Why this ride
From Stege it runs 303 km to Stege; allow about 4 h 05 of riding. The stops in between: Borgring, Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn and back through Borgring. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Møns Klint and Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn starting at Stege
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 303 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 05
- 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. Møns Klint
Møns Klint is where the Baltic suddenly gets dramatic. Over a stretch of some six kilometres on the east coast of the island of Møn, chalk cliffs laid down in the late Cretaceous rise straight out of the sea, white and crumbling and streaked with grey flint, to a height of about a hundred metres and more. The highest point of the cliffs is the Dronningestolen, the Queen's Chair, reaching more than a hundred and twenty metres above the beach. Beech woods grow right to the edge, and in the green light under the trees the contrast with the chalk is a surprise.
Read the complete Møns Klint write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Møns Klint 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 about 101 km into the recorded legs. Next is Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn.
3. Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Danish kings loved to hunt, and in the late seventeenth century they laid out forests north of Copenhagen in a geometric pattern of straight paths radiating from central points, designed for par force hunting, in which riders and hounds chased a stag until it was exhausted. Jægersborg Dyrehave, the deer park, and Jægersborg Hegn are included in UNESCO's inscription of the par force hunting landscape in North Zealand, together with forests further north. The star-shaped network of rides is still visible, with numbered stone posts at the intersections that helped the hunters find their way.
Read the complete Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 156 km into the recorded legs you reach Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn. 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 Møns Klint.
5. Møns Klint
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Møns Klint write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Møns Klint. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Møns Klint to Borgring
Møns Klint → Borgring is 101 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Borgring to Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn
Borgring → Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn to back through Borgring
Jægersborg Dyrehave and Jægersborg Hegn → back through Borgring is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Borgring to Møns Klint
back through Borgring → Møns Klint is 94 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.