths: They are dangerous and slow me down. You can read more about this here (in German), or just look at a fine German example and a fine Austrian example.

Hohnstein

2008-07-22
116km 105Hm Calau, Lübbenau, Lübben, Schlepzig, Neu Lübbenau (179) Königs Wusterhausen, Zeuthen, Eichwalde, Berlin

Berlin Adlershof

The cobblestones indicate where the Berlin wall used to be

2008-07-23
Rest day
2008-07-24
97km 224Hm Berlin-Adlershof, Waßmannsdorf, Selchow, Zossen, Mellensee, Klausdorf, Sperenberg, Schönefeld, Stülpe, Ließen, Petkus, Wahlsdorf, Niebendorf-Heinedorf, Hohenseefeld, Meinsdorf, Weißen, Schönewalde

Near Petkus

2008-07-25
143km 992Hm Grassau, Bernsdorf (B101) (B87) Herzberg(Elster), Großrössen, Falkenberg, Kölsa, Kötten, Stehla (Elberadweg) Mühlberg, Elbfähre (B182) Riesa, Heyda, Kobeln, Pahrenz, Lammatsch, Leuben, Lüttewitz, Wetterwitz, Rosswein, Etzdorf, Böhringen, Arnsdorf, Hainichen (B169) Frankenberg

That's not the only reason why I hate bike paths:

Herzberg

The Elbe and its bike path

The bridge will put the ferryman out of work

Riesa

2008-07-26
146km 1980Hm (180) Flöha (180) Gornau, Amtsberg, Gelenau, Thum, Geyer, Tannenberg, Dörfel, Elterlein, Schwarzenberg, Johanngerorgenstadt, .cz, Potùèky, Horní Blatná, Pernink, Merklín, Hroznìtín, Otavice, Karlovy Vary (20) Beèov (230) Mnichov

Potùèky

Beèov

2008-07-27
176km 1909Hm (230) Planá (21) Bor (200) Hor¹ovsky Tyn, Lazce, Prvozec, Lsteni, Kanice, Chocomysl, Luèice, Slatina, Balkovy, Solany, Klatovy (22) (187) Su¹ice (169) (145) Vimperk

Mnichov

Bor

Lunch at Chocomysl?

Klatovy?

Su¹ice?

2008-07-28
153km 1643Hm (4) .de (12) Freyung, Waldkirchen, Büchlberg, Witzmannsberg, Passau, .at (Inn-Radweg) Mitterding, St. Martin (143) Ried, Frankenberg, Zipf

The Inn valley (or the Danube valley?) near Passau

Passau

Schärding

Another f... bike path

2008-07-29
156km 2723Hm Vöcklamarkt, St. Georgen, Straß, Oberwang, Mondsee, St.Gilgen/Wolfgangsee, Postalm/Lienbachersattel, Lammertal, Annaberg, St. Martin, Eben, Radstadt, Radstädter Tauernpass/Obertauern, Tweng

Near Mondsee

Wolfgangsee

Postalmstraße

Dachstein from Eben

From Radstadt towards Obertauern

Radstädter Tauernpass (1739m)

2008-07-30
144km 1489Hm (B99)Mauterndorf (B99) St. Michael im Lungau (B99) Katschberg (B99) Spittal (B100) Villach (B86) Wurzenpass .si Krajnska Gora, Jesenice

Tweng

Mauterndorf

Katschberg (1641m)

Wurzenpass

2008-07-31
138km 1797Hm Kranj, Jezersko, Seebergsattel (1218m, 800m von Kranj), Bad Eisenkappl, Luschasattel (1315m, ca. 700m von Bad Eisenkappel), Globasnitz, Wackendorf, Kirchdorf (B81) Bleiburg (B81) Lavamünd

Jezersko/Seebergsattel (1218m)

Luschasattel

The Feistritz Gorge and a bridge across it

2008-08-01
124km 1703Hm (B69) Soboth-Passhöhe (1347m; 999m von Lavamünd) (B69) Soboth (B69) Gamlitz (B69) Ehrenhausen, Berghausen, Spielfeld, Gersdorf (B69) Dornhof, Hainsdorf-Brunnsee, Weinberg, Wittmannsdorf, Edla, Dietersdorf, Gnas, Feldbach

Lavamünd and the Drau valley on the climb towards Soboth (1347m)

The Soboth reservoir

Hops

2008-08-02
182km 2039Hm (B66) Riegersburg (B66) Ilz, Riegersdorf, Bad Blumau, Burgau, Stegersbach (B57) (B50) Oberwart (B50) Bernstein, Wenzelanger Sattel, Kirchschlag, Stang, Wiesmath, Wiener Neustadt (B17) Wien

Riegersburg

Oberwart


Anton Ertl