Why this ride
Repeated coastal bends, headlands and frequent viewpoint stops. It also links naturally to Hanseatic Cities of Lubeck, Wismar and Stralsund.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Baltic Coast Route
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 398 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 51
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Check motorcycle weekend restrictions and noise-control closures on specific roads. Specific flag: wind; seasonal traffic.
Seasonal context
Apr-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Flensburg
Planning note
Flensburg sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Lübeck.
2. Lübeck
At the northern edge of the city, in the district around Stockelsdorf, the road leads to the Baltic coast, and the ride begins here, heading north-east through the forests and fields of Ostholstein towards Travemünde, Timmendorfer Strand and the sea.
Read the complete Lübeck write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Lübeck comes up 74 km in. Next is Wismar.
3. Wismar
Wismar is a red brick town on the Baltic, on a sheltered bay in Mecklenburg, and its story is that of the Hanseatic League, the medieval trading network of North German cities that dominated commerce in the Baltic and the North Sea. The town grew rich on beer, grain and the herring trade, and put its wealth into huge Gothic churches in dark brick, with towers that serve as landmarks at sea. Together with Stralsund it was listed by UNESCO in 2002 for the quality of its Hanseatic architecture, and the market square, one of the largest in northern Germany, is the heart of the place, with gabled houses of many centuries and a curious twelve-sided fountain house, the Wasserkunst, built in the Dutch Renaissance style in the early seventeenth century.
Read the complete Wismar write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
At least 180 km in you reach Wismar. Next is Rostock.
4. Rostock
Planning note
Rostock, late in the day. Next is Stralsund.
5. Stralsund
Stralsund's skyline tells you at once that this was a rich merchant town. Red-brick Gothic gables, pointed spires and the enormous bulk of the Marienkirche, whose tower rises more than a hundred metres, crowd the old town island, which is surrounded by water and linked to the mainland by causeways. In the Middle Ages, Stralsund was one of the leading members of the Hanseatic League, the trading alliance that dominated the Baltic, and together with Wismar its old town is a World Heritage site. In the harbour, the three-masted Gorch Fock I, a sail training ship, is moored, and the Ozeaneum, a striking modern museum of sea life, stands beside it.
Read the complete Stralsund write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Stralsund sits at 398 km, late in the day.
Recorded source links
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