CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. 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.
Small harbours, farm-road bends and one proper coffee reset. The best part sits around Gettorf road, Eckernförde bay, Schwansen villages, while the most useful town stop keeps the day practical instead of turning it into a fuel or food hunt. Check the OSM map, Google preview and GPX checkpoint order before departure; they use the same waypoint sequence. Ride it with legal pull-offs, patience through villages and enough daylight to stop without rushing.
Gettorf is a small town on the Schwansen peninsula, a few kilometres inland from the Baltic, with about six thousand inhabitants and all the basics a rider needs: fuel, a bakery, a supermarket and a handful of cafes. Everything here is gentle, rolling and green, and the sea is never far away.
Read the complete Gettorf road write-up.
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Gettorf road sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Eckernförde bay.
Eckernförde Bay is a long, narrow arm of the Baltic that cuts into the coast of Schleswig-Holstein between the Danish Wohld and the Schwansen peninsula, and the little port of the same name sits at its head. The water is shallow, the beaches are wide and sandy, and the whole place has the relaxed air of a north German seaside town, with a promenade, a harbour full of boats and a smell of smoked fish. The altitude here is a modest eight metres, and the horizon is all sea and sky.
Read the complete Eckernförde bay write-up.
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Eckernförde bay comes up about 13 km into the recorded legs. Next is Schwansen villages.
Schwansen is the little peninsula that sticks out into the Baltic between the Schlei inlet and Eckernförde Bay, and it is one of the quieter corners of Schleswig-Holstein. The land is low, rolling and green, at only a few tens of metres above the sea, and the villages of Damp, Waabs and Rieseby are separated by fields, small woods and hedgerows. It was once part of the old Danish duchy of Schleswig, and the mix of Danish and German history shows in the names and the architecture.
Read the complete Schwansen villages write-up.
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about 33 km into the recorded legs you reach Schwansen villages. Next is Kappeln Schlei stop.
Kappeln is a small Baltic port on the Schlei, the long narrow inlet that cuts forty kilometres into Schleswig-Holstein, and its harbour has the busy, salty feel of a working fishing town. Wooden boats line the quays, nets hang to dry, and gulls wheel above the fish stalls. The town sits at the point where the Schlei narrows, so a bridge crosses it, and from the quay you can watch it lift to let tall-masted sailing ships through.
Read the complete Kappeln Schlei stop write-up.
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Kappeln Schlei stop, about halfway at 8 m. Next is Back to Gettorf road.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Gettorf road write-up.
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Back at Back to Gettorf road. That is the ride.
Kiel harbour start to Gettorf road is the transfer part of the road trip. Keep the route loaded, check local signs, and ride it for line, view and timing rather than speed. Use legal pull-offs for photos and keep the villages quiet.
Eckernförde bay to Schwansen villages is the scenic part of the road trip. Keep the route loaded, check local signs, and ride it for line, view and timing rather than speed. Use legal pull-offs for photos and keep the villages quiet.
Schwansen villages to Kappeln Schlei stop is the coast part of the road trip. Keep the route loaded, check local signs, and ride it for line, view and timing rather than speed. Use legal pull-offs for photos and keep the villages quiet.