Why this ride
A 332 km round trip from Schleswig - roughly 6 h 04 in the saddle. The stops in between: National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen and Hedeby. The coast is the point of it.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hedeby and National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 332 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 04
- 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. Hedeby
Hedeby is the name the Danes used for a town that the Germans call Haithabu, and for roughly three centuries it was one of the great ports of the Viking world. It lay at the head of an inlet, the Haddeby Noor, on the narrow neck of the peninsula where goods could be carried overland from the North Sea to the Baltic, and its streets are said to have held perhaps a thousand people at its height, a huge number for the time. Traders arrived from Norway, Sweden, the Frankish lands, the Slavic coast and even the distant Islamic world, to sell furs, amber, iron, slaves, glass and silver.
Read the complete Hedeby write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hedeby is where the day begins. Next is National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.
2. National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen
Here the Wadden Sea comes right up against the dyke. This is the coast of the Wurster Nordseeküste, between the Weser and Elbe estuaries, a country of low sea walls, drained farmland and wide skies, and the mudflats outside the dyke are part of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park. Together with the Dutch and Danish parts of the Wadden Sea, the area is a UNESCO World Heritage site, valued above all for the sheer scale of the tidal flats and the millions of birds that pass through on migration. When the tide goes out, it goes a very long way.
Read the complete National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
207 km in you reach National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen. Next is back through National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei.
3. Back to Hedeby
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hedeby write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through National Park Wadden Sea Schleswig-Holstei, late in the day. Next is Hedeby.
4. Hedeby
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hedeby write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Hedeby. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hedeby to National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen
Hedeby → National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen is 134 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen to Back to Hedeby
National Park Wadden Sea Niedersachsen → Back to Hedeby is 134 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.