Why this ride
From Krupka it runs 248 km to Krupka; allow about 4 h 07 of riding. It goes by way of Žatec, Jáchymov Mining Landscape and back through Žatec. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Krupka Mining Landscape and Jáchymov Mining Landscape
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 248 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 07
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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. Krupka Mining Landscape
Krupka is a hillside mining town stuck to the foot of the Ore Mountains, and it wears its history quietly. The town sits a short climb above the plain near Teplice and Ústí nad Labem in the north of Bohemia, with the ridge of the Krušné hory rising behind. Tin was dug here for a very long time, and the shafts and spoil heaps scattered around the slopes are what UNESCO recognised in 2019 when it listed the Ore Mountains mining region, a landscape shared with Saxony on the German side. Marienberg, on the far side of the border, belongs to the same story.
Read the complete Krupka Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Krupka Mining Landscape is where the day begins. Next is Žatec.
2. Žatec
The smell gives Žatec away in late summer. The fields around this small town in northwestern Bohemia are planted with hops, tall green vines climbing up wires on wooden poles, and when harvest comes in August, the air fills with their resinous, slightly bitter scent. Saaz hops, named after the German form of the town's name, have been prized by brewers for centuries for their fine aroma, and they are a key ingredient in Czech pilsner lagers. In 2023, UNESCO inscribed Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops, recognising the town's hop warehouses, drying kilns, packing houses and the surrounding hop gardens as a unique agricultural and industrial heritage.
Read the complete Žatec write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Žatec comes up about 55 km into the recorded legs. Next is Jáchymov Mining Landscape.
3. Jáchymov Mining Landscape
The word dollar comes from this small town in the Ore Mountains. In the early sixteenth century, the silver mines of Jáchymov, then called Joachimsthal, were among the richest in Europe, and the coins minted here were called Joachimsthaler, shortened to thaler, which became daler and eventually dollar. The town grew rapidly, with thousands of miners, and it is now one component of the World Heritage inscription for the Erzgebirge mining region, shared between the Czech Republic and Germany. Its later history is darker and stranger.
Read the complete Jáchymov Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 124 km into the recorded legs you reach Jáchymov Mining Landscape. Next is back through Žatec.
4. back through Žatec
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Žatec write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Žatec, late in the day. Next is Krupka Mining Landscape.
5. Krupka Mining Landscape
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Krupka Mining Landscape write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Krupka Mining Landscape. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Krupka Mining Landscape to Žatec
Krupka Mining Landscape → Žatec is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Žatec to Jáchymov Mining Landscape
Žatec → Jáchymov Mining Landscape is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Jáchymov Mining Landscape to back through Žatec
Jáchymov Mining Landscape → back through Žatec is 70 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Žatec to Krupka Mining Landscape
back through Žatec → Krupka Mining Landscape is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.