Why this ride
From Hillerød it runs 281 km to Hillerød; allow about 3 h 20 of riding. It goes by way of Borgring, Trelleborg and back through Borgring. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Gribskov and Trelleborg
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 281 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 20
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Gribskov
Gribskov is the second largest forest in Denmark, a broad expanse of beech and spruce on the north Zealand plain. Walking or riding here, the first impression is of light. Beech trees in spring have a green so fresh and bright that it is almost unreal, and in autumn they turn bronze and gold, and the forest floor is carpeted with leaves. The ground is gently rolling, with small lakes and bogs hidden between the trees, and red deer and roe deer live in the woods.
Read the complete Gribskov write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Gribskov is where the day begins. Next is Borgring.
2. Borgring
In 2014, archaeologists using laser scanning of the landscape noticed a faint circle in a field near Køge, on the Danish island of Zealand, about forty kilometres south-west of Copenhagen. Excavations confirmed what they had hoped: it was a Viking ring fortress, one of a small group of perfectly circular fortresses built in Denmark in the late tenth century, probably under King Harald Bluetooth. It was named Borgring, and it was the first new ring fortress to be found in Denmark in over sixty years.
Read the complete Borgring write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Borgring comes up 75 km in. Next is Trelleborg.
3. Trelleborg
In the late tenth century, on the western coast of Zealand, King Harald Bluetooth built a fortress that must have looked to its neighbours like a statement written in earth. Trelleborg is a perfect circle, about a hundred and thirty metres across, ringed by a high rampart with four gates facing the compass points, and inside, sixteen long houses are arranged in four neat blocks around a central crossing, like a plan drawn with a compass and ruler. Archaeologists dated the timbers to around the 980s, and the same geometry turns up at other Danish fortresses, at Fyrkat in Jutland and Aggersborg by the Limfjord, which suggests a royal building programme under a single mind.
Read the complete Trelleborg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
151 km in you reach Trelleborg. Next is back through Borgring.
4. back through Borgring
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Borgring write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Borgring, late in the day. Next is Gribskov.
5. Gribskov
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Gribskov write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Gribskov. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Gribskov to Borgring
Gribskov → Borgring is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Borgring to Trelleborg
Borgring → Trelleborg is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Trelleborg to back through Borgring
Trelleborg → back through Borgring is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Borgring to Gribskov
back through Borgring → Gribskov is 77 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.